NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Audi Q5 Recalls
The 2021 Audi Q5 has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Audi Q5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 74
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Audi Q5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2021 Audi Q5
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Campaign
- 25V080000
- Reported
- February 12, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,201
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2023–2024 Q5
Electrical system: propulsion system: charging: cable/cord: onboard
- Campaign
- 23V842000
- Reported
- December 13, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 93,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2023–2024 Q5, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical
- Campaign
- 22V753000
- Reported
- October 7, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 76,515
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Back over prevention: display function
- Campaign
- 22V742000
- Reported
- October 5, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170,296
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 16 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 22V034000
- Reported
- January 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,058
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Q5, 19 other models
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 Q5, 1 other model
Seat belts: rear/other: retractor
- Campaign
- 21V606000
- Reported
- August 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 45,496
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 19 other models
Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly
- Campaign
- 21V295000
- Reported
- April 26, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,993
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Q5, 14 other models
2021 Audi Q5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 74 owner complaints about the 2021 Audi Q5, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Audi Q5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (36%), followed by the engine (23%) and the power train (18%).
3 of the 2021 Audi Q5's 8 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2021 Audi Q5 owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System27
- Engine17
- Power Train13
- Forward Collision Avoidance11
- Unknown Or Other8
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 16 |
Complaints about the 2021 Audi Q5 peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 21. 61% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Audi Q5 drew 2.4× the complaints of the median Audi Q5 year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 74 complaints about the 2021 Audi Q5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q5 by model year
Other 2021 Audi models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted