2016 Audi A7: problems, recalls and reliability

“Flat tire on highway 255/40 R19 100H. I thought it's a nail or a sharp object. After further inspection, the tire was ripping from inside out. Please see attached picture. My speed was very low at higher speeds or could have been a complete tire blow out.”Owner report · Tires · Mar 2023

“Around 36k miles the vehicle had some dried coolant residue and required coolant topups every 2-3k miles. Two different dealerships performed comprehensive inspections between then and now and did not notify me of any problems. The residue was explained away in a service bulletin stating that it was normal for the water pump to weep some coolant. Now at 44k miles, I brought the car in when I saw dried coolant residue and it seemed to require coolant more frequently. Dealer notified me that the engine water pump has failed and requires replacement.”Owner report · Engine And Engine Cooling · Aug 2022

“1st problem my passenger air bag will go on and off sometime while driving even though no one is sitting there. 2nd problem the weather here was -30 for about 10 days and my car stopped working one morning when I turned it on. More precisely steering did not work. When I took it to vw dealer and they had it over night for all ice to melt they said a bunch of water came out from module when they unplugged wire harnes.”Owner report · Air Bags · Feb 2021

“I have reached a gas station and I am unable to open the fuel filler flap. Apparently this is a known issue to Audi Service departments on Audi's of this generation not just the A7 model. The problem is apparently intermittent, and apparently worse during winter months. In the next generation vehicle the ful filler flap housing has been redesigned to solve the fuel filler flap not opening problem. Since the car cannot go with our gas, this is clearly a design error, and could leave people stranded mid-winter. Not good here in the North-East.”Owner report · Fuel/Propulsion System · Nov 2020

“Going straight, passing thru a green light, another driver runs red light, t bones a7 (prestige trim) causing noticable damage to exterior on passenger side however airbags failed to deploy. Meanwhile a7 also had impact to driver side which the airbags did diploy with less impact then the passenger side. There is a known recall on other trim levels for the passenger air bag however the prestige trim was not included.”Owner report · Structure · Dec 2018

“Takata recall -received a notice from audi dealership that my car's VIN came up that it was unsafe to drive because of the head curtain airbag needed to be replaced. I dropped off car on july 13, 2017. I was called by audi dealership that no airbags could be ordered so I picked up the car. Today, tuesday, oct 31, 2017, I call the same audi dealership, 1421 wilmington pike, west chester pa 19382 and talked to george in service 610-455-2000, and he stated that the dealership has still not received any replacement airbags.”Owner report · Air Bags · Jul 2017

“Tl* the contact owns a 2016 audi a7. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v293000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact called the dealer (audi grapevine at 1260 e state hwy 114, grapevine, tx 76051 888-780-7923) where it was confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was notified of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.”Owner report · Air Bags · Jun 2017