Audi A4 by model year

3,686 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Audi A4 across 31 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Audi A4

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1995	1
1996	133
1997	119
1998	321
1999	242
2000	115
2001	153
2002	218
2003	282
2004	225
2005	267
2006	343
2007	226
2008	204
2009	150
2010	77
2011	17
2012	23
2013	28
2014	41
2015	24
2016	18
2017	77
2018	81
2019	16
2020	231
2021	19
2022	10
2023	19
2024	4
2025	2

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG	Safety
2025	2			29
2024	4			30
2023	19			27 to 28
2022	10		3	29
2021	19		4	28
2020	231	Electrical system (39%)	3	27 to 30	5 stars
2019	16		1	27 to 30
2018	81	Electrical system (21%)	1	27 to 31	5 stars
2017	77	Engine (31%)	1	27 to 31	5 stars
2016	18			24 to 27
2015	24			24 to 26
2014	41	Engine (34%)		23 to 26	5 stars
2013	28	Steering (36%)		23 to 26	5 stars
2012	23			24 to 25
2011	17			24 to 25
2010	77	Engine (57%)		23 to 26
2009	150	Engine (33%)	2	20 to 25
2008	204	Air bags (57%)	4	19 to 24
2007	226	Air bags (53%)	3	19 to 24
2006	343	Lighting (47%)	3	19 to 24
2005	267	Lighting (38%)	3	19 to 24
2004	225	Fuel system (26%)	2	19 to 23
2003	282	Fuel system (19%)	3	18 to 23
2002	218	Electrical system (36%)	1	18 to 23
2001	153	Brakes (26%)	1	18 to 23
2000	115	Brakes (47%)	2	18 to 24
1999	242	Brakes (42%)	4	19 to 24
1998	321	Brakes (44%)	4	19 to 23
1997	119	Electrical system (29%)	6	19 to 21
1996	133	Electrical system (24%)	4	19 to 20
1995	1		1