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Audi A6 years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2016 and 2019. Best years: 2018.
The 2016 and 2019 Audi A6 draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2016 has 51 complaints (5 for each year on the road) and 2019 has 114 complaints (14 for each year on the road), against a median of 3 a year across the 8 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2019 is stalling (34 reports).
- 114complaints
- 7recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Aug 17, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2016
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
2019
Most reported: stalling (34 reports) and infotainment (25 reports).
Best years
2018
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2019 has the most complaints of any Audi A6 year here: 114 of 114 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Stalling is the top problem in every model year with a page, 34 reports in all.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 3% of Audi A6 complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- None of the 1 model years where owners report stalling has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Filings jumped in 2023, with 51 complaints, 2.4 times the next busiest year. So far in 2026, 9 more have come in.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2014 (35), 2015 (22), 2016 (51), 2017 (20), 2018 (11), 2020 (25), 2021 (17).
Year by year
2019 Audi A6 avoid
114 owner complaints, 14 for each year on the road (5.2 times the model median). Most reported: stalling (34 reports), infotainment (25 reports) and dead battery (24 reports). 2 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. 7 recalls, including 22V-861 on the electrical system and 22V-155 on the electrical system.
Questions
What Audi A6 years should you avoid?
The 2016 and 2019 Audi A6 draw the most owner complaints for their age: 2016 has 51 complaints (5 for each year on the road) and 2019 has 114 complaints (14 for each year on the road), against a median of 3 a year across the 8 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2019 is stalling (34 reports).
What are the best years for the Audi A6?
The 2018 draws the fewest complaints for its age: 11, or 1 for each year on the road. Model years before 2016 aren't called best, because complaints filed before 2015 aren't in the files this site reads and their counts run short.
What is the most common problem on the Audi A6?
Stalling, with 34 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2019.
How many recalls does the Audi A6 have?
7 recall campaigns cover the Audi A6 model years 2019 on this site.
How many Audi A6 complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
3% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for stalling on the Audi A6?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.