Audi S3
Owners filed 88 complaints across 10 model years of the Audi S3. The 2015 drew the most (53).
Which Audi S3 years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi S3 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Audi S3 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2022 | 2 | 7 | — | — | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2016 | 14 | 3 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2015 | 53 | 2 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.