2015 Audi S5

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering1
000
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Sep 23, 2022UT

I own an Audi 2015 S5 Cabriolet. I bought this new from Strong Audi in Salt Lake City. On September 2, 2022, I was driving it on I 15 south of Provo UT. I was in the middle of 5 lanes of traffic all driving approximately 80/miles per hour. Suddenly, the engine shut down. Thank God the drivers around me were able to avoid me as I had to coast to the right lane at very slow speed. As explained by the service representative at Strong Audi my vehicle has a tendency to vapor-lock in high temperatures resulting in the engine shutting down! He further explained that parts were available for $ 2,200 to correct the situation, but since my vehicle was out of warranty this would be my responsibility. I am of course having the work done.

Steering
Filed Feb 2, 2021100,000 milesCA

MY 2015 AUDI S5 IS GETTING FAULTS ON THE STEERING AFTER DRIVING IN THE RAIN ONE NIGHT WHILE DRIVING A RED LIGHT TURN ON AND HAD LOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND WAS NEARLY UN-DRIVABLE. DESCRIPTION NHTSA RECALL NUMBER THE AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEMS THAT MAY SHUT DOWN AS A RESULT OF A STEERING MOTOR SENSOR FAULT (WHICH COULD ONLY OCCUR WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT TEMPERATURES). IF THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST, EXTRA STEERING EFFORT WILL BE REQUIRED AT LOWER SPEEDS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. 15V452

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2018
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20261000Routine
202511200Routine
20242000Routine
20233100Routine
20221200Routine
20211500Routine
202025400Routine
20196400Routine
201826200Routine
20161000Routine
2015 — this page2000Routine
20146000Routine
201316000Routine
201210100Routine
20118100Routine
201020000Routine
20083000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.