FaultScore

Worst years for a Audi A5 Cabriolet

Owners have filed 53 complaints about the Audi A5 Cabriolet with NHTSA across model years 2010 to 2017. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2011 Audi A5 Cabriolet

14 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Audi A5 Cabriolet year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2017 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2015 2 0 0 Electrical System
2014 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2013 3 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2012 B 14 0 0 Airbags
2011 B 14 0 0 Airbags
2010 B 16 0 0 53,500 Airbags

What breaks on a Audi A5 Cabriolet

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 41 77.4%

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 8 15.1%

Worst in 2013

Other & Unspecified 2 3.8%

Worst in 2011

Electrical System 1 1.9%

Worst in 2015

Stability & Traction Control 1 1.9%

Worst in 2015

Exactly what failed on a Audi A5 Cabriolet

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

AIR Bags 41 77.4%
Engine 8 15.1%
Unknown OR Other 2 3.8%
Electronic Stability Control (Esc) 1 1.9%
Electrical System 1 1.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Audi A5 Cabriolet, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2016 peak 7 Jun 2019

Compare the Audi A5 Cabriolet

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.