Audi S5 Cabriolet Recalls

The Audi S5 Cabriolet has 11 recalls spanning 2010 through 2023, with the most serious being a Takata-style driver's airbag inflator defect on 2010-2012 models where the inflator can rupture in a crash and send metal fragments into the cabin, potentially causing serious injury.

The 2020-2021 model years have a rear axle lock nut that can break and misalign the rear axle, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle. The 2023 model year has a passenger seat sensor that can fail to detect an occupant correctly, leaving the front passenger airbag deactivated in a crash. On 2021 models, a rear seatbelt retractor issue can prevent a child restraint system from being properly secured, and the rearview camera display can go blank while reversing, reducing rear visibility. The 2022 model year shares a related rearview camera issue where the display can stop functioning entirely.

The 2019 model year has front shock absorber forks that can crack and allow the shock absorbers to loosen, impairing steering. The 2018 model year has two separate airbag concerns: a passenger seat sensor connecting cable that can oxidize and cause the software to disable the front passenger airbag, and a Super Sport seat-mounted side airbag that may have been folded incorrectly during installation and can deploy improperly in a crash. The 2017 model year has a seatbelt pretensioner issue where a component can detach after deployment in a crash and become a projectile inside the cabin.

Going back to earlier production, 2010-2012 models carry the Takata inflator defect noted in the lead, which affects the driver's frontal airbag specifically.