2015 Audi S3 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 728 evidence records for the 2015 Audi S3, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 72 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Air bags (restraint system)29 (40.3%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2015–2022.
- Electrical system9 (12.5%)
- Fuel system7 (9.7%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)6 (8.3%)
- Seat belts5 (6.9%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2022.
- Engine4 (5.6%)
Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (1.4%) 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 (176 records, model years 2015–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and fuel system.
- Manufacturer communications (7,887 records, model years 2015–2026) 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
- 21reports included a mileage
- 54,283average 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.
- 2015 728 records for 2015
- 2016 633 records for 2016
- 2017 614 records for 2017
- 2018 643 records for 2018
- 2019 641 records for 2019
- 2020 619 records for 2020
- 2022 755 records for 2022
- 2023 689 records for 2023
- 2024 595 records for 2024
- 2025 422 records for 2025
- 2026 142 records for 2026
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
- 1mention a crash
- 2mention 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 2
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 671
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
- Owner complaints NHTSA 53
Where to go next
- Audi S3 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.
- All model years of the Audi S3 Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.