Audi S5 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 430 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Driver-assistance systems80 (18.6%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2021–2022.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)54 (12.6%)
• Electrical system52 (12.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2020–2021.
• Air bags (restraint system)50 (11.6%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2010–2023.
• Engine48 (11.2%)
• Fuel system20 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2011–2012.

Other / uncategorized: 54 classifications (12.6%) 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 (282 records, model years 2008–2026) are most frequently classified under: driver-assistance systems, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (43 records, model years 2010–2025) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, air bags (restraint system) and suspension.
• Manufacturer communications (16,176 records, model years 2008–2026) 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

• 96reports included a mileage
• 49,260average 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. 2008 358 records for 2008 358
2. 2009 435 records for 2009 435
3. 2010 656 records for 2010 656
4. 2011 696 records for 2011 696
5. 2012 736 records for 2012 736
6. 2013 890 records for 2013 890
7. 2014 722 records for 2014 722
8. 2015 672 records for 2015 672
9. 2016 541 records for 2016 541
10. 2017 524 records for 2017 524
11. 2018 823 records for 2018 823
12. 2019 857 records for 2019 857
13. 2020 985 records for 2020 985
14. 2021 972 records for 2021 972
15. 2022 914 records for 2022 914
16. 2023 840 records for 2023 840
17. 2024 750 records for 2024 750
18. 2025 844 records for 2025 844
19. 2026 163 records for 2026 163

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

• 6mention a crash
• 12mention 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 36
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 16,176
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 43
• Owner complaints NHTSA 282

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0301 in 26 records · 2008–2013
• P0135 in 24 records · 2010–2012
• P0300 in 12 records · 2008–2010
• P0501 in 4 records · 2013–2014
• P0700 in 4 records · 2013–2014
• P2440 in 4 records · 2011–2014
• P060A in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P0715 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P0716 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P2159 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P2765 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P2146 in 1 record · 2008–2008

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.