Audi SQ5Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 129 owner complaints and 14 safety recalls on record for the Audi SQ5.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints129Top: Engine Safety recalls142013–2026 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Audi SQ5 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 SQ5 median. Tap a year for its full report.

1 12 9 7 5 25 20 8 14 6 3 7 8 4

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2026Too new–/1004 complaints · 0 recalls 2025Too new–/1008 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/1007 complaints · 0 recalls 2023Not rated–/1003 complaints · 0 recalls 2022Not rated–/1006 complaints · 2 recalls 2021Not rated–/10014 complaints · 5 recalls 2020Not rated–/1008 complaints · 4 recalls 2019Not rated–/10020 complaints · 5 recalls 2018Not rated–/10025 complaints · 5 recalls 2017Not rated–/1005 complaints · 0 recalls 2016Not rated–/1007 complaints · 0 recalls 2015Not rated–/1009 complaints · 1 recall 2014Not rated–/10012 complaints · 1 recall 2013Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Audi SQ5 problems

All model years combined: 129 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

26Engine

24Electrical system

19Forward collision avoidance3 crash/fire/injury

15Steering

11Power train1 crash/fire/injury

10Service brakes

10Structure

9Suspension

8Visibility/wiper

3712 other systems3 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	26	0
Electrical system	24	0
Forward collision avoidance	19	3
Steering	15	0
Power train	11	1
Service brakes	10	0
Structure	10	1
Suspension	9	0
Visibility/wiper	8	1
12 other systems	37	3

14 recalls

Audi SQ5 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 Back over prevention: display function22V-742 · 2021 · Oct 5, 2022 · 170,296 vehicles Body: tailgate22V-567 · 2022 · Aug 3, 2022 · 1 vehicles Axle: non-powered axle assembly22V-034 · 2020–2021 · Jan 26, 2022 · 31,058 vehicles Electrical system: body control module/bcm21V-947 · 2018–2022 · Dec 8, 2021 · 288,991 vehicles Seat belts21V-606 · 2021 · Aug 5, 2021 · 45,496 vehicles Axle: non-powered axle assembly21V-295 · 2020–2021 · Apr 26, 2021 · 40,993 vehicles Seats20V-505 · 2020 · Aug 26, 2020 · 5,376 vehicles Structure: body19V-737 · 2018–2019 · Oct 16, 2019 · 174,278 vehicles Passenger side: inflator module19V-473 · 2019 · Jun 19, 2019 · 28 vehicles Wheels: hub19V-416 · 2018–2019 · Jun 5, 2019 · 126,161 vehicles Foundation components: master cylinder19V-277 · 2018–2019 · Apr 8, 2019 · 12,645 vehicles

Showing the 12 newest of 14 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.