Vehicle profile

2012 Audi S5

Coupe · Subcompact Cars

1 federal recall illustration
Illustration of a 2012 Audi S5

Specifications

What's under the hood.

Horsepower
350 hp
Cylinders
8-cyl
Displacement
4.2L
Fuel
Premium gasoline
Transmission
Automatic 6-spd
Drive
AWD
Body class
Subcompact Cars
Doors
2

Federal recall campaigns

1 federal recall campaign.

2012 Audi S5

How this compares

vs 2012 Subcompact Cars
0.45× the 2.23 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
Most-affected system
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE — 1 of 1 (100%)

Derived from the federal campaign record across 2012 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.

  • 15V019000

    FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL

    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 customers and 24BK for Volkswagen customers.

    20/01/2015

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{
  "id": "pkl8tdmd0vjdm29",
  "year": 2012,
  "make": "Audi",
  "model": "S5",
  "trim": "S5",
  "submodel": "Coupe",
  "horsepower": 350,
  "cylinders": 8,
  "displacement_l": 4.2,
  "transmission": "Automatic 6-spd",
  "drive_type": "AWD",
  "fuel_type": "Premium gasoline",
  "body_class": "Subcompact Cars",
  "image_url": "https://vehicle.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/vehicles/2012/Audi/S5/2012_Audi_S5_601e69d5_00001_.png",
  "image_type": "illustration",
  "recall_count": 1
}
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