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Audi Q8 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 14 recall campaigns for the Audi Q8, across 5 model years from 2019 to 2025. The 2021 has the most (7); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (2).

Model years
5

2019–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
14
Most recalls
2021

7 recalls

Owner complaints
203

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 203 complaints with NHTSA about the Audi Q8 across 7 model years; the most, 110, concern the 2019.

Owners marked a crash on 6 of the Audi Q8 complaints (3%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Audi Q8 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 78 complaints), then the engine (51).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Audi Q8 in 2023: 45, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Audi Q8 is back over prevention: sensing system: camera, in 5 model-year listings.

The newest Audi Q8 recall, 26V125000, was reported on March 4, 2026 and concerns the lane departure: software.

Audi Q8 years to avoid

Too few Audi Q8 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 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 Q8, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202523—not ranked
2024323—not ranked
202307—not ranked
2022021not ranked
202173018not ranked
202032814not ranked
2019511054not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Audi Q8 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Audi Q8

  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA5
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP3
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
  • LANE DEPARTURE:SOFTWARE1
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES1
  • SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1
  • SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR1
  • STEERING1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER1

Audi Q8 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Audi Q8 recall campaign (14)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Audi Q8, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V125000March 4, 2026lane departure: software2019crash1,620
25V900000December 19, 2025back over prevention: sensing system: camera2019–2021, 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
22V742000October 5, 2022back over prevention: display function2021crash170,296
22V516000July 20, 2022fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2019–2021crash49,443
22V034000January 26, 2022tires2021crash31,058
21V606000August 5, 2021seat belts: rear/other: retractor2021crash and injury45,496
21V295000April 26, 2021suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly2021crash40,993
20V272000May 13, 2020power train: automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines2020crash531
20V149000March 16, 2020steering2019crash229
19V114000February 20, 2019suspension: front: shock absorber2019crash34

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Audi Q8. 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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