Audi RS 7Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 17 owner complaints and 16 safety recalls on record for the Audi RS 7.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints17Top: Engine Safety recalls162014–2026 model years

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

Best & worst years

Audi RS 7 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 7 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2026Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls 2021Not rated–/1004 complaints · 12 recalls 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2017Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2016Not rated–/1006 complaints · 3 recalls 2015Not rated–/1002 complaints · 2 recalls 2014Not rated–/1005 complaints · 2 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Audi RS 7 problems

All model years combined: 17 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

10Engine

3Electrical system

2Vehicle speed control

1Visibility/wiper

1Fuel/propulsion system

1Power train

1Air bags

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
Engine	10	0
Electrical system	3	0
Vehicle speed control	2	0
Visibility/wiper	1	0
Fuel/propulsion system	1	0
Power train	1	0
Air bags	1	0

16 recalls

Audi RS 7 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 Gasoline: turbo/supercharger22V-178 · 2014–2017 · Mar 23, 2022 · 26,093 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 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 16 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.