Audi Q5 SportbackYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 29 owner complaints and 6 safety recalls on record for the Audi Q5 Sportback.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints29Top: Engine Safety recalls62022–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Audi Q5 Sportback years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Q5 Sportback median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1006 complaints · 2 recalls 2022Not rated–/10023 complaints · 5 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Audi Q5 Sportback problems

All model years combined: 29 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

8Engine1 crash/fire/injury

7Electrical system

6Service brakes2 crash/fire/injury

4Power train

4Forward collision avoidance1 crash/fire/injury

4Lane departure

2Back over prevention

2Vehicle speed control

2Structure

55 other systems1 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine	8	1
Electrical system	7	0
Service brakes	6	2
Power train	4	0
Forward collision avoidance	4	1
Lane departure	4	0
Back over prevention	2	0
Vehicle speed control	2	1
Structure	2	0
5 other systems	5	1

6 recalls

Audi Q5 Sportback recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Seat belts: pretensioner26V-266 · 2025 · Apr 24, 2026 · 7,425 vehicles Engine25V-294 · 2022–2024 · May 7, 2025 · 89,417 vehicles Engine: hard parts internal/mechanical22V-753 · 2022–2023 · Oct 7, 2022 · 76,515 vehicles Engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm)22V-368 · 2022 · May 23, 2022 · 72 vehicles Electrical system: body control module/bcm21V-947 · 2022 · Dec 8, 2021 · 288,991 vehicles Sensing system: camera21V-825 · 2022 · Oct 20, 2021 · 2,857 vehicles