Audi Q5 problems, by model year and system
700 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Audi Q5 2016–2026, and the 1 system the record is deep on — electrical (207). Each system has a page across the years; 1 model-year page goes deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsAudi Q5 complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | electrical |
|---|---|
| 2026 3 in all | 1 |
| 2025 43 in all | 20 |
| 2024 34 in all | 10 |
| 2023 56 in all | 15 |
| 2022 46 in all | 14 |
| 2021 103 in all | 33 |
| 2020 37 in all | 12 |
| 2019 52 in all | 12 |
| 2018 207 in all | 76 |
| 2017 42 in all | 4 |
| 2016 77 in all | 10 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Audi Q5 system draws the most complaints?
Electrical: 207 complaints across 11 model years, 30% of everything owners filed about the Audi Q5. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Audi Q5 year has the most complaints?
2018 (207), 2021 (103), 2016 (77). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.