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3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific Audi models because a coolant pump defect may cause overheating or short-circuiting, increasing the risk of a fire.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 216,913 Audi A5, A4 Allroad, and Q5 vehicles because contact corrosion in the auxiliary heater connector may cause wires to overheat or melt, increasing the risk of a fire.
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific Audi models because a blocked coolant pump can overheat and cause a fire.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
3 trims tested for 2013; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
1,806 manufacturer service bulletins across 19 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.