NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Audi S8 Recalls
The 2021 Audi S8 has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Audi S8. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 1
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2021 Audi S8, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2021 Audi S8
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 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
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
Tires
- Campaign
- 22V034000
- Reported
- January 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,058
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 19 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 21V825000
- Reported
- October 20, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,857
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Audi S8
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 14 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm)
- Campaign
- 21V111000
- Reported
- February 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 238
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Audi S8
2021 Audi S8 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1 owner complaint about the 2021 Audi S8, the newest on December 31, 2022.
In complaints about the 2021 Audi S8, the component group named most often is the electrical system (100%), followed by the engine (100%) and the power train (100%).
1 of the 2021 Audi S8's 8 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System1
- Engine1
- Power Train1
Of the 2021 Audi S8 complaints, 100% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
The 1 complaints about the 2021 Audi S8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi S8 by model year
Other 2021 Audi models
Newest record on this page: December 19, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted