Audi A6 AllroadYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 23 owner complaints and 9 safety recalls on record for the Audi A6 Allroad.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints23Top: Electrical system Safety recalls92020–2026 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Audi A6 Allroad years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the A6 Allroad median. Tap a year for its full report.

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Avoid
Caution
Solid
Best
Not rated

2026Too new–/1002 complaints · 1 recall 2025Too new–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1002 complaints · 4 recalls 2021Not rated–/1009 complaints · 8 recalls 2020Not rated–/1008 complaints · 4 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Audi A6 Allroad problems

All model years combined: 23 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

10Electrical system

5Power train

5Forward collision avoidance

3Fuel/propulsion system

2Engine

2Structure1 crash/fire/injury

1Visibility/wiper

1Lane departure

1Suspension

22 other systems

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Electrical system	10	0
Power train	5	0
Forward collision avoidance	5	0
Fuel/propulsion system	3	0
Engine	2	0
Structure	2	1
Visibility/wiper	1	0
Lane departure	1	0
Suspension	1	0
2 other systems	2	0

9 recalls

Audi A6 Allroad recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Sensing system: camera25V-900 · 2020–2026 · Dec 19, 2025 · 356,894 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel25V-201 · 2021 · Mar 31, 2025 · 44,387 vehicles Service brakes, hydraulic: fluid23V-601 · 2021 · Aug 25, 2023 · 7,499 vehicles Electrical system22V-861 · 2020–2022 · Nov 21, 2022 · 50,883 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-806 · 2021–2022 · Oct 26, 2022 · 6,076 vehicles Fuel gauge: fuel level float/sensor/sending unit22V-155 · 2022 · Mar 14, 2022 · 47,238 vehicles Axle: non-powered axle assembly22V-034 · 2020–2021 · Jan 26, 2022 · 31,058 vehicles Seat belts21V-606 · 2021 · Aug 5, 2021 · 45,496 vehicles Air bags21V-159 · 2020–2021 · Mar 10, 2021 · 3,421 vehicles