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2025 Audi S6

Hybrid Midsize car

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Specs & fuel economyRecallsComplaintsCrash ratings
A
Safety Signal
97 / 100
ASafety Signal · 97 / 100
1Recalls · NHTSA campaigns
2Complaints · owner reports
Crash rating · NHTSA overall
22 mpgFuel economy · best combined

The 2025 Audi S6 is sold in the U.S. as a hybrid midsize car. The most efficient version, the S6, is EPA-rated at 22 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of A. Owners have filed 2 complaints, most often about lane departure.

Specs & fuel economy (EPA)

ConfigurationPowertrainDriveEngine / motorCityHwyCombAnnual fuel*
S6HybridAWD2.9L 6-cyl + 48V Li-Ion192722$3,500

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year and EPA reference fuel/electricity prices. Source: fueleconomy.gov vehicle records.

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Recalls (1)

Back Over Prevention

minor
356,894 vehicles

Problem: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2026 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may prevent the rearview camera image from displaying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Risk: A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will update the software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 14, 2026. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 90TV. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 23, 2025.

NHTSA campaign 25V900000 · reported Dec 19, 2025 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Owner complaints

2 complaints filed

0 involved a crash, 0 a fire, 0 injuries, 0 deaths reported by owners.

Filed by year — 2026: 2

Most-cited components

  • Lane Departure — 1
  • Forward Collision Avoidance — 1
  • Vehicle Speed Control — 1
  • Electrical System — 1
  • Structure — 1
“The electronic door locking system on my 2025 Audi S5 has repeatedly and unpredictably locked me inside the vehicle and, on separate occasions, locked me out of the vehicle, with no consistent trigger. The electronic central door locking system/mechanism (door latch actuators and associated locking control module) has …”Aug 9, 2026 · Electrical System · NHTSA owner report
“See attached document for complaint.”Mar 5, 2026 · Lane Departure · NHTSA owner report

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Crash ratings

NHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.

Other S6 model years

A

2024 S6

1 recalls · 0 complaints

A

2023 S6

1 recalls · 0 complaints

C

2022 S6

4 recalls · 4 complaints

F

2021 S6

10 recalls · 0 complaints

F

2020 S6

6 recalls · 2 complaints

A

2018 S6

1 recalls · 4 complaints

B

2017 S6

2 recalls · 5 complaints

B

2016 S6

2 recalls · 19 complaints

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). Floor 35. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Complaint counts and NHTSA crash ratings are shown separately and are not blended into the grade.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records (ids 48173). Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed weekly.

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