2024 Audi Q8 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 839 evidence records for the 2024 Audi Q8, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 34 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system11 (32.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2021.
- Brakes8 (23.5%)
- Driver-assistance systems4 (11.8%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2019–2026.
- Speed control & accelerator3 (8.8%)
- Engine2 (5.9%)
- Body & structure2 (5.9%)
Other / uncategorized: 3 classifications (8.8%) 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 (398 records, model years 2019–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
- Manufacturer communications (9,539 records, model years 2019–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and body & structure.
"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.
- 2019 1,450 records for 2019
- 2020 1,322 records for 2020
- 2021 1,335 records for 2021
- 2022 1,100 records for 2022
- 2023 1,016 records for 2023
- 2024 839 records for 2024
- 2025 537 records for 2025
- 2026 159 records for 2026
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
- 1mention a crash
- 1mention a fire
- 1mention 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 3
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 812
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
- Owner complaints NHTSA 22
Where to go next
- Audi Q8 coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Audi Q8 Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.