NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Audi Q5 Recalls
The 2010 Audi Q5 has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 19, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Audi Q5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 100
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Audi Q5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2010 Audi Q5
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 18V818000
- Reported
- November 19, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,987
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011–2012 Q5, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V082000
- Reported
- January 30, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 162,782
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011–2012 Q5, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 16V660000
- Reported
- September 13, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 143,214
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011–2012 Q5, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V078000
- Reported
- February 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 659,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2011–2012 Q5, 7 other models
2010 Audi Q5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 100 owner complaints about the 2010 Audi Q5, the newest on September 22, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Audi Q5, the component group named most often is the air bags (50%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (29%) and the power train (8%).
2 of the 2010 Audi Q5's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2010 Audi Q5 owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags50
- Fuel/Propulsion System29
- Power Train8
- Electrical System7
- Engine5
- Engine And Engine Cooling5
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 26 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Audi Q5 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 26. 11% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Audi Q5 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Audi Q5 year in the same window: 10th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Audi Q5 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 100 complaints about the 2010 Audi Q5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q5 by model year
Other 2010 Audi models
Newest record on this page: September 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted