Audi R8 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 8,508 evidence records for the Audi R8 (2008–2023), drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 30 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Suspension14 (46.7%)
- Body & structure6 (20.0%)
- Engine4 (13.3%)
- Air bags (restraint system)2 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2017.
Other / uncategorized: 4 classifications (13.3%) 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 (30 records, model years 2008–2020) are most frequently classified under: suspension, body & structure and engine.
- Manufacturer communications (8,460 records, model years 2008–2023) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system 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
- 26reports included a mileage
- 31,348average 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.
- 2008 364 records for 2008
- 2009 435 records for 2009
- 2010 532 records for 2010
- 2011 603 records for 2011
- 2012 389 records for 2012
- 2014 740 records for 2014
- 2015 653 records for 2015
- 2017 677 records for 2017
- 2018 594 records for 2018
- 2020 596 records for 2020
- 2021 502 records for 2021
- 2022 447 records for 2022
- 2023 425 records for 2023
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
- 2mention a crash
- 2mention an injury
- 2mention a fatality
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 10
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 8,460
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 8
- Owner complaints NHTSA 30
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Audi R8 coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.