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Audi R8

Every Audi R8 model year on file, 2006 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years141 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years202006 to 2025
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins6,885Summed across model years
By model year

The 2009 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 43% of the model's total

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

024620062008620102012201420162018202020222025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Audi R8 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
6
Structure
3
Engine and cooling
2
Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Audi R8 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 R8 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone0011
2024Not decoded0NoneNone0066
2023Not decoded0NoneNone00442
2022Not decoded0NoneNone10462
2021Not decoded0NoneNone10517
2020Coupe10.05000548
2019Not decoded0NoneNone00154
2018Convertible1100.03300475
2017Not decoded0NoneNone00467
2016Not decoded0NoneNone10188
2015Convertible10.05000437
2014Not decoded0NoneNone00444
2013Not decoded0NoneNone00439
2012Not decoded0NoneNone00395
2011Not decoded0NoneNone00356
2010Not decoded0NoneNone00535
2009Coupe60.030000429
2008Coupe50.02800359
2007Not decoded0NoneNone0093
2006Not decoded0NoneNone0068
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Audi R8

  • 22V-543 Jul 27, 2022
    During air bag deployment, the front passenger air bag may explode or deploy improperly
    Airbags · 1,216 vehicles
  • 22V-225 Apr 6, 2022
    Gearbox may have an insufficient amount of transmission oil, which can lead to clutch slippage, and in certain driving situations, a transmission…
    Powertrain · 8 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.