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Audi Q3 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 14 recall campaigns for the Audi Q3, across 9 model years from 2015 to 2025. The 2019 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
9

2015–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
14
Most recalls
2019

4 recalls

Owner complaints
242

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 242 complaints with NHTSA about the Audi Q3 across 13 model years; the most, 66, concern the 2020.

Owners marked a crash on 9 of the Audi Q3 complaints (4%) and a fire on 2.

Across all Audi Q3 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 64 complaints), then the engine (56).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Audi Q3 in 2023: 36, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Audi Q3 is exterior lighting: turn signal, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest Audi Q3 recall, 26V590000, was reported on September 11, 2026 and concerns the steering.

Audi Q3 years to avoid

Too few Audi Q3 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Audi Q3, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202606—not ranked
202514—not ranked
2024218—not ranked
202302—not ranked
202203428not ranked
20213159not ranked
202036649not ranked
20194108not ranked
20181267not ranked
2017381not ranked
20163288not ranked
20152243not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Audi Q3 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Audi Q3

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL3
  • STEERING3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE3
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE2
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS2
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES1
  • STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS1
  • TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS1
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
  • VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY1

Audi Q3 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Audi Q3 recall campaign (14)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Audi Q3, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V590000September 11, 2026steering2019–2021crash208,724
25V082000February 12, 2025back over prevention: software2024–2025crash29,569
24V251000April 3, 2024air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger2024crash and injury91
22V815000October 31, 2022tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems2019crash296,044
22V673000September 8, 2022fuel system, gasoline: storage2021injury13,004
21V606000August 5, 2021seat belts: rear/other: retractor2021crash and injury45,496
21V027000January 27, 2021steering: critical fasteners2019crash1
20V786000December 16, 2020service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages2020crash313
20V644000October 19, 2020seats2020crash and injury1
20V273000May 13, 2020air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2019crash and injury3,024
19V385000May 23, 2019exterior lighting: turn signal2016–2018crash23,241
17V400000June 26, 2017exterior lighting: brake lights2016–2017crash24,754
16V642000September 6, 2016electrical system: software2015–2017crash79,895
15V200000April 3, 2015visibility: sun/moon roof assembly2015injury3,646

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Audi Q3. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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