Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2013 Audi s6 has 3 recalls, 42 complaints.
3
Recalls
42
Complaints
N/A
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
18V370000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2013-2018 Audi S6 and S7, 2012-2018 A7 and A6 Sedan, and 2014-2018 RS7 vehicles eq...
13V450000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Audi S6 and S7 vehicles equipped with 4.0L engines. Due to m...
22V178000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2013-2017 A8, S6 Sedan, S7, S8, and 2014-2017 RS7 vehicles. The turbocharger oil supply...
Overall
Not Rated
Front Crash
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Side Crash
Not Rated
Rollover
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Rating for: 2013 Audi S6 4 DR AWD
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2026 | POWER TRAIN | I was driving my Audi when I got transmission malfunction light on along with suspension fault and e... |
| Nov 2, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Was just driving down the highway at normal speed and my car lost all power, every like came up on t... |
| Oct 11, 2024 | ENGINE | the 2013 Audi 4.0T generation have a massive issue where the engine start leaking from the bottom of... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | All 2013 Audi S have a transmission issues where it cause the transmission to stop shifting or skips... |
| Jan 7, 2022 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Recently learned that my car broke down on my spouse in an extremely unsafe location due to turbo fa... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | ENGINE | Vehicle has had all recommended maintenance performed on schedule at the Audi dealer. Driving down a... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | ENGINE | Both turbos on my 2013 Audi S6 spontaneously blew after a month of ownership at 105,000 miles |
| Aug 24, 2021 | ENGINE | Turbocharged failed while driving in afternoon traffic, leaving car stranded at heavy traffic stopli... |
| Apr 8, 2021 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | WITH ONLY 53,000 MILES ON MY 2013 AUDI S6 BOTH TURBO CHARGES FAILED AND AUDI IS NOW CHARGING ME $9,0... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | ENGINE | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED ON CRAIG AND CLAYTON STREET HAD TO GET IT TOWED WAS TOLD WAS LACK OF O... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | CHILD SEAT | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A GRACO CHILD SAFETY SEAT, MODEL NUMBER: 2013866, MODEL TYPE: TURBO BOOSTER, MA... |
| Feb 11, 2021 | ENGINE | WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOST POWER. UPON EXITING THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A ROUGH IDLE. N... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | ENGINE | THE TURBOS ON THE S6 FAILED AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES. THIS MAKES THE CAR HAVE DANGEROUSLY LOW POWER ... |
| Sep 25, 2020 | ENGINE | MY TURBOCHARGERS FAILED, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NOT UNCOMMON WITH THIS ENGINE. IT WAS DRIVING NORMALL... |
| Sep 24, 2020 | ENGINE | The Mfg defrayed some of the cost of replacing the two turbos but I was charged $5,607.06 on the rep... |
| Jul 29, 2020 | ENGINE | THE TURBOS ON THE CAR BOTH BROKE AT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BEFORE 75,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS CRUISING... |
| Jul 21, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | I noticed my car wouldn’t engage in reverse when shifted so I took it in for a transmission flush an... |
| Jul 15, 2020 | SUSPENSION,ENGINE | SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WORN OUT CAUSING SQUEAKING AND UNEXPECTED VEHICLE PATH DURING ACCELE... |
| Jul 11, 2020 | ENGINE | While driving in city traffic, the car went into limp mode with some new lights on the dashboard. Be... |
| May 6, 2020 | ENGINE | AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION AND WITHOUT A... |