Audi SQ8 — reported problems

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.

• Engine10 (29.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2021.
• Driver-assistance systems6 (17.6%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2020–2026.
• Electrical system6 (17.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2021.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)4 (11.8%)
• Doors, latches & locks2 (5.9%)
• Speed control & accelerator2 (5.9%)

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 (24 records, model years 2020–2024) are most frequently classified under: engine, driver-assistance systems and electrical system.
• Manufacturer communications (6,949 records, model years 2020–2026) 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. 2020 989 records for 2020 989
2. 2021 1,158 records for 2021 1,158
3. 2022 1,033 records for 2022 1,033
4. 2023 896 records for 2023 896
5. 2024 728 records for 2024 728
6. 2025 509 records for 2025 509
7. 2026 148 records for 2026 148

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

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 27
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 6,949
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 24
• Owner complaints NHTSA 24

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.

• P0606 in 2 records · 2024–2025

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.