Audi A4 vs Nissan Sentra

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Audi A4	Nissan Sentra
Complaints on file	3,681	8,318
Model years covered	1995–2024	1982–2026
Worst model year	2002	2015
Best model year	2022	2023
Crashes reported	146	867
Fires reported	76	170
Injuries reported	84	550
Deaths reported	0	16
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.3%	19.3%

Audi A4 by year

1 133 119 321 242 115 153 218 282 225 267 343 226 204 150 77 17 23 28 41 24 18 76 80 16 230 19 10 19 4

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 520 14.1%

Engine & Cooling 491 13.3%

Electrical System 483 13.1%

Brakes 403 10.9%

Lights 375 10.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 217 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 205 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 162 4.4%

Nissan Sentra by year

1 1 4 6 9 46 40 49 45 77 81 89 130 158 177 138 76 74 236 309 372 240 235 224 155 215 233 81 212 201 260 871 526 501 407 341 287 360 320 216 142 34 64 49 26

82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,362 16.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,296 15.6%

Electrical System 850 10.2%

Airbags 796 9.6%

Brakes 622 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 598 7.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 426 5.1%

Steering 343 4.1%