NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Audi Q7 Recalls
The 2017 Audi Q7 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 16, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Audi Q7. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 321
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2017 Audi Q7, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2017 Audi Q7
Steering
- Campaign
- 20V149000
- Reported
- March 16, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 229
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Q7, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail
- Campaign
- 19V035000
- Reported
- January 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 74,881
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018 Q7, 3 other models
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 16V955000
- Reported
- December 29, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 16V648000
- Reported
- September 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Audi Q7
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 16V641000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,205
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Audi Q7
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 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 16V519000
- Reported
- July 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,535
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Audi Q7
2017 Audi Q7 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 321 owner complaints about the 2017 Audi Q7, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (2%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Audi Q7, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (42%), followed by the engine (19%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2017 Audi Q7's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Audi Q7 owners gave the mileage (76 complaints), the median was 32,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting134
- Engine60
- Electrical System53
- Suspension33
- Unknown Or Other30
- Steering19
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 30 | |
| 2022 | 32 | |
| 2023 | 43 | |
| 2024 | 85 | |
| 2025 | 59 | |
| 2026 | 22 |
Complaints about the 2017 Audi Q7 peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 85. 16% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Audi Q7 drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Audi Q7 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the Audi Q7 years to avoid by our method.
The 321 complaints about the 2017 Audi Q7 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q7 by model year
Other 2017 Audi models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted