Power Train Problems of Audi S5

Audi S5 owners have reported 24 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 3 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (22 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's noises during shifting (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Power Train related problems of Audi S5


Recently reported Power Train problems of Audi S5

The Power Train problem

I received a coolant overheating message, pulled to side of road. Let vehicle cool off although it just showed coolant warning and actual engine temperature showed normal along with oil temperature. Started car back up and it was ok, drove about a mile, engine started steaming, white smoke out of   Read details...

The Noises During Shifting problem

After the car sits over night, and is driven w/o bring warmed up it slips going into 1st and 2nd gear, rough downshift or slight bump when coming to a stop, and a rough idle and noise coming from the transmission when in park. Car has 87k.   Read details...

The Transmission Not Go Into Gear problem

While driving at any speeds the manual transmission syncos wear out prematurely causing grinding into gears and failure to engage gears wich can cause stalls or sudden loss of speed. Iv been told its a very common problem among these vehicles.   Read details...




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