Audi RS 6 AvantYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 8 owner complaints and 14 safety recalls on record for the Audi RS 6 Avant.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints8Top: Electrical system Safety recalls142021–2026 model years

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

Best & worst years

Audi RS 6 Avant 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 RS 6 Avant median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2026Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2025Too new–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1002 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1001 complaint · 5 recalls 2021Not rated–/1004 complaints · 12 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Audi RS 6 Avant problems

All model years combined: 8 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

5Electrical system

2Power train

2Steering

1Engine

1Visibility/wiper

1Structure

1Forward collision avoidance

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	5	0
Power train	2	0
Steering	2	0
Engine	1	0
Visibility/wiper	1	0
Structure	1	0
Forward collision avoidance	1	0

14 recalls

Audi RS 6 Avant recalls

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

Sensing system: camera25V-900 · 2021–2026 · 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 · 2021–2022 · Nov 21, 2022 · 50,883 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-806 · 2022 · Oct 26, 2022 · 6,076 vehicles Back over prevention: display function22V-742 · 2021 · Oct 5, 2022 · 170,296 vehicles Fuel gauge: fuel level float/sensor/sending unit22V-155 · 2021–2022 · Mar 14, 2022 · 47,238 vehicles Axle: non-powered axle assembly22V-034 · 2021 · Jan 26, 2022 · 31,058 vehicles Sensing system: camera21V-825 · 2022 · Oct 20, 2021 · 2,857 vehicles Seat belts21V-606 · 2021 · Aug 5, 2021 · 45,496 vehicles Engine21V-339 · 2021 · May 12, 2021 · 15 vehicles Axle: non-powered axle assembly21V-295 · 2021 · Apr 26, 2021 · 40,993 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 14 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.