NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Audi Q5 Recalls
The 2012 Audi Q5 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 19, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Audi Q5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 168
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Audi Q5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2012 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 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 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 2011, 2013–2017 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 2009–2011 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 Q5, 7 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 12V299000
- Reported
- June 28, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,172
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Audi Q5
2012 Audi Q5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 168 owner complaints about the 2012 Audi Q5, the newest on May 12, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Audi Q5, the component group named most often is the air bags (51%), followed by the engine (28%) and the fuel/propulsion system (12%).
2 of the 2012 Audi Q5's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Audi Q5 owners gave the mileage (60 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags85
- Engine47
- Fuel/Propulsion System20
- Unknown Or Other10
- Structure9
- Electrical System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 38 | |
| 2017 | 34 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Audi Q5 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 38. 5% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
The 168 complaints about the 2012 Audi Q5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q5 by model year
Other 2012 Audi models
Newest record on this page: May 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted