NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Audi A6 Recalls
The 2020 Audi A6 has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Audi A6. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 26
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Audi A6, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2020 Audi A6
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V900000
- Reported
- December 19, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 356,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021, 2023 A6, 15 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: fluid
- Campaign
- 23V601000
- Reported
- August 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,499
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 A6, 3 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 22V861000
- Reported
- November 21, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,883
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 A6, 4 other models
Electrical system: instrument panel: fuel gauge: fuel level float/sensor/sending unit
- Campaign
- 22V155000
- Reported
- March 14, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,238
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 A6, 3 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 22V034000
- Reported
- January 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,058
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021 A6, 19 other models
Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly
- Campaign
- 21V295000
- Reported
- April 26, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,993
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021 A6, 14 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 21V159000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,421
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 A6, 4 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V274000
- Reported
- May 13, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 153
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: starter assembly
- Campaign
- 20V153000
- Reported
- March 19, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,471
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 A6
2020 Audi A6 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2020 Audi A6, the newest on October 8, 2026.
In complaints about the 2020 Audi A6, the component group named most often is the electrical system (69%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (19%) and the structure (12%).
3 of the 2020 Audi A6's 9 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System18
- Forward Collision Avoidance5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Structure3
- Back Over Prevention2
- Steering2
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2020 Audi A6 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 8. 65% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Audi A6 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Audi A6 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 26 complaints about the 2020 Audi A6 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A6 by model year
Other 2020 Audi models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted