NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Audi Q7 Recalls
The 2021 Audi Q7 has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Audi Q7. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 75
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2021 Audi Q7, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2021 Audi Q7
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 2020, 2024–2025 Q7, 15 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 25V201000
- Reported
- March 31, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,387
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 11 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
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 2020 Q7, 1 other model
Tires
- Campaign
- 22V034000
- Reported
- January 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 31,058
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 19 other models
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 14 other models
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software
- Campaign
- 21V078000
- Reported
- February 17, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,967
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Q7
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 20V749000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2021 Audi Q7 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 75 owner complaints about the 2021 Audi Q7, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Audi Q7, the component group named most often is the electrical system (59%), followed by the engine (25%) and the forward collision avoidance (9%).
2 of the 2021 Audi Q7's 9 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System44
- Engine19
- Unknown Or Other11
- Forward Collision Avoidance7
- Back Over Prevention6
- Service Brakes6
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 20 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 16 |
Complaints about the 2021 Audi Q7 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 20. 55% 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 Q7 drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Audi Q7 year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 75 complaints about the 2021 Audi Q7 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q7 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