NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Audi S4 Recalls
The 2013 Audi S4 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 24, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Audi S4. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 33
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Audi S4, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2013 Audi S4
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V667000
- Reported
- October 24, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 101,938
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 S4, 1 other model
2013 Audi S4 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 33 owner complaints about the 2013 Audi S4, the newest on August 26, 2026.
In complaints about the 2013 Audi S4, the component group named most often is the steering (58%), followed by the power train (27%) and the engine (12%).
The 2013 Audi S4's only recall does not concern the steering.
Where 2013 Audi S4 owners gave the mileage (29 complaints), the median was 5,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering19
- Power Train9
- Engine4
- Electrical System2
- Unknown Or Other1
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Audi S4 peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 15. 70% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Audi S4 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Audi S4 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Audi S4 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 33 complaints about the 2013 Audi S4 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi S4 by model year
Other 2013 Audi models
Newest record on this page: August 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted