5 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2012 Audi A7. Owners have filed 30 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Audi dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2012 Audi A7. Check your A7 by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 30 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 Audi A7, reporting 2 crashes, 2 fires. Audi has issued at least 1,305 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Owners have filed 30 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 Audi A7. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“As I reported on June 3, I drove my car onto my office parking lot, up- hill, in the afternoon, when suddenly my car raced, without my stepping on the accelerator to make it race, crushed into the first car parked there.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11422447
“The gas pedal must have been stuck, as the car raced across parking lot, into the first parked car there. that car was pushed into the next car, fortunately a big, sturdy car. and fortunately into the wheel of that next car. Also, fortunately, no people there at that time.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11419455
“THE CONTACT'S SON OWNS A 2012 AUDI A7. THE CONTACT'S SON NOTICED A FUEL AND BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11089034
“THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 AUDI A7. AFTER DRIVING, THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED AN ABNORMAL ODOR UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11081028
“Oil system. A quart of oil has to be added every day. Dealership says its crank case breather. Which the supercharge cause the oil to burn more. Also the antifreeze is burning more because the engine is so hot from the oil burning rapidly.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11488899
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2012 Audi A7 is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Audi dealer.