Audi · vehicle model
Audi E-Tron
190 NHTSA complaints and 25 safety recalls across model years 2019–2023.
- Complaints
- 190
- Recalls
- 25
- Model years
- 5
The verdict
The Audi E-Tron pairs above-average complaint volume with 25 recalls (heavily recalled).
- 25th pctile
- complaint volume, US models
- 25
- recall campaigns
Audi E-Tron vs. all tracked models
Total NHTSA ODI complaints across models with substantive safety data
190 Around the middle lower than 25% of 3,088 models
tracked vehicle models, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more models. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation · August 2026
The AudiE-Tron appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 190 consumer safety complaints and 25 recall campaigns across 5 model years (2019–2023). That averages roughly 38 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year. The filing-year histogram shows the timing of submitted reports, not a causal trend.
NHTSA has 9 investigation files tied to this model. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
Complaint Filing Trend
NHTSA complaint volume by year filed (not model year).
Filings moved from 22 in 2017-2021 to 168 in 2022-2026, a rise of 663.6%. That is the 96th percentile of change across the 763 nameplates with enough filings in both windows to compare, where 0 is the steepest fall and 100 the steepest rise.
Filing volume, not a reliability verdict: counts also move with how many vehicles are on the road, how old they are, and whether a recall drew attention. Computed from this portal's NHTSA filing-year records over the same two windows the trend rankings use.
Year filed (bar labels show the complaint count).
Compare AudiE-Tron to Similar Vehicles
NHTSA Investigations
Engine Stall - Turbo Failure
Engine Stall - Turbo Failure
STUCK-OPEN THROTTLE
STUCK-OPEN THROTTLE
DRIVERS SIDE DASH FIRE
DRIVERS SIDE DASHBOARD FIRE
1980 AUDI 5000 SUDDEN ACCELERATION
1979-86 AUDI 4000 SUDDEN ACCELERATION
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
Frequently Asked Questions
How reliable is the Audi E-Tron?▼
What years of Audi E-Tron are available?▼
Does the Audi E-Tron have safety ratings?▼
What are the most common Audi E-Tron complaints?▼
How do I check if my Audi E-Tron has been recalled?▼
Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. Audi E-Tron totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.