MODELYEARINDEX

Audi E-Tron

132 complaints across 2 scored model years and 12 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Audi E-Tron Full report
C
Grade 2019–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 17
Drivetrain 8
Engine 6
Weakest

2019 · 2021

Best

2019 · 2021

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
2019
1.00× 35 C
2021
1.00× 44 C
2022 P
1.03× 47 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG78
City / Highway78 / 77
Engine—
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,000

Recalls

12 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V900000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019–2022 356,894
22V742000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION 2021 170,296
23V842000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:CHARGING:CABLE/CORD:ONBOARD 2019–2022 93,196
21V606000 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR 2021 45,496
23V867000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY THERMAL:MANAGEMENT:SOFTWARE 2019–2022 26,866
22V806000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO (TOUCH)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT 2021, 2022 6,076
21V825000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2022 2,857
19V434000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY 2019 1,646

+ 4 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

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
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Trax
none flagged
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 2021 E-Tron
Complaints in window
44
Severity-weighted
65
Model median (weighted)
65
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
0
Score 60 C