Audi TT
Owners filed 319 complaints across 17 model years of the Audi TT. The 2001 drew the most (120).
Model years17
Complaints319
Recalls29
Fires5
Deaths0
Which Audi TT years should you avoid?
Going by 319 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Audi TT years to avoid are 2001.
- 2001120 complaints, 2.2× a typical TT year, most often about the electrical system.
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 TT model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2009 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2004 | 25 | 2 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2003 | 13 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2002 | 38 | 2 | — | 1 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2001Avoid | 120 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2000 | 73 | 6 | — | 2 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.