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2025 Audi S6

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the lane departure. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Lane Departure1
000
Electrical System1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Back Over Prevention › Sensing System › Camera25V900000
Filed Dec 19, 2025356,894 vehiclesVolkswagen Group Of America, Inc.

Defect. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2026 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may prevent the rearview camera image from displaying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Risk. A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy. Dealers will update the software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 14, 2026. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 90TV. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 23, 2025.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Aug 9, 2026CT

The electronic door locking system on my 2025 Audi S5 has repeatedly and unpredictably locked me inside the vehicle and, on separate occasions, locked me out of the vehicle, with no consistent trigger. The electronic central door locking system/mechanism (door latch actuators and associated locking control module) has malfunctioned, intermittently failing to unlock (trapping occupants inside) and failing to lock (locking me out). This matches a known issue reported in Audi TSB 2078793/4, affecting 2025-2026 A5, S5, Q5, and SQ5 models, and is also the subject of a filed class action lawsuit (Parikh v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Case No. 2:26-cv-03288, C.D. Cal.) covering this exact vehicle and model year. Yes — a "Central Locking: Malfunction" warning message has appeared on the vehicle's display.

Lane Departure
Filed Mar 5, 2026CA

See attached document for complaint.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2013
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2025 — this page2100Routine
20240100Routine
20230100Routine
20224400Routine
202101000Routine
20202600Routine
20184100Routine
20175200Routine
201619210Routine
20155200Routine
201420300Routine
201342300Routine
20110200Routine
20101200Routine
20090300Routine
20082200Routine
20071200Routine
20040100Routine
20032200Routine
20027200Routine
20011100Routine
20000100Routine
19990100Routine
19981100Routine
19971000Routine
19961100Routine
199520210Routine
19940200Routine
19930100Routine
19920100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Dec 19, 2025. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.