NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Audi Q8 Recalls
The 2020 Audi Q8 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Audi Q8. 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
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Audi Q8, 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 Q8
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V900000
- Reported
- December 19, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 356,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021, 2024–2025 Q8, 15 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 22V516000
- Reported
- July 20, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 49,443
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Q8, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines
- Campaign
- 20V272000
- Reported
- May 13, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 531
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Audi Q8
2020 Audi Q8 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 28 owner complaints about the 2020 Audi Q8, the newest on September 7, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (7%).
In complaints about the 2020 Audi Q8, the component group named most often is the engine (29%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the forward collision avoidance (18%).
None of the 2020 Audi Q8's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine8
- Electrical System6
- Forward Collision Avoidance5
- Fuel System, Gasoline3
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Unknown Or Other3
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2020 Audi Q8 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 6. 50% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 28 complaints about the 2020 Audi Q8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q8 by model year
Other 2020 Audi models
Newest record on this page: September 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted