MODELYEARINDEX

Audi A4 Allroad

192 complaints across 6 scored model years and 9 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Audi A4 Allroad Full report
D
Grade 2013–2018
2013 vs model median 1.5×
Model median3× median
Steering 24
Electrical 4
Airbags & Restraints 4
Avoid

2013

Best

2016 · 2018

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2013
1.54× 47 D
2014
0.96× 33 C
2015
1.04× 32 C
2016
0.57× 17 B
2017
1.28× 35 C
2018
0.92× 16 C

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG25
City / Highway23 / 28
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,050

Recalls

9 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V229000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM 2013–2016 342,867
17V002000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM 2013–2016 342,867
17V622000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2013–2016 216,913
19V547000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2017, 2018 145,337
14V667000 AIR BAGS 2013–2015 101,938
16V642000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2017 79,895
17V675000 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS 2017, 2018 31,323
16V955000 SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER 2017 5,947

+ 1 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura TL
2012
C
Acura TLX
20152020
C
Acura TSX
2010
C
Alfa Romeo Giulia
2017
C
Audi A4
none flagged
B
Audi A5
none flagged
C
Audi S4
none flagged
B
Audi S5
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2013 A4 Allroad
Complaints in window
47
Severity-weighted
69.5
Model median (weighted)
45
vs model median
1.54×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 51.6 D