The 2012 Audi S5 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 26,008 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Audi S4, S5, Q7, 2012 Audi A6, Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid, and 2012-2013 Audi A7 vehicles. In the affected vehicles the fuel injection system may experience a fuel leak.
Consequence
A fuel leak in the injection system in the presence of an ignition source, increases the risk of a fire.
Remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel rails and corresponding seals, free of charge. The recall began on March 17, 2015. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834 or Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen's numbers for this recall are 24AP for Audi…
Complaints by component
AIR BAGS
8
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
POWER TRAIN
1
Total complaints10
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“I am affected by recall 69r6 for this vehicle. I moved to germany in 2012 and took my car with me. Audi in germany refused to honor the recall claiming that it is not applicable to germany due to different "climate conditions". What can I do (other than shipping the car back to the us) ? Thanks”
“I get the gearbox malfunction and tpms light flashing and the car jerks and stutters especially from start and coming to a stop. When stopping, it feels like someone hit you from behind. Ran the codes and it is a mechatronic malfunction/failure. *tr”
“The car's backup camera feed has a lot of issues for many owners, myself included. There is a probably 10% chance of the backup camera not turning on when I first start the car each time. Lots of other owners are having similar issues on the a5/s5/rs5 platform from similar years. If you google the…”
“Takata recall.safety recall 69n2. I continue to get defect notices from audi but no one at audi has any idea when the replacement or repair parts will be available. When and where will the repair parts be available is my question?”
“Ft. Collins dealer says replacement airbags not available”
“Tikata airbag recall audi sent a recall letter several months ago (04/2016) but still has not developed a solution for the airbag issue. Is it safe to drive our car? Audi says it is safe but based on the nhtsa recall it is not safe to drive our car.”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 audi s5. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The…”
“Tl* the contact owns a 2012 audi s5. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2012 Audi S5 as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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