NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Audi Q8 Recalls
The 2021 Audi Q8 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Audi Q8. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 30
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Audi Q8, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2021 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 2019–2020, 2024–2025 Q8, 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 2019–2020 Q8, 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
2021 Audi Q8 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 30 owner complaints about the 2021 Audi Q8, the newest on August 18, 2026.
In complaints about the 2021 Audi Q8, the component group named most often is the electrical system (43%), followed by the engine (20%) and the power train (17%).
1 of the 2021 Audi Q8's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System13
- Engine6
- Power Train5
- Fuel System, Gasoline4
- Back Over Prevention3
- Forward Collision Avoidance3
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2021 Audi Q8 peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 7. 60% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 30 complaints about the 2021 Audi Q8 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Audi Q8 by model year
Other 2021 Audi models
Newest record on this page: August 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted