2001 Audi A6 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 148 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Fuel system20 (13.5%)Official recall records for this system: 22, covering model years 1998–2022.
• Engine17 (11.5%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1998–2022.
• Air bags (restraint system)16 (10.8%)Official recall records for this system: 25, covering model years 1995–2021.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)16 (10.8%)
• Brakes14 (9.5%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1997–2021.
• Electrical system14 (9.5%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 1995–2022.

Other / uncategorized: 3 classifications (2.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (3,346 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, air bags (restraint system) and fuel system.
• Safety recalls (198 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (162 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, air bags (restraint system) and electrical system.
• Manufacturer communications (25,865 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 66reports included a mileage
• 75,333average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 54 records for 1995 54
2. 1996 94 records for 1996 94
3. 1997 66 records for 1997 66
4. 1998 234 records for 1998 234
5. 1999 309 records for 1999 309
6. 2000 258 records for 2000 258
7. 2001 233 records for 2001 233
8. 2002 226 records for 2002 226
9. 2003 216 records for 2003 216
10. 2004 194 records for 2004 194
11. 2005 479 records for 2005 479
12. 2006 492 records for 2006 492
13. 2007 475 records for 2007 475
14. 2008 574 records for 2008 574
15. 2009 738 records for 2009 738
16. 2010 838 records for 2010 838
17. 2011 979 records for 2011 979
18. 2012 1,565 records for 2012 1,565
19. 2013 1,714 records for 2013 1,714
20. 2014 1,419 records for 2014 1,419
21. 2015 1,127 records for 2015 1,127
22. 2016 1,056 records for 2016 1,056
23. 2017 756 records for 2017 756
24. 2018 696 records for 2018 696
25. 2019 1,577 records for 2019 1,577
26. 2020 1,408 records for 2020 1,408
27. 2021 1,364 records for 2021 1,364
28. 2022 1,103 records for 2022 1,103
29. 2023 968 records for 2023 968
30. 2024 813 records for 2024 813
31. 2025 533 records for 2025 533
32. 2026 289 records for 2026 289

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 11mention a crash
• 7mention a fire
• 10mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 7
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 106
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 5
• Owner complaints NHTSA 113

Explore the underlying evidence records