NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Audi e-tron Recalls
The 2021 Audi e-tron has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Audi e-tron. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 36
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Audi e-tron, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2021 Audi e-tron
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 e-tron, 15 other models
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery thermal: management: software
- Campaign
- 23V867000
- Reported
- December 20, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,866
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 e-tron
Electrical system: propulsion system: charging: cable/cord: onboard
- Campaign
- 23V842000
- Reported
- December 13, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 93,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 e-tron, 4 other models
Equipment: electrical: infotainment: video (touch)screen/monitor/unit
- Campaign
- 22V806000
- Reported
- October 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,076
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 21V707000
- Reported
- September 13, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Audi e-tron
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
Structure: interior panels: dashboard
- Campaign
- 21V595000
- Reported
- August 2, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 58
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Audi e-tron
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 21V569000
- Reported
- July 26, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 498
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 e-tron
2021 Audi e-tron complaints by year
NHTSA has received 36 owner complaints about the 2021 Audi e-tron, the newest on July 22, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2021 Audi e-tron, the component group named most often is the electrical system (67%), followed by the power train (25%) and the engine (19%).
2 of the 2021 Audi e-tron's 9 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System24
- Unknown Or Other10
- Power Train9
- Engine7
- Service Brakes3
- Forward Collision Avoidance1
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2021 Audi e-tron peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 9. 75% 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 36 complaints about the 2021 Audi e-tron are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi e-tron by model year
Other 2021 Audi models
Newest record on this page: July 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted