2025 Audi S3

Showing the 2025 S3 Prestige. We haven't verified this trim's engine; the numbers below cover every version of this model year. Every version

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

Fuel economy
26 mpgcombined; city 23, highway 31; every version of this model year
Five years of fuel
$15,480U.S. average; Ohio $14,580 at local prices; every version of this model year; fuel only, not other costs of owning it; 15,000 miles a year, at EIA fuel prices for the week of Oct 12, 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

Trims

NHTSA's VIN data lists these trims for the 2025 S3. A trim's engine and numbers are shown as its own only where EPA names versions after the trim and no other version could be it; "seen with" means a source shows that engine on the trim, not that it was the only one. Recalls and complaints cover the whole model year: whether a recall applies to a car depends on its VIN, on NHTSA's recall lookup.

Problems owners report

Owners have filed 0 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 S3. 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. 201553
  2. 201614
  3. 20179
  4. 20185
  5. 20192
  6. 20201
  7. 20222
  8. 20230
  9. 20242
  10. 20250
  11. 20260

Every S3 year side by side

Recalls

NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2025 S3. NHTSA's recall lookup checks a specific VIN.

Service bulletins and investigations

Carmakers sent NHTSA 456 service bulletins and notices that cover the 2025 S3, the latest on Sep 25, 2026. They tell dealers how to fix known issues.

The parts they mention most: electrical system (194), unknown or other (84), structure (42), service brakes (27), visibility/wiper (19).

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

Maintenance

Oil

The owner's manual gives the oil and how often to change it. We show oil facts only once we've checked them against the manual, and we haven't yet for the 2025 S3.

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Specs

EPA class: subcompact cars. EPA greenhouse gas score: 5 out of 10. Each version EPA tested:

VersionEngineTransmissionFuelCity / hwy / comb
S3
All-Wheel Drive		2.0 L, 4 cyl, turboAutomatic (AM-S7)Premium Gasoline23 / 31 / 26

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