2015 Audi S3 problems
The 2015 Audi S3 has 72 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (40%) concerns air bags. Next are electrical system (12%) and fuel system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 72 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 40% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 29 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 13 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 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 29 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 45,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 52,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 90% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Highway driving and car felt as if it went into neutral. Several dash lights came on and car was only able to shift into first gear. I managed to safely get off the highway and avoid a disaster and / or accident. Had my vehicle towed to the dealership and they did nothing to the car after two days. Had my car towed to another audi dealership and they also did nothing. Audi of america was no help as well.
My car's passenger side front seat abruptly developed a sensor failure. The "passenger airbag off" light is lit, signaling the airbag won't deploy despite a passenger sitting in the seat. This is dangerous. There has been a recall issued in june 2018 on 140k audi cars with similar problem, my model has yet to be included, and there are likely more cars with similar malfunction.
The car has issues with park lock will not stay locked and will roll without the emergency brake being used also the car has DSG emergency mode come on when going into reverse. The car has transmission fault codes clutch 1 staying open the car will not go into reverse and has had multiple transmission fault codes the first code was unexpected / implausible mechanical gear disengagement p2711 00 [200] - the car was then worked on and what was found was burned clutch disks the clutch pack was then replaced but now a…
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