MODELYEARINDEX

Audi A7

99 complaints across 2 scored model years and 11 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Audi A7 Full report
D
Grade 2013–2019
2019 vs model median 1.4×
Model median3× median
Electrical 19
Drivetrain 8
Engine 6
Avoid

2019

Best

2013 · 2019

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
0.55× 11 B
2019
1.45× 58 D

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG25
City / Highway22 / 29
Engine3L, 6 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,050

Recalls

11 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V900000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019 356,894
18V370000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION 2013 139,249
22V861000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2019 50,883
17V781000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS 2013 48,693
22V155000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:FUEL GAUGE:FUEL LEVEL FLOAT/SENSOR/SENDING UNIT 2019 47,238
16V646000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS 2013 28,249
15V019000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL 2013 26,008
15V823000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION 2013 21,074

+ 3 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size 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 RLX
none flagged
C
Audi A6
2019
C
Audi A8
none flagged
C
BMW 5 Series
20112012
B
BMW 7 Series
2012
B
Buick Lacrosse
20112012
C
Cadillac XTS
2013
C
Chevrolet Impala
20112014
C

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 2019 A7
Complaints in window
58
Severity-weighted
84
Model median (weighted)
58
vs model median
1.45×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
6
Open investigations
0
Score 48.8 D