21V874000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
A disabled passenger air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
2018 AUDI A5
6 safety recall campaigns, 46 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints46
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
19V547000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
A disabled passenger air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
18V893000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
A loose front wheel may increasing the risk of a crash.
18V836000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
If the air bag does not deploy correctly in the event of a crash, it can increase the risk of an injury.
17V822000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the head curtain air bag, if the air bag does not deploy properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.
17V675000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
The sharp edges of the speaker trim increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
What owners report most
- 8UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8ENGINE
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 4SERVICE BRAKES
- 4STRUCTURE:BODY
- 3VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 2STEERING
- 2AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 AUDI A5s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.