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Audi A5 Cabriolet

Every Audi A5 Cabriolet model year on file, 2008 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years511 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years182008 to 2025
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins13,183Summed across model years
By model year

The 2010 model year drew the most complaints, 16, 31% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0510152020082010162012201420162018202020222025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Audi A5 Cabriolet complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
41
Engine and cooling
8
Stability and traction control
1
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Audi A5 Cabriolet model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Audi A5 Cabriolet by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone0053
2024Not decoded0NoneNone00597
2023Not decoded0NoneNone00731
2022Not decoded0NoneNone10729
2021Not decoded0NoneNone30869
2020Not decoded0NoneNone10935
2019Not decoded0NoneNone00825
2018Not decoded0NoneNone10807
2017Convertible20.05020591
2016Not decoded0NoneNone10674
2015Convertible10.05010833
2014Convertible10.05010960
2013Convertible333.355101,279
2012Convertible140.0280201,099
2011Convertible140.031120975
2010Convertible160.017820828
2009Not decoded0NoneNone00241
2008Not decoded0NoneNone00157
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi A5 Cabriolet

  • 22V-806 Oct 26, 2022
    Infotainment main unit may become damaged internally when the vehicle is shut off, resulting in an inoperative rearview camera display the next…
    Back-over prevention · 6,076 vehicles
  • 22V-742 Oct 5, 2022
    Due to a software issue, a blank or black screen may be displayed instead of the rearview camera image when the vehicle is placed in reverse gear
    Back-over prevention · 170k vehicles
  • 22V-034 Jan 26, 2022
    Rear axle alignment may not have been inspected after the repairs for Recall 21V-295 (42L1) were performed
    Suspension · 31k vehicles
  • 21V-606 Aug 5, 2021
    Rear seat belt automatic locking retractors may deactivate early, which can prevent the child restraint system from securing properly
    Seat belts · 45k vehicles
  • 19V-547 Jul 24, 2019
    Oxidation on the Passenger Occupant Detection System (PODS) connecting cable may cause the software to misdiagnose a malfunction and disable the…
    Airbags · 145k vehicles
  • 18V-229 Apr 11, 2018
    These vehicles, equipped with 2.0l Turbo FSI engines, have an electric coolant pump that can either become blocked with debris from the cooling…
    Engine and cooling · 343k vehicles
  • 18V-082 Jan 30, 2018
    Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode
    Airbags · 163k vehicles
  • 17V-150 Mar 8, 2017
    Component within the front, rear, and rear center seat belt retractor pretensioners may detach after the seatbelt retractor pretensioner is…
    Seat belts · 1,676 vehicles
  • 16V-078 Feb 10, 2016
    Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture
    Airbags · 659k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.