2010 Audi S4: raw data

Every record we hold for this vehicle, as plain tables, with nothing added. The consumer page shows the same records with the maintenance schedule, price ranges and nearby shops around them.

vehicle	2010 / audi / s4
known issues	3 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-09)
complaints	60 on file (2010-08-29 → 2025-09-22)
recalls	0
investigations	0
fars	5 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
indexed	yes
license	CC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

DSG mechatronic unit gearbox malfunctionPOWER TRAIN44 complaints2013-11 to 2020-04audi-s4-2010-mechatronic-gearbox-malfunction

11229466 GEARBOX FAILURE SEEMS TO BE COMMON ISSUE ON THE 2010 MODEL. SEEMS A REPLACEMENT MECHATRONICS UNIT OR FULL TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE DONE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE
11180272 TRANSMISSION FAILURE. LURCHING FROM A STOP AND LURCHING DURING SHIFT CHANGES

Water pump failure and coolant lossENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING12 complaints2010-08 to 2014-09audi-s4-2010-water-pump-coolant-loss

10362075 2010 AUDI S4 WATER PUMP FAILURE. *TR
10639545 WITHOUT WARNING MY 2010 AUDI S4 OVER HEATED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE STORE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LUCKILY MY CHILDREN WERE NOT WITH ME BECAUSE I HAD TO PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY ROAD UNTIL THE ENGINE COOLED DOWN

Electronic parking brake disengagement while parkedSERVICE BRAKES2 complaints2016-08 to 2016-08audi-s4-2010-parking-brake-rollaway

10894981 AUDI S4 2010, ELECTRONIC PARKING BREAK RANDOMLY DISENGAGED WHILE PARKED IN A SLOPED PARKING LOT. CAR ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING 1800 DOLLARS OF DAMAGE
10894986 FOLLOW UP ON AUDI S4 2010: ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE DISENGAGED WHILE PARKED IN SLOPED PARKING LOT. CAR ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING 1800 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

count	earliest_date	latest_date	crash_flagged	fire_flagged	top_components
60	2010-08-29	2025-09-22	2	0	POWER TRAIN:42; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:11; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:6; ENGINE:4; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:2

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_years	occupant_deaths	match_type	vpic_recovered
2010-2024	5	legacy-code	0

FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2010 Audi S4 vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2010/audi/s4

@misc{wrenchpro_2010_audi_s4_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2010 Audi S4},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2010/audi/s4}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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