2016 Audi S6 — reported problems

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.

• Engine14 (46.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013–2017.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (10.0%)
• Driver-assistance systems2 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2020–2025.
• Electrical system2 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2022.
• Brakes1 (3.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2021.
• Fuel system1 (3.3%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2022.

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 (276 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: engine, fuel system and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (79 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (14,049 records, model years 1995–2025) 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

Evidence by model year

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

1. 1995 52 records for 1995 52
2. 1996 21 records for 1996 21
3. 1997 37 records for 1997 37
4. 2002 91 records for 2002 91
5. 2003 95 records for 2003 95
6. 2007 271 records for 2007 271
7. 2008 345 records for 2008 345
8. 2009 410 records for 2009 410
9. 2010 503 records for 2010 503
10. 2011 516 records for 2011 516
11. 2013 872 records for 2013 872
12. 2014 791 records for 2014 791
13. 2015 708 records for 2015 708
14. 2016 684 records for 2016 684
15. 2017 594 records for 2017 594
16. 2018 569 records for 2018 569
17. 2020 1,040 records for 2020 1,040
18. 2021 1,136 records for 2021 1,136
19. 2022 972 records for 2022 972
20. 2023 848 records for 2023 848
21. 2024 752 records for 2024 752
22. 2025 501 records for 2025 501

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 fire

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 659
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
• Owner complaints NHTSA 19

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.

• P0507 in 2 records
• P2279 in 1 record

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.