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What 13 owners told NHTSA about the 2018 Audi RS 3

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (13)Airbags (5)Fuel system (4)Electrical system (2)Engine (2)Lane Departure (2)Backup camera & sensors (1)Driver assistance (1)Seat belts (1)Seats (1)Speed control (1)

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Mar 4, 2022Seat beltsDriver assistance

Audi pre sence kicked in on an empty street at 30mph. It was daylight on a straight road. The seat belts tightened up with no warning and the car applied hard breaks. Luckily there was no one behind me at the time or I would have definitely been rear ended.

NHTSA ODI 11455233

Working with the data? Download all 13 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2018 Audi RS 3 verdict →