Safety Score
96
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
22
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Audi S4.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE MECHATRONICS UNIT FAILED AND CAR IS UNDER 100K MILES. SUDDEN SHAKING AND BANGING ON THE HIGHWAY W… |
| 2019-07-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR LEAKING AND NEEDS REPLACED. MY CAR WAS NEVER ON THE RECALL LIST. SITTING AT AUDI DEALER NOW. |
| 2018-12-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE GEARBOX MALFUNCTION SCREEN ON THE DASH SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE THEN FOLLOWED BY A PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTION THEN T… |
| 2018-09-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING TODAY ON THE HIGHWAY MY 2012 AUDI S4 EXPERIENCED THE COMMON DSG GEARBOX MALFUNCTION ALERT ALONG WOTH THE … |
| 2018-09-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | COOLANT PUMP BLEW OUT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. |
| 2018-08-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY AUDI S4 EXPERIENCES ABRUPT JERKING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GREAT WHILE DECELERATING. IT ALSO JERKS A… |
| 2018-05-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, MY CAR DROPPED INTO LOWER GEARS AND STOPPED MOVING, AND TWO ERROR CODES POPPED UP "GEARBOX MA… |
| 2018-04-28 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY COOLANT PUMP WENT OUT AND OVERHEATED THE CAR. THE COOLANT LEAKED OUT. MY CAR ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT. AUDI RECENTLY… |
| 2018-04-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | AT ~61,000 MILES THE 2012 AUDI S4 STARTED DRIVING ROUGH IN LOW GEARS. THE CAR HAS HESITATION ISSUES FOLLOWED BY & JERKY… |
| 2017-12-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I GOT THE 'GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" ON MY DASH AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT THE… |
| 2017-11-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE FLASHES A GEARBOX MALFUNCTION WARNING AND MOST ELECTRONICS WENT DEAD. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING ME T… |
| 2017-11-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT, I RECEIVED A "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION. OK TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITH LIMITED FUNCTIONA… |
| 2017-10-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A COMPLAINT AUDI S4 AND OTHER AUDI CARS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS I'M HAVING YOU CAN BE DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD OR… |
| 2017-07-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | PREMATURE TRANSMISSION MECHATRONIC FAILURE. CAR UNABLE TO REVERSE DURING A 3 POINT TURN IN A ROADWAY ACROSS TRAIN TRAC… |
| 2017-04-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL RAIL LEAKING FUEL. RELATED ISSUES ON OTHER 2011 AND 2012 AUDI S4 |
| 2017-03-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | A GEARBOX MALFUNCTION (WITH CODES P179E AND P179F) MAY CAUSE THE CAR ENTER ONE OF THE "LIMP MODE" STATES, WHICH CAN CUT… |
| 2016-03-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I AM A MECHNIC WITH 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND I JUST STARTED THIS NEW JOB TWO WEEKS AGO. THEIR JUST THREE MECHNICS IN … |
| 2015-11-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY ROUGH AND SOMETIMES SLIPS. ALSO LURCHES FORWARD SUDDENLY FROM A STOP CAUSING THE CAR … |
| 2015-02-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VERY ABRUPTLY SHIFTS UP OR DOWN LAUNCHING THE CAR FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING |
| 2014-10-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I OWN A 2012 AUDI S4 WITH A 7 SPEED DSG TRANSMISSION AND NOTICE HARD SHIFTING IN 1-2 AND 2-1 AND ALSO INTO REVERSE AND … |
| 2013-03-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DSG TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHIFT POORLY. SHIFTS WOULD "SLIP" BETWEEN GEARS AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD DOWN SHIFT VERY HAR… |
| 2012-07-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 AUDI S4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED T… |