Audi RS 6 Avant
Registered from 2021 to 2026.
About this model
The Audi RS 6 is a high-performance variant of the Audi A6 range, produced by the high-performance subsidiary company Audi Sport GmbH, for its parent company Audi AG, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, from 2002 onwards.
From the Wikipedia article Audi RS 6, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Standard |
| Lane departure warning | Standard |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 621 hp · 2150 kg · 2930 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2025 | 621 hp · 2150 kg · 2930 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2024 | 621 hp · 2150 kg · 2930 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 2023 | 591 hp · 2150 kg · 2930 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2022 | 2150 kg · 2930 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 2021 | 2150 kg · 2930 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
62% of 2022 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.
21V825000
A rear-view camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
Dealers will update the infotainment unit parameters, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 9, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 91CR.
25V201000
An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
Dealers will update the instrument panel module software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 24, 2025. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 90VC.
25V900000
A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
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.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Audi filed 138 bulletins about the 2026 RS 6 Avant.
- Electrical system: 56
- Engine: 10
- Structure: 10
- Suspension: 8
- Service brakes: 7
- Fuel/propulsion system: 4
- Steering: 4
- Wheels: 4
- Visibility/wiper: 3
- Air bags: 1
- Other: 31
- This bulletin provides infomraiotn when there is a warning message in the instrument cluster: P0A1F00 battery control unit. · August 2026
- This bulletin provides a statement regarding the bottleneck of supply for VW approved oil types VW 504.00 and VW 507.00. · August 2026
- This bulletin provides information when DTC B105A1A, B103E25 is stored in 0017; fuel tank level implausible. · August 2026
- This bulletin provides information when DTC B105A1A, B103E25 is stored in 0017; fuel tank level implausible. · August 2026
- This service information TSB provides warranty coverage information for vehicles with a broken sunroof panel. · August 2026
- This bulletin provides informatoinw hent here are scratches or a coating on the cover of the instrument cluster, or particles inside of the housing. · August 2026
- This bulletin provides informaiton when the engine is not running smoothly, misfiring. · July 2026
- This bulletin provides information when the fuel tank cap seal is leaking; DTC P044200, P045600 and/ or P00EF00 in stored in the ECM. · July 2026
130 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.