NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Audi Q3 Recalls
The 2020 Audi Q3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 11, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 66
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 Audi Q3
Steering
- Campaign
- 26V590000
- Reported
- September 11, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 208,724
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Q3, 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 20V786000
- Reported
- December 16, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 313
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Audi Q3
Seats
- Campaign
- 20V644000
- Reported
- October 19, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 210, seat belt anchorages
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Audi Q3
2020 Audi Q3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 66 owner complaints about the 2020 Audi Q3, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (5%).
In complaints about the 2020 Audi Q3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (33%), followed by the engine (30%) and the steering (17%).
1 of the 2020 Audi Q3's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2020 Audi Q3 owners gave the mileage (35 complaints), the median was 1,937 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System22
- Engine20
- Unknown Or Other18
- Steering11
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Power Train6
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2020 Audi Q3 peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 20. 74% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 66 complaints about the 2020 Audi Q3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q3 by model year
Other 2020 Audi models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted