FaultScore

Worst years for a Audi Quattro

Owners have filed 143 complaints about the Audi Quattro with NHTSA across model years 1987 to 2009. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1999 Audi Quattro

34 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1998 Audi Quattro

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Audi Quattro 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
2009 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2003 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 17 0 1 7,395 Electrical System
2001 D 26 0 0 18,000 Tires
2000 7 2 0 Brakes
1999 D 34 5 0 69,995 Brakes
1998 A 10 0 0 77,426 Brakes
1997 D 15 3 0 Engine & Cooling
1996 C 10 0 3 Electrical System
1995 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1994 1 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1993 3 1 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1991 8 0 0 Brakes
1990 5 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1987 1 0 0 Body & Structure

What breaks on a Audi Quattro

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

Brakes 21 14.7%

Worst in 1999

Engine & Cooling 17 11.9%

Worst in 1997

Electrical System 15 10.5%

Worst in 1999

Acceleration & Cruise Control 13 9.1%

Worst in 1997

Fuel & Propulsion 11 7.7%

Worst in 1999

Transmission & Drivetrain 9 6.3%

Worst in 2001

Steering 9 6.3%

Worst in 1999

Tires 9 6.3%

Worst in 2001

Equipment & Accessories 9 6.3%

Worst in 2001

Suspension 6 4.2%

Worst in 1997

Lights 6 4.2%

Worst in 1997

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 6 4.2%

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 5 3.5%

Worst in 1999

Airbags 4 2.8%

Worst in 1997

Complaints filed over time

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

Jun 1995 peak 11 Dec 2011

Compare the Audi Quattro

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