2010 Audi A5 problems
Owners have filed 37 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Audi A5. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 38% of complaints. Next are engine (27%) and body & structure (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 38% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 64,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 22 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 64,000 miles.
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Audi A5 with enough data (10 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Audi a5 - 2010 models. These cars come with faulty lower control arms and bushings which results in shaking in driving from 60MPH to 70MPH. I just bought a brand new car yesterday to be exact, the entire drive home the car shook violently, this type of shaking can and will cause accidents, a full failure of control arms will result in death.
There is a serious design flaw with the 2010 audi a5 and as a result the windshield wipers are unreliable in snow and rain causing severe restrictions on visibility while driving. There are two issues: 1.) the automatic rain sensor overrides direct driver input so that sometimes when I turn them on, they do not stay on causing impaired vision. 2.) the unique wiper design of the b8 platform means that the wiper blades themselves consistently turn into blocks of ice in winter driving.
As I was driving to work on a cold january morning here in the mid-atlantic, the water pump broke again after audi replaced it about a year ago. The coolant leaked quickly, and the "shut engine" light came on. I waited for four hours before a tow truck was available. According to my dealer, audi is aware that these plastic water pumps are defective but did not inform audi drivers for two reasons: 1) they do not have sufficient parts in stock to replace all the probable defective ones and according to regulations…
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 audi a5. The contact stated that the vehicle was shaking violently upon starting and when driving over 40 MPH. The oil and electromagnetic parking sensor illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who diagnosed that the oil and oil filters needed to be replaced. The dealer also stated that the chassis needed to be lubed. The vehicle was repaired and the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to an authorized dealer several times to no avail.