Model year report

2013 Audi Allroad: what breaks, and at what mileage

What breaks on the 2013 Audi Allroad

On the 2013 Audi Allroad, the failure owners report most often is other steering problem, with 6 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 70,000 miles. Overall it scores 62 out of 100, high risk for a 2013.

High risk for a 2013 — 276th riskiest of the 284 2013 vehicles we can rate. 15 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork.

The failures owners actually file about

Owners have reported 9 named failure modes on the 2013 Audi Allroad, and the three most-reported carry 60% of everything filed, so the trouble here is concentrated rather than scattered.

Other steering problem leads with 6 reports and about 0.5 per 1,000 vehicles.

Electrical fire or melted wiring follows with 2 reports, median 65,000 miles. 2 of those reports mention a fire.

Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure follows with 1 report, median 110,000 miles.

By system, the reports fall mostly into steering (7), electrical (2) and engine (2).

The mileage the reports cluster at

12 of the reports on the 2013 Audi Allroad came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 70,000 miles.

Cumulatively, 17% by 50,000 miles and 67% by 100,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed.

The busiest stretch is between 70,000 and 80,000 miles, which alone holds 25% of the dated reports.

17% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles.

Median

Other steering problem

44k
Electrical fire or melted wiring

67k
Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure

110k
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure

117k
Other engine problem

100k
Other fuel system problem

113k
Other suspension problem
no odometer readings given
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Other visibility problem

70k
Other body or interior problem

70k

Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens

How reports accumulate

Share of reports filed by each mileage

half by 70k

Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.

Line share of reports filed by that mileage
Dashed the median reported mileage

Severity, and what it costs

Across the named modes, 2 a fire. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.

The average severity weight across every report on this year is 5.00, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.

What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: other steering problem at $350–$2,400, electrical fire or melted wiring at $1,500–$9,000, timing chain, belt or tensioner failure at $1,200–$4,500 and steering rack, gear or tie rod failure at $700–$2,600. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.

13% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.

Every reported failure mode

Mileage figures are percentiles of owner-reported readings. Click a column to sort.
Failure mode	System	Reports	With reading	25th	Median	75th	Per 1,000	Typical repair	Severity
Other steering problem	steering	6	4	—	44k	—	0.5	$350–$2,400	High
Electrical fire or melted wiring	electrical	2	2	—	67k	—	0.2	$1,500–$9,000	Critical
Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure	engine	1	1	—	110k	—	0.1	$1,200–$4,500	Critical
Steering rack, gear or tie rod failure	steering	1	1	—	117k	—	0.1	$700–$2,600	High
Other engine problem	engine	1	1	—	100k	—	0.1	$300–$4,000	High
Other fuel system problem	fuel	1	1	—	113k	—	0.1	$300–$2,200	High
Other suspension problem	suspension	1	0	—	—	—	0.1	$350–$2,000	Moderate
Other visibility problem	glass	1	1	—	70k	—	0.1	$150–$1,400	Moderate
Other body or interior problem	body	1	1	—	70k	—	0.1	$200–$2,000	Moderate

Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.

How often, against how many were built

Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2013 Audi Allroad draws about 1.3 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 77th percentile of complaint rates among 2013 vehicles we can rate.

That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound.

The working figure is 11,326 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2013 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.

What owners wrote

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.

Recalls on the 2013 model year

NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign covering the 2013 Audi Allroad, affecting an estimated 11,326 vehicles. A recall is a different kind of evidence from a complaint: it is the regulator and the manufacturer agreeing that something has to be fixed, and the fix is free for as long as the car exists.

The campaigns cover air bags. Whether the work was actually done on the car in front of you is a question only the VIN can answer, and the manufacturer or NHTSA will answer it free.

Recalls also distort complaint counts. Publicity about a campaign reminds owners that complaining is possible, so reports for a recalled component often spike after the recall rather than before it.

14V667000

AIR BAGS

101,938 vehicles 2014-10-24

Defect: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Audi A4 and S4 vehicles manufactured February 16, 2012, to October 21, 2014, and 2013-2015 Audi Allroad vehicles manufactured March 12, 2012, to October 21, 2014. Due to an improper algorithm in the air bag control module, if a crash necessitates deployment of the side air bags, a second impact to the front of the vehicle may not command the front air bags to also deploy.
Consequence: If the front air bags do not deploy in the event of a secondary impact to the front of the vehicle, there is an increased risk of occupant injury.
Remedy: Volkswagen will notify owners, and Audi dealers will update the air bag control unit software, free of charge. The recall began on November 14, 2014. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 69K5.

Recall work is free at a franchised dealer regardless of the car's age. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before assuming it was done.

How it ranks in the 2013 field

The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.

Risk score against the rest of the 2013 field

Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.

Left fewer and less serious reports
Right more, or worse
Marker this vehicle

Where 2013 sits in the model line

High risk for a 2013 — 276th riskiest of the 284 2013 vehicles we can rate. Every score on this site is a rank inside its own model year, which is what makes a 2004 and a 2019 comparable at all.

Across the 4 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2003 comes out best at 57 and 2004 worst at 64, with 2013 itself at 62.

If the model year is negotiable, 2003 and 2001 score lower than 2013 by a margin worth acting on. Same body, same engines, different luck — usually a supplier change or a mid-cycle fix, which the complaint data can show but never explain.

Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.

Risk score by model year, out of 100

Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.

Where these figures stop being useful

15 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.

Of those 15 reports, 12 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 80% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".

Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.

And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.

Questions this page answers

What are the most common problems with the 2013 Audi Allroad?

The most-reported failures are other steering problem (6 reports, median 45,000 miles), electrical fire or melted wiring (2 reports, median 65,000 miles) and timing chain, belt or tensioner failure (1 report, median 110,000 miles). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.

Is the 2013 Audi Allroad reliable?

It scores 62 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 276th riskiest of the 284 2013 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2013 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.

Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.

What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car

Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt 20 August 2026 Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed