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2014 Audi A5 Steering problems

Owners have filed 9 complaints about the 2014 Audi A5's steering with NHTSA - 31% of all its complaints, most recently on April 2, 2025. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.

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9
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Steering complaints

SteeringElectrical system

1) power steering module failed resulting in steering failing on highway. Car is not available for inspection due to being totaled. Issue was a known service bulletin by Audi however new owners had no way to know it was a life threatening issue. 2) The car lost control when power module failed, steering wheel locked up. 3) Yes 4) insurance and the dealership. The dealership refused to cover it because it was 10years past extended warranty even thought it had less than 125,000 miles. Apparently RAIN affects these units. 5) No.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical systemNHTSA 11652206
Engine & coolingSteering

The contact owns a 2014 Audi A5. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently lost motive power, prompting the contact to pull over to the shoulder. The check engine and EPS warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with piston #3. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who confirmed the failure with piston #3. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but was unable to assist. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Filed Incident Engine · SteeringNHTSA 11537257
Steering

Similar problem to another filed complaint, modified for the mileage at the time of incident....2014 Audi a5 with approx 56k miles. The steering system has begun to offer inconsistent resistance to driver input, which impacts driver's ability to judge the amount of force needed to turn the wheel to the desired position.

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11479290
Steering

January 2021 driving straight - 30 mph. Received a notification dynamic steering "steering defective. I pulled into a parking stall and it did a total lock up. The steering wheel could not be turned at all. The whole steering rack and pinion had to be replaced costing over $3,000 becasue the electronic chip wasnt able to be removed itself. Car had under 50k miles. I asked how does this go out so soon with low mileage? The audi dealership stated that it can just be a bad batch meaning the electronic chip...

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inside the steering rack that controls the steering rack was a bad batch and just one of those things that happens. They also indicated they were informed that this part has been superseded 8 times indicating that it was a bad design. We have to pay for a bad design????? There are many cases that I have read online that have the exact same issue. Repairs should be replaced at the vehicle owners expence due to wear not a bad batch or bad design for the customer/owner of the vehicle to have to pay for.

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11433851
Steering

No incident caused this to occur - randomly one day steering wheel became very stiff and difficult to turn - an issue at both low and high speed - intermittent so no idea each time go to change lanes or turn a corner if going to be able to turn the wheel - initially it is sporadic, however, with time/use occurs much more often lots of information/complaints online - appears to be steering shaft / seizure of u-joints: there was a audi issued tsb 481461, that covers this problem. A revised part was issued for...

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the intermediate steering shaft that corrected this issue. One or both universal joints was subject to seizure. 8K1419753h was issued and supersedes previous editions (53a-53g). Recommend owners ensure there exists no excess play in either immediate shaft universal joint after lubing.

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11398022
Steering

I parked my car and when returned show power steering is defectve when I search the defect on internet show several similar cases

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11354618
Steering

My vehicle has only 36k miles and has not been through any puddles or potholes. One day I drove my car down the street back to my garage and as I was parking I received a notification "steering defective do not drive". The steering rack and pinion had to be replaced costing $3,000 (part was $2,127). The repair shop indicated that after speaking with audi, they were informed that this part has been superseded 8 times indicating that it was a bad design. There are many cases that I have read online that have the exact same issue. *Tr

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11327151
Steering

2014 Audi a5 with approx 62k miles. The steering system has begun to offer inconsistent resistance to driver input, which impacts driver's ability to judge the amount of force needed to turn the wheel to the desired position. When turning the wheel from center to either stop, there are several sectors where it feels like the assist is working, and several where the steering gets heavy and hard to turn. The issue occurs at various speeds and while stopped. It seems similar to issues reported with 2013 a4 and a5 models.

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11302952
Steering

When turning, the steering feels stiff and occurs even when vehicle is stationary

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11207546

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