Audi Q5 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 3,856 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine712 (18.5%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2013–2024.
• Air bags (restraint system)512 (13.3%)Official recall records for this system: 20, covering model years 2009–2024.
• Electrical system440 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2013–2022.
• Driver-assistance systems334 (8.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2021–2022.
• Fuel system318 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2009–2017.
• Steering190 (4.9%)

Other / uncategorized: 306 classifications (7.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (2,708 records, model years 2009–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, air bags (restraint system) and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (126 records, model years 2009–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (125 records, model years 2009–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), engine and high-voltage battery & electric drive.
• Manufacturer communications (22,091 records, model years 2009–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 984reports included a mileage
• 58,996average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2009 807 records for 2009 807
2. 2010 1,101 records for 2010 1,101
3. 2011 1,348 records for 2011 1,348
4. 2012 1,454 records for 2012 1,454
5. 2013 1,708 records for 2013 1,708
6. 2014 1,491 records for 2014 1,491
7. 2015 1,199 records for 2015 1,199
8. 2016 927 records for 2016 927
9. 2017 776 records for 2017 776
10. 2018 1,279 records for 2018 1,279
11. 2019 1,072 records for 2019 1,072
12. 2020 1,042 records for 2020 1,042
13. 2021 1,197 records for 2021 1,197
14. 2022 1,041 records for 2022 1,041
15. 2023 948 records for 2023 948
16. 2024 763 records for 2024 763
17. 2025 842 records for 2025 842
18. 2026 172 records for 2026 172

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 132mention a crash
• 26mention a fire
• 122mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 126
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 22,091
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 125
• Owner complaints NHTSA 2,708

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0300 in 28 records · 2009–2013
• P0135 in 24 records · 2010–2012
• P0299 in 24 records · 2009–2013
• P0301 in 22 records · 2009–2013
• P0234 in 16 records · 2009–2012
• P0087 in 14 records · 2009–2015
• P0491 in 11 records · 2009–2012
• P0492 in 11 records · 2009–2012
• P0461 in 9 records · 2014–2016
• P2440 in 4 records · 2011–2014
• P050A in 2 records · 2025–2025
• P0016 in 1 record · 2009–2009

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.