The 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet has 2 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 822,275 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 16 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS18V0820002018-01-30162,782 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2006-2013 Audi A3, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2008 RS4 Cabriolet, 2009-2012 Q5, and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet and S5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the…
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Audi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator with an alternative inflator, free of charge. The recall began February 23, 2018. Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69R6. Note: This recall partially…
AIR BAGS16V0780002016-02-10659,493 affected
Defect
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Golf, 2007-2010 Passat sedans and wagon, 2012-2014 Passat sedan and Eos, 2009-2014 CC, 2009-2012 Audi Q5, 2010-2012 S5 Cabriolet and 2010-2012 Audi A5 Cabriolet vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag,…
Consequence
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflators, free of charge. Volkswagen issued an interim notification to owners on April 12, 2016, and will send a second notification when parts are available. Volkswagen will notify owners again once parts are available.…
Complaints by component
AIR BAGS
15
ENGINE
1
Total complaints16
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Takata recall: I received the urgent recall notice in the mail and first phoned to make an appointment for hte repair. I was told that they needed to call me back to schedule due to lack of available parts but more than a week went by and I did not receive a call. I went in person and was told…”
“Takata recall. Received recall notice feb 2016. Our 2010 audi a5 cabriolet has been scheduled twice with audi jacksonville to have the takata airbag replaced. Both times we have been told, after the car arrived, that they did not have the parts and they could not get information from audi on when…”
“My dealer has no eta on the replacement airbag inflater delivery so I can not get it replaced”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 audi a5 cabriolet. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v078000 (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.…”
“Takata recall safety recall was received last april 2016. As of today, audi claims they have no replacement parts and that the ntsa says it's safe for me to continue driving my car. I would like to know how I can get my car repaired now.”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 audi a5 cabriolet. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall…”
“Engine light came on when starting car, had some difficulty accelerating. Car taken to dealer within 24 hours. Dealer diagnosed timing chains, head, tensioners and turbo needed to be replaced. Car has approximately 83000 miles and has been serviced at conshohocken audi since purchase from prestige…”
“Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 audi a5 cabriolet. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags). The parts to do the recall repair were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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