2019 Audi SQ5 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 818 evidence records for the 2019 Audi SQ5, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 25 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Brakes4 (16.0%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2018–2019.
- Electrical system3 (12.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2018–2022.
- Engine3 (12.0%)
- Lights3 (12.0%)
- Driver-assistance systems2 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2021.
- Air bags (restraint system)2 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2019–2023.
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 (222 records, model years 2014–2026) are most frequently classified under: driver-assistance systems, electrical system and engine.
- Manufacturer communications (10,500 records, model years 2014–2026) 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.
- 2014 431 records for 2014
- 2015 456 records for 2015
- 2016 387 records for 2016
- 2017 433 records for 2017
- 2018 812 records for 2018
- 2019 818 records for 2019
- 2020 857 records for 2020
- 2021 1,000 records for 2021
- 2022 879 records for 2022
- 2023 777 records for 2023
- 2024 687 records for 2024
- 2025 782 records for 2025
- 2026 155 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
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 5
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 791
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
- Owner complaints NHTSA 18
Where to go next
- Audi SQ5 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 SQ5 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.