NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Audi Q5 Recalls
The 2011 Audi Q5 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 19, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Audi Q5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 143
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2011 Audi Q5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2011 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 2009–2010, 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 2009–2010, 2012 Q5, 4 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 17V001000
- Reported
- January 3, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 234,057
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2017 Q5
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 2009–2010, 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 2009–2010, 2012 Q5, 7 other models
2011 Audi Q5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 143 owner complaints about the 2011 Audi Q5, the newest on August 25, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Audi Q5, the component group named most often is the air bags (47%), followed by the engine (29%) and the fuel/propulsion system (17%).
2 of the 2011 Audi Q5's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 Audi Q5 owners gave the mileage (67 complaints), the median was 77,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags67
- Engine42
- Fuel/Propulsion System25
- Power Train12
- Electrical System8
- Unknown Or Other8
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 37 | |
| 2017 | 34 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Audi Q5 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 37. 7% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Audi Q5 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Audi Q5 year in the same window: 11th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Audi Q5 years.
The 143 complaints about the 2011 Audi Q5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q5 by model year
Other 2011 Audi models
Newest record on this page: August 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted