NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Audi Q3 Recalls
The 2016 Audi Q3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 23, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Audi Q3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 28
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Audi Q3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Audi Q3
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 19V385000
- Reported
- May 23, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,241
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Q3
Exterior lighting: brake lights
- Campaign
- 17V400000
- Reported
- June 26, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 24,754
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Q3
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 16V642000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 79,895
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Q3, 1 other model
2016 Audi Q3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 28 owner complaints about the 2016 Audi Q3, the newest on June 23, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2016 Audi Q3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (36%), followed by the engine (25%) and the air bags (11%).
1 of the 2016 Audi Q3's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Audi Q3 owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System10
- Engine7
- Air Bags3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Exterior Lighting2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2016 Audi Q3 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 6. 29% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 28 complaints about the 2016 Audi Q3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q3 by model year
Other 2016 Audi models
Newest record on this page: June 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted