Audi S7Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 58 owner complaints and 14 safety recalls on record for the Audi S7.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints58Top: Engine Safety recalls142013–2025 model years

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

Best & worst years

Audi S7 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 S7 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls 2021Not rated–/1003 complaints · 10 recalls 2020Not rated–/1003 complaints · 6 recalls 2018Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2017Not rated–/1006 complaints · 2 recalls 2016Not rated–/10015 complaints · 2 recalls 2015Not rated–/1001 complaint · 3 recalls 2014Not rated–/10014 complaints · 4 recalls 2013Not rated–/10016 complaints · 3 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Audi S7 problems

All model years combined: 58 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

36Engine2 crash/fire/injury

12Electrical system2 crash/fire/injury

8Power train

5Fuel/propulsion system

5Forward collision avoidance

4Steering

3Lane departure

3Engine and engine cooling

2Service brakes

64 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
Engine	36	2
Electrical system	12	2
Power train	8	0
Fuel/propulsion system	5	1
Forward collision avoidance	5	0
Steering	4	1
Lane departure	3	0
Engine and engine cooling	3	0
Service brakes	2	0
4 other systems	6	0

14 recalls

Audi S7 recalls

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

Sensing system: camera25V-900 · 2020–2025 · 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-742 · 2021 · Oct 5, 2022 · 170,296 vehicles Gasoline: turbo/supercharger22V-178 · 2013–2017 · Mar 23, 2022 · 26,093 vehicles Fuel gauge: fuel level float/sensor/sending unit22V-155 · 2020–2022 · 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 Axle: non-powered axle assembly21V-295 · 2020–2021 · Apr 26, 2021 · 40,993 vehicles Air bags21V-159 · 2020–2021 · Mar 10, 2021 · 3,421 vehicles Sensor: occupant classification18V-370 · 2013–2018 · Jun 4, 2018 · 139,249 vehicles

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

2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the S7

Apr 4, 2022
Engine Stall - Turbo FailureEA22001 · 2013–2016 · closed May 26, 2023
No recall
Mar 29, 2021
Engine Stall - Turbo FailurePE21009 · 2013–2016 · closed May 27, 2022
Led to recall 22V-178