NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Audi Q5 Recalls
The 2018 Audi Q5 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 8, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 208
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 Audi Q5
Electrical system: body control module/bcm
- Campaign
- 21V947000
- Reported
- December 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 288,991
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2021 Q5, 1 other model
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 19V737000
- Reported
- October 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 174,278
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Q5, 1 other model
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 19V416000
- Reported
- June 5, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 126,161
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Q5, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 19V277000
- Reported
- April 8, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,645
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Q5, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V369000
- Reported
- June 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,225
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 7 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
2018 Audi Q5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 208 owner complaints about the 2018 Audi Q5, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Audi Q5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (36%), followed by the engine (15%) and the suspension (12%).
1 of the 2018 Audi Q5's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2018 Audi Q5 owners gave the mileage (64 complaints), the median was 14,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System74
- Unknown Or Other45
- Engine31
- Suspension25
- Service Brakes22
- Structure21
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 45 | |
| 2024 | 40 | |
| 2025 | 29 | |
| 2026 | 23 |
Complaints about the 2018 Audi Q5 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 45. 27% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Audi Q5 drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Audi Q5 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the Audi Q5 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 208 complaints about the 2018 Audi Q5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q5 by model year
Other 2018 Audi models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted