NHTSA Safety Recalls
Audi S4 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 12 recall campaigns for the Audi S4, across 17 model years from 2000 to 2021. The 2021 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2019 (1).
No Audi S4 model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2000, is at 1.6×.
- Model years
- 17
- Recall campaigns
- 12
- Most recalls
- 2021
- Owner complaints
- 560
2000–2021, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 560 complaints with NHTSA about the Audi S4 across 20 model years; the most, 143, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 15 of the Audi S4 complaints (3%) and a fire on 4.
Across all Audi S4 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 149 complaints), then the power train (100).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Audi S4 in 2007: 66, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Audi S4 is air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module, in 7 model-year listings.
The newest Audi S4 recall, 22V742000, was reported on October 5, 2022 and concerns the back over prevention: display function.
NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2010 Audi S4, model year owners have filed complaints about.
Audi S4 years to avoid
The best-measured Audi S4 years are 2002 (0.5×), 2010 (0.8×) and 2013 (1.0×).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2020 | 3 | 17 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 | 3 | not ranked |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2014 | 1 | 17 | 8 | not ranked |
| 2013 | 1 | 33 | 23 | 1.0× |
| 2012 | 1 | 22 | 4 | not ranked |
| 2011 | 1 | 26 | 7 | not ranked |
| 2010 | 0 | 60 | 14 | 0.8× |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2007 | 0 | 13 | 2 | not ranked |
| 2006 | 2 | 30 | 2 | not ranked |
| 2005 | 2 | 43 | 5 | not ranked |
| 2004 | 1 | 29 | 3 | not ranked |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2002 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 0.5× |
| 2001 | 1 | 87 | 31 | 1.2× |
| 2000 | 1 | 143 | 46 | 1.6× |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Audi S4 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Audi S4
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE7
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE3
- SEATS3
- AIR BAGS3
- TIRES2
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS2
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL2
- SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY2
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION1
- SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR1
Audi S4 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Audi S4 recall campaign (12)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22V742000October 5, 2022 | back over prevention: display function | 2021 | crash | 170,296 |
| 22V034000January 26, 2022 | tires | 2020–2021 | crash | 31,058 |
| 21V874000November 10, 2021 | seats | 2018–2020 | crash and injury | 208,332 |
| 21V606000August 5, 2021 | seat belts: rear/other: retractor | 2021 | crash and injury | 45,496 |
| 21V470000June 23, 2021 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2000–2002 | crash, injury and death | 62,812 |
| 21V295000April 26, 2021 | suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly | 2020–2021 | crash | 40,993 |
| 19V547000July 24, 2019 | air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module | 2018 | crash and injury | 145,337 |
| 18V427000June 22, 2018 | air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module | 2005–2006, 2008 | injury and death | 237,947 |
| 17V032000January 11, 2017 | air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module | 2005–2006, 2008 | injury and death | 33,421 |
| 15V019000January 20, 2015 | fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail | 2011–2012 | fire | 26,008 |
| 14V667000October 24, 2014 | air bags | 2013–2015 | injury | 101,938 |
| 05V096000March 15, 2005 | exterior lighting: headlights | 2003–2004 | crash | 9,965 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Audi S4. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted