2021 Audi Q7 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 119 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system44 (37.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2017–2021.
• Driver-assistance systems20 (16.8%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2020–2026.
• Engine18 (15.1%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2013.
• Brakes6 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013.
• Speed control & accelerator4 (3.4%)
• Steering4 (3.4%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2017–2019.

Other / uncategorized: 11 classifications (9.2%) 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 (2,056 records, model years 2007–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and fuel system.
• Safety recalls (99 records, model years 2007–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and driver-assistance systems.
• Transport Canada recalls (77 records, model years 2007–2026) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (21,262 records, model years 2007–2026) 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

Evidence by model year

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

1. 2007 508 records for 2007 508
2. 2008 495 records for 2008 495
3. 2009 726 records for 2009 726
4. 2010 896 records for 2010 896
5. 2011 1,076 records for 2011 1,076
6. 2012 1,157 records for 2012 1,157
7. 2013 1,273 records for 2013 1,273
8. 2014 1,158 records for 2014 1,158
9. 2015 935 records for 2015 935
10. 2017 1,552 records for 2017 1,552
11. 2018 1,216 records for 2018 1,216
12. 2019 1,181 records for 2019 1,181
13. 2020 1,263 records for 2020 1,263
14. 2021 1,346 records for 2021 1,346
15. 2022 1,107 records for 2022 1,107
16. 2023 1,024 records for 2023 1,024
17. 2024 820 records for 2024 820
18. 2025 549 records for 2025 549
19. 2026 162 records for 2026 162

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

• 3mention a crash
• 5mention 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 9
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,258
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 8
• Owner complaints NHTSA 71

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 4 records
• P0301 in 4 records
• P0302 in 4 records
• P0303 in 4 records
• P0304 in 4 records
• P0305 in 2 records
• P0306 in 2 records

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.