2016 Audi S5

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electronic stability control (esc). No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Electronic Stability Control (esc)	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electronic Stability Control (esc)

Filed Nov 2, 202064,000 milesMD

HELLO - MY 2016 AUDI S5 COUPE WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS HAD AN ELECTRONIC STEERING RACK ERROR FOR SOME TIME NOW. THE ISSUE AROSE AFTER DRIVING IN RAINY CONDITIONS (BUT NOT IN STANDING WATER). THE STEERING RACK IN MY CAR PROVIDES ELECTRONIC ASSISTANCE TO MY STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTROL MODULE FOR THE STEERING RACK IS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM CAR'S MOTOR WITH THREE ELECTRICAL PLUGS FOR POWER AND STEERING. THESE PLUGS ARE NOT WEATHER PROOF. AS A RESULT MY STEERING RACK HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE AND AN ERROR IS PRESENT IN THE CAR'S ECU. A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE SHOWS THE RACK IS WIDELY USED ACROSS MULTIPLE AUDI PLATFORMS AND HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED OR REMEDIED BY AUDI.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2018

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2026	1	0	Routine
2025	11	2	Routine
2024	2	0	Routine
2023	3	1	Routine
2022	1	2	Routine
2021	1	5	Routine
2020	25	4	Routine
2019	6	4	Routine
2018	26	2	Routine
2016 — this page	1	0	Routine
2015	2	0	Routine
2014	6	0	Routine
2013	16	0	Routine
2012	10	1	Routine
2011	8	1	Routine
2010	20	0	Routine
2008	3	0	Routine

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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.