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vehicle
2010 / audi / s5
known issues
3 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-10)
complaints
20 on file (2011-01-07 → 2025-07-21)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
3 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Engine overheating from thermostat or water pump failureENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2 complaints2011-01 → 2017-09audi-s5-2010-thermostat-water-pump-overheating
10375105 2010 AUDI S5 OVERHEATED ON DEC. 6, 2010 IN COLD WEATHER (20 DEGREES) WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. AUDI REPORTED A WATER PUMP CRACK AND ORDERED THE PART
11030093 ENGINE OVERHEATED AUGUST 21, 2017. IT LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY
Takata air bag recall replacement parts unavailableAIR BAGS7 complaints2016-05 → 2018-12audi-s5-2010-takata-airbag-recall-delay
10864720 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 AUDI S5. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V078000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR
11160532 CANNOT GET AUDI TO REPLACE AIRBAG. HAVE WAITED OVER A YEAR. CALLED DOZENS OF TIMES
11046462 TAKATA RECALL. I'VE RECEIVED CARDS IN THE MAIL STATING THAT I'M OVERDUE ON GETTING THE AIRBAG RECALL COMPLETED. MY CAR HAS BEEN TO DAY AUDI IN MONROEVILLE, PA 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 1.5 YEARS AND THEY INFORM ME THAT THEY HAVE NO AIRBAGS IN STOCK
S-tronic transmission mechatronic unit jerk and limp modePOWER TRAIN10 complaints2015-09 → 2017-06audi-s5-2010-mechatronic-transmission-jerk
10851241 2010 AUDI S5 S-TRONIC TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND JERKS WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP
10992350 WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WHICH MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS TO PULL OVER ALMOST HITTING UPCOMING TRAFFIC WITH NO ACCELERATION. AUDI SAYS IT'S A MECHATRONIC UNIT
10781020 THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE AUDI S-TRONIC TRANSMISSION WHERE THE MECHATRONICS UNIT WHICH CONTROLS THE SHIFTS IS DEFECTIVE
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.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2010 Audi S5 vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2010/audi/s5
@misc{wrenchpro_2010_audi_s5_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2010 Audi S5},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2010/audi/s5}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
