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Audi tires problems

Across all Audi models in NHTSA's complaint database, 309 complaints involve tires. The A4 accounts for the largest share (21%). The single worst model year is the 2000 S4 with 40 tires complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
309 about tires, all Audi models
Most affected
A4 21% of these complaints
Typical mileage
25,000 miles 102 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Audi models

ModelComplaintsShare
A46421%
A65418%
S45117%
TT217%
Q7155%
A3145%
Q5134%
A593%
Quattro93%
A883%

Worst model years for tires

  1. 2000 Audi S440 complaints
  2. 2004 Audi A416 complaints
  3. 2000 Audi A615 complaints
  4. 2000 Audi TT14 complaints
  5. 2001 Audi A611 complaints

Tires complaints by model year

Audi tires complaints by model year 0 38 75 1990: 1 '90 1992: 1 1996: 3 1997: 1 '97 1998: 4 1999: 12 2000: 74 '00 2001: 38 2002: 15 2003: 15 '03 2004: 25 2005: 5 2006: 6 '06 2007: 7 2008: 8 2010: 10 '10 2011: 2 2012: 2 2013: 4 '13 2014: 5 2015: 5 2016: 10 '16 2017: 3 2018: 12 2019: 4 '19 2020: 2 2021: 6 2022: 6 '22 2023: 10 2024: 7 2025: 5 '25 2026: 1
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19901
19921
19963
19971
19984
199912
200074
200138
200215
200315
200425
20055
20066
20077
20088
201010
20112
20122
20134
20145
20155
201610
20173
201812
20194
20202
20216
20226
202310
20247
20255
20261

Among the 102 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 25,000 miles.

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