NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Audi A6 Recalls
The 2021 Audi A6 has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Audi A6. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 18
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Audi A6, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2021 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 2019–2020, 2023 A6, 15 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 25V201000
- Reported
- March 31, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,387
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 11 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 2019–2020 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 2019–2020 A6, 4 other models
Back over prevention: display function
- Campaign
- 22V742000
- Reported
- October 5, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170,296
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 16 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 2019–2020 A6, 3 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 22V034000
- Reported
- January 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,058
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 A6, 19 other models
Seat belts: rear/other: retractor
- Campaign
- 21V606000
- Reported
- August 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 45,496
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 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 2020 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 2019–2020 A6, 4 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 20V749000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2021 Audi A6 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 18 owner complaints about the 2021 Audi A6, the newest on October 19, 2026.
In complaints about the 2021 Audi A6, the component group named most often is the electrical system (61%), followed by the engine (17%) and the forward collision avoidance (11%).
4 of the 2021 Audi A6's 11 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System11
- Engine3
- Forward Collision Avoidance2
- Power Train2
- Unknown Or Other2
- Engine And Engine Cooling1
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2021 Audi A6 peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 8. 39% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 18 complaints about the 2021 Audi A6 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi A6 by model year
Other 2021 Audi models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted