The 2011 Audi S5 Cabriolet has 2 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 822,275 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the power train. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS18V0820002018-01-30162,782 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2006-2013 Audi A3, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2008 RS4 Cabriolet, 2009-2012 Q5, and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet and S5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the…
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternative inflator, free of charge. The recall began February 23, 2018. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69R6. Note: This recall partially…
AIR BAGS16V0780002016-02-10659,493 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Golf, 2007-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009-2014 CC, 2009-2012 Audi Q5, 2010-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag,…
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available.…
Complaints by component
POWER TRAIN
3
AIR BAGS
2
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
1
ENGINE
1
Total complaints7
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“I am the sole owner of a 2011 audi s5 cabriolet. Chief complaints: engine problem,.warning light shut down engine,gearbox malfunction,tpms malfunction,. Transmission intermittently slipping and would not go in reverse,takata airbag not changed by keyes audi complaint for lemon law with audi corp.…”
“I am the sole owner of a 2011 audi s5 cabriolet. Chief complaints: engine problem,.warning light shut down engine,gearbox malfunction,tpms malfunction,. Transmission intermittently slipping and would not go in reverse,takata airbag not changed by keyes audi complaint for lemon law with audi corp.…”
“I am the sole owner of a 2011 audi s5 cabriolet. Chief complaints: engine problem,.warning light shut down engine,gearbox malfunction,tpms malfunction,. Transmission intermittently slipping and would not go in reverse,takata airbag not changed by keyes audi complaint for lemon law with audi corp.…”
“Occasional lack of propulsion when accelerator pedal is depressed, loss of gear while moving slowly (from a stop). In either case, the car may be stuck in an intersection or otherwise act unpredictably to other traffic. Remedy is to either take foot off accelerator to re-engage multiple times, or…”
“My wife and I went on a drive, to get lunch, after leaving lunch , we headed home, I pulled out on to the hwy, and the audi,"check engine" "no reverse" light lit up, and then the tpms lit up, the warning stated I had lost reverse, and I could continue driving. Home was over 10 miles away, so I…”
“Takata recall notice was issued by audi over 24 months ago. Authorized dealers cannot source parts to complete repair jeopardizing safety of our drivers. Dealers are not able to schedule or even forecast when parts will become available. Given the length of elapsed time and potential danger…”
“Takata recall - received urgent recall august 2017. Multiple calls to the dealership and audi usa have not provide information regarding 1) when parts are available for my urgent recall notice, and 2) is the car safe to continue to drive? I understand the scale of this recall, however additional…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2011 Audi S5 Cabriolet as of
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