NHTSA vehicle safety data
2010 Audi A4 Recalls, Ratings & Complaints
The 2010 Audi A4 has no NHTSA recall campaigns and 64 owner complaints on file as of November 3, 2026. Recall repairs are usually free at an authorized Audi dealer.
NHTSA recall and complaint data for the 2010 Audi A4, plus NCAP crash-test ratings. Recall data is refreshed daily from NHTSA.
2010 Audi A4 owner complaints
Owners have filed 64 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Audi A4, describing incidents dated January 1, 2010 to August 16, 2023.
Most-cited components
- Engine 46 complaints
- Power Train 9 complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System 6 complaints
- Steering 3 complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control 3 complaints
- Electrical System 2 complaints
Newest complaints
ODI #11538896 · Filed
This audi doesn’t have a dip stick that comes with the car. It burns 1-2 quarts of oil a month and doesn’t indicate when your car is low on oil. It’s a guessing game when the engine says put a quart of oil in and I needed 2 and a half quarts to be full. It’s such a saftey hazard I’m surprised audi…
ODI #11531119 · Filed
No oil dip stick. The engine sucks a qt of oil every 2 weeks without leaks and due to the lack oem dip stick not in if you overfill your oil you’ll get bad spark plugs.
ODI #11512713 · Filed
My parking brake keeps setting itself and then locking in place and it will not unlock now my gear shift will not shift I have no idea what's going on and it keeps happening and then it'll stop and it'll happen again it's going to cause an accident and it burns up oil like crazy I'm going through so…
Owner-reported
2010 Audi A4 mileage at failure
49 of the 64 complaints on file for the 2010 Audi A4 give the vehicle's mileage when the problem happened.
| Component | Median | Middle half | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | Median 90,000 miles | Middle half 45,000–115,000 miles | Based on 37 complaints |
A component's median is its 50th percentile, and its middle half runs from its 25th to its 75th percentile.
Owners give the mileage themselves, often as a round number, and NHTSA doesn't check it. A complaint that names several components counts under each one, and mileages that can't be right, such as 999,999, or 50 miles on a five-year-old car, are left out.
These figures describe the complaints owners filed. They don't predict when a particular vehicle will have a problem, and vehicles that never had one aren't counted.
Mileage from NHTSA's complaints file of October 31, 2026. How these figures are worked out
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