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Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
48
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Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2019-01-28 19V057000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS 8,985 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2025-10-11 ENGINE No 0 The pcv oil separator has failed and is making a whistling sound. From researching this issue it is widely known and a…
2024-08-23 ENGINE No 0 Driving up an inclined road at night. Car engine started to sputter and jerk and lost power. Was able to get to the sid…
2024-08-21 ENGINE No 0 Audi, A8L 2013, also has the stuck piston. Rings end oil blow by like the other Volkswagen, defected engines of the sam…
2024-08-12 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2013 Audi A8. The contact stated that while her son was driving at highway speeds, the warning light…
2024-05-22 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Brake pedal is hard when starting the vehicle. Brake pedal turns soft when engine is started. The brake pedal is so har…
2024-02-19 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 Me and my son were traveling on a business road trip from my home in Lincoln, CA to do business at several companies an…
2024-01-29 ENGINE No 0 Me and my son were traveling on a business road trip from my home in Lincoln, CA to do business at several companies an…
2024-01-01 ENGINE No 0 Unknown at this moment service vist is next week. The problem is a know piston ring issues on other years of same engin…
2023-12-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 The contact owns a 2013 Audi A8. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V178000 (Engine and Engi…
2022-09-14 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Sunroof shattered while driving.
2022-09-09 ENGINE No 0 There is an open recall: 16V619000 Which applies to a set of VIN numbers. This same issue happened on my vehicle and my…
2022-09-08 SUSPENSION No 0 1. OeM audi windshield started leaking water inside the vehicle. Thia is very unsafe when driving thru rain as water p…
2022-05-30 ENGINE No 0 I was told the recall wasn't yet active, but the dealer had the parts to take care of the recall. Now I am being told I…
2022-05-09 ENGINE No 0 My car don’t get the full power & it whistles they say it’s the oil seperator .
2022-04-29 ENGINE No 0 Manufacturer Recall Number21H7 NHTSA Recall Number22V178 This recall was issued in May 2022. I emailed Audi USA, who …
2022-03-29 ENGINE No 0 In March of 2022, a safety recall number 21H7, was issued for my 2013 Audi A8L regarding the oil strainer which could c…
2022-03-19 ENGINE No 0 The car has only 60,000 miles and it is gently driven. In the middle of the interstate it started making a rattling noi…
2021-12-28 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 Vehicle windshield started leaking from top and visibly moves when pressed from outside. This is the original windshiel…
2021-11-13 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 While traveling on Interstate 65 through Nashville, TN my 2013 Audi A8L showed an EPC light alert then <5 miles later w…
2021-11-05 ENGINE No 0 Car is not blowing hot air. I have a transmission fault code related to this which is P2753. Coolant is leaking and has…
2021-08-06 ENGINE No 0 FAILURE BOTH TURBOS Purchased Audi Naples Jan 2018 Maintained at Audi Ft Myers Audi While on a vacation from our home i…
2021-07-24 ENGINE No 0 The car start chugging and lost power while driving. My safety and the safety of other drivers were at risk, because th…
2021-06-07 ENGINE No 0 After exiting the highway the car just stopped running. There was no warning and all power was lost. Engine would not…
2021-05-06 ENGINE No 0 AS A SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN IN AN INTERSECTION (DOWNTOWN IN A MAJOR CITY) THE CAR STARTED JUMPING AND THEN THE ENGINE SH…
2021-03-30 ENGINE No 0 DRIVING CAR FROM PROVO, UT TO CALIFORNIA, APPROX 250 MILES INTO THE TRIP NOTICED THE EPC LIGHT ON, I PULLED OFF THE FRE…
2021-02-13 ENGINE No 0 AFTER TRAVELING 4 HOURS FROM SAVANNAH, GA TO ATLANTA, GA; I PROCEEDED TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE ON EXIT 228. UPON GETTI…
2021-01-05 ENGINE No 0 I WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS IDLING RUFF. SO I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND IT STALLED THEN I RESTARTED IT THEN …
2020-09-10 STRUCTURE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 AUDI A8. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V397000 (STRUCTURE)…
2020-07-15 ENGINE No 0 MY VEHLICE WAS IN MOTION APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER AND BRAKE PRESSU…
2020-07-13 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 I HAD A STRONG GAS SMELL. I CHECKED INTERNET AND READ, 2013 AUDI A8 (VOLKSWAGEN) IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2013-2015 AUDI S8…
2020-07-10 ENGINE No 0 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I DROVE A VERY SHORT DISTANCE TO RETURN HOME DURING WHICH ODD NOISE CAME FROM THE EN…
2020-06-20 ENGINE No 0 WHILE DRIVING ON I-20 IN TEXAS THE EPC LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE POWER DECREASED NOTICEABLY. LIMPED OFF I-20 TO AN EXIT. W…
2020-03-29 ENGINE No 0 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE EPC LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, AND SHORTLY AFTER DIED OUT COM…
2020-02-20 ENGINE No 0 2X TURBO DAMAGE 66000KILOMETERS
2019-07-21 ENGINE No 0 DRIVING WITH MY 3 KIDS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR LOST POWER AND STALLED. WOULDN'T START. AFTER RESEARCH, FOUND OUT I WAS …
2019-07-05 ENGINE No 0 SUSPENSION FAILS DURING DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS.
2019-03-25 ENGINE No 0 I experienced the engine stall/turbo failure as described in NHTSA Action Number PE21009. I have all of the supporting …
2019-03-18 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 WATER LEAK FROM WINDSHIELD. TECHNICIAN NOTED LEAK FROM WINDSHIELD SEALANT. EVERY TIME IT WOULD RAIN PASSENGER SIDE WOUL…
2019-03-17 ENGINE No 0 AFTER PULLING OFF OF THE PA TURNPIKE THE IDLE BECAME ROUGH AND THE CAR CUT OFF AND WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO READ…
2019-03-04 ENGINE No 0 MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING AUDI TSB & NHTSA DOCUMENTED BULLETINS AND COMPLAIN…
2019-02-04 VISIBILITY/WIPER No 0 AT 69946 MILES IT STARTED LEAKING WATER WHEN RAINING FROM TOP OF WINDSHIELD IN THE MIDDLE BY THE REAR VIEW MIRROR,ON TO…
2018-12-30 ENGINE No 0 SMELLING OF ENGINE COOLANT. AFTER DRIVING FOR AN HOUR, YOU CAN SEE STEAM COMING FROM THE HOOD BUT NO LEAK.
2018-09-25 ENGINE No 0 DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT ON US HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE NEAR NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO, EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS …
2018-09-12 ENGINE No 0 On the afternoon of September 12, 2018, my 2013 Audi A8L 4.0T started with somewhat of a rough idle, but no warning lig…
2018-05-12 ENGINE No 0 I WAS TRAILING MY WIFE AND CHILDREN HOME ONE EVENING WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL ON HER AT AN INTERSECTION. I SIGNALED …
2017-06-16 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 AUDI A8. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, A LOUD BOOMING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE GLASS S…
2014-06-16 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR AT FIRST FAILED TO MOVE THE CAR; THEN IT SURGED UNTIL BRAKED; THEN IT FAILED TO MOVE THE CAR ON …
2013-03-09 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 AUDI A8L. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS INSTALLED TOO CLOSE TO THE SIDE WALL ON TH…