NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Audi S5 Recalls
The 2018 Audi S5 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Audi S5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 26
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2018 Audi S5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 Audi S5
Seats
- Campaign
- 21V874000
- Reported
- November 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 208,332
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 S5, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V547000
- Reported
- July 24, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 145,337
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2018 Audi S5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2018 Audi S5, the newest on December 14, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2018 Audi S5, the component group named most often is the engine (35%), followed by the air bags (12%) and the visibility/wiper (12%).
1 of the 2018 Audi S5's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine9
- Unknown Or Other8
- Air Bags3
- Visibility/Wiper3
- Electrical System2
- Parking Brake2
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2018 Audi S5 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 6. 42% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
The 26 complaints about the 2018 Audi S5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi S5 by model year
Other 2018 Audi models
Newest record on this page: December 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted