NHTSA Safety Recalls
Audi RS 3 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the Audi RS 3, across 1 model year from 2017 to 2017.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2017
- Owner complaints
- 22
2017–2017, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 22 complaints with NHTSA about the Audi RS 3 across 6 model years; the most, 13, concern the 2018.
Across all Audi RS 3 model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 6 complaints), then the air bags (6).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Audi RS 3 in 2021: 5, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Audi RS 3 is air bags: sensor: occupant classification, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Audi RS 3 recall, 19V474000, was reported on June 19, 2019 and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification.
Audi RS 3 years to avoid
Too few Audi RS 3 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 2 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 0 | 13 | 5 | not ranked |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Audi RS 3 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Audi RS 3
- AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION1
Audi RS 3 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Audi RS 3 recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19V474000June 19, 2019 | air bags: sensor: occupant classification | 2017 | crash and injury | 138,896 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Audi RS 3. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted