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Audi Q7 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 30 recall campaigns for the Audi Q7, across 17 model years from 2007 to 2025. The 2021 has the most (9); the fewest among years with a recall is 2016 (1).

Audi Q7 years to avoid by our method: 2017 (2.1× the median year).

Model years
17

2007–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
30
Most recalls
2021

9 recalls

Owner complaints
1,055

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,055 complaints with NHTSA about the Audi Q7 across 20 model years; the most, 321, concern the 2017.

Owners marked a crash on 35 of the Audi Q7 complaints (3%) and a fire on 7.

Across all Audi Q7 model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 210 complaints), then the electrical system (202).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Audi Q7 in 2024: 176, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Audi Q7 is fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump, in 17 model-year listings.

The newest Audi Q7 recall, 25V900000, was reported on December 19, 2025 and concerns the back over prevention: sensing system: camera.

Audi Q7 years to avoid

The 2017 Audi Q7 stands out most: 50 complaints between 2016 and 2020, 42% of them naming the exterior lighting.

The 2017 also carries 7 recalls, against a median of 3 for the ranked Audi Q7 years.

The best-measured Audi Q7 years are 2022 (0.5×), 2015 (0.7×) and 2007 (0.8×).

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 Q7, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202602—not ranked
2025217—not ranked
202432—not ranked
2023016—not ranked
202202013
0.5×
202197541
1.9×
20205288not ranked
201946323
1.0×
2018314439
1.7×
2017avoid732150
2.1×
2016122not ranked
201524517
0.7×
20142468not ranked
20133445not ranked
20124290not ranked
20114233not ranked
20103297not ranked
20093213not ranked
20083335not ranked
200739520
0.8×

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Audi Q7 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Audi Q7

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP17
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS7
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL5
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA4
  • STEERING3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID2
  • AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE2
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1

Audi Q7 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Audi Q7 recall campaign (30)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Audi Q7, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V900000December 19, 2025back over prevention: sensing system: camera2020–2021, 2024–2025crash356,894
25V777000November 12, 2025seat belts: front: anchorage2025crash and injury61
25V201000March 31, 2025electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2021crash44,387
24V251000April 3, 2024air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger2024crash and injury91
23V868000December 20, 2023air bags: side/window2024crash and injury1,001
23V212000March 29, 2023forward collision avoidance: sensing system: camera2020fire19
23V086000February 15, 2023equipment: other: labels2009–2015crash12,100
22V742000October 5, 2022back over prevention: display function2021crash170,296
22V516000July 20, 2022fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2020–2021crash49,443
22V034000January 26, 2022tires2021crash31,058
21V606000August 5, 2021seat belts: rear/other: retractor2021crash and injury45,496
21V295000April 26, 2021suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly2021crash40,993
21V078000February 17, 2021air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software2020–2021crash and injury26,967
20V749000December 2, 2020electrical system2021crash and injury166
20V658000October 27, 2020structure: body: roof and pillars2018–2020crash and injury94,144
20V149000March 16, 2020steering2017–2019crash229
20V093000February 19, 2020air bags: side/window2019crash and injury383
19V114000February 20, 2019suspension: front: shock absorber2019crash34
19V035000January 16, 2019fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail2016–2018fire74,881
18V818000November 19, 2018fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2007–2012fire5,987
17V298000May 3, 2017fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2013–2015fire240,487
16V955000December 29, 2016seat belts: pretensioner2017crash and injury5,947
16V660000September 13, 2016fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2007–2012fire143,214
16V648000September 8, 2016steering: electric power assist system2017crash8
16V641000September 6, 2016seats: mid/rear assembly2017crash and injury19,205
16V642000September 6, 2016electrical system: software2017crash79,895
16V519000July 8, 2016air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive2017injury14,535
15V019000January 20, 2015fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail2011–2012fire26,008
14V516000August 26, 2014engine and engine cooling2013crash1,814
07V334000August 1, 2007structure: body: trunk lid2007–2008injury23,898

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Audi Q7. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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