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Audi backover prevention problems

Across all Audi models in NHTSA's complaint database, 224 complaints involve backover prevention. The A4 accounts for the largest share (28%). The single worst model year is the 2020 A4 with 57 backover prevention complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
224 about backover prevention, all Audi models
Most affected
A4 28% of these complaints
Typical mileage
13,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Audi models

ModelComplaintsShare
A46228%
A52612%
A4 Allroad167%
Q7157%
S5157%
Q5146%
S4146%
Q394%
A673%
Q873%

Worst model years for backover prevention

  1. 2020 Audi A457 complaints
  2. 2020 Audi A523 complaints
  3. 2020 Audi A4 Allroad15 complaints
  4. 2020 Audi S514 complaints
  5. 2020 Audi S412 complaints

Backover prevention complaints by model year

Audi backover prevention complaints by model year 0 75 150 2000: 1 '00 2001: 1 '01 2014: 2 '14 2015: 1 '15 2016: 2 '16 2017: 1 '17 2018: 8 '18 2019: 15 '19 2020: 129 '20 2021: 20 '21 2022: 19 '22 2023: 9 '23 2024: 4 '24 2025: 10 '25 2026: 1 '26 2027: 1 '27
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
20001
20011
20142
20151
20162
20171
20188
201915
2020129
202120
202219
20239
20244
202510
20261
20271

Among the 15 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 13,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.