2026 Audi RS e-tron

Owner complaints, recalls, fuel economy and safety ratings from public NHTSA and EPA data, updated Oct 17, 2026.

Fuel economy
84 MPGecombined; city 85, highway 82; every version of this model year
Five years of fuel
$5,510U.S. average; Ohio $5,880 at local prices; every version of this model year; fuel only, not other costs of owning it; 15,000 miles a year, at EIA electricity prices for Jul 2026
NHTSA overall safety rating
Not ratedNHTSA has no overall rating for this year
Recall campaigns
0none on file
Owner complaints
0filed with NHTSA; not adjusted for sales

Problems owners report

Owners have filed 0 complaints with NHTSA about the 2026 RS e-tron. These are unverified owner reports, counted by the part of the car they name; one complaint can name several parts. Counts aren't adjusted for how many were sold, so they don't show how reliable a car is.

Complaints by model year

Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, and counts aren't adjusted for sales, so a shorter bar doesn't mean a more reliable year.

  1. 20250
  2. 20260

Every RS e-tron year side by side

Recalls

NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2026 RS e-tron. NHTSA's recall lookup checks a specific VIN.

Service bulletins and investigations

NHTSA has no service bulletins on file for the 2026 RS e-tron.

NHTSA hasn't opened a defect investigation that covers this model year.

Specs

EPA class: compact cars. EPA greenhouse gas score: 10 out of 10. Each version EPA tested:

VersionEngineTransmissionFuelCity / hwy / comb
RS e-tron GT Performance
All-Wheel Drive		176, 252 and 415 kW PSM 3-PhaseAutomatic (A1)Electricity
278 miles of range		85 / 82 / 84 MPGe

Sources and dates

Fuel cost: EPA mpg with fuel prices for the week of Oct 12, 2026 and electricity prices for Jul 2026. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Oct 2026). Complaints are unverified reports owners filed with NHTSA. About the data