Audi S5

Owners filed 142 complaints across 17 model years of the Audi S5. The 2018 drew the most (26).

Model years17
Complaints142
Recalls22
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Audi S5 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi S5 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.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

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 S5 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new1
0——Service BrakesRoutine
2025Too new11
2——Electrical SystemRoutine
20242
0——Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency BrakingRoutine
20233
1—1Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20221
2——Electrical SystemRoutine
20211
5——SuspensionRoutine
202025
4——Electrical SystemRoutine
20196
4——EngineRoutine
201826
2—2EngineRoutine
20161
0——Electronic Stability Control (esc)Routine
20152
0——SteeringRoutine
20146
0——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201316
0——Power TrainRoutine
201210
1——Air BagsRoutine
20118
1——Air BagsRoutine
201020
0——Power TrainRoutine
20083
0——Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof AssemblyRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.