NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Audi Q5 Recalls
The 2019 Audi Q5 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 8, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 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
- 52
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 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 2019 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 2018, 2020–2021 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 2018, 2020 Q5, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V473000
- Reported
- June 19, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 19V416000
- Reported
- June 5, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 126,161
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 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 2018 Q5, 1 other model
2019 Audi Q5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2019 Audi Q5, the newest on September 16, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Audi Q5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the engine (17%) and the service brakes (13%).
1 of the 2019 Audi Q5's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2019 Audi Q5 owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 7,900 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System12
- Engine9
- Service Brakes7
- Steering7
- Power Train6
- Forward Collision Avoidance5
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2019 Audi Q5 peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 14. 37% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Audi Q5 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Audi Q5 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 52 complaints about the 2019 Audi Q5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q5 by model year
Other 2019 Audi models
Newest record on this page: September 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted