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Audi Q5 Sportback Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 29 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Audi Q5 Sportback (2022–2025). The most-complained-about year is 2022.

6
safety recalls, all years
29
owner complaints, all years
2022
year with most recalls
2022
year with most complaints

Pick your Audi Q5 Sportback model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2025 Audi Q5 Sportback10
2024 Audi Q5 Sportback10
2023 Audi Q5 Sportback26
2022 Audi Q5 Sportback523

What Audi Q5 Sportback owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 29 complaints with NHTSA. The 2022 model year has the most, with 23.

All Audi Q5 Sportback recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Audi Q5 Sportback, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Pretensioner (seat belts)

    NHTSA 26V266000 Reported 7,425 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat belts may have been manufactured incorrectly, and fail to properly restrain occupants during a crash.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 29, 2026. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's…

    Model years: 2025

  2. Engine

    NHTSA 25V294000 Reported 89,417 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Q5 Quattro and Q5 Sportback Quattro vehicles. The cylinder head cover screws may have been improperly tightened.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the screws as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 5, 2025. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall…

    Model years: 2022, 2023, 2024

  3. Hard parts internal/mechanical (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 22V753000 Reported 76,515 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Audi Q5 Sportback, Q5, 2022-2023 Volkswagen Atlas FL, and Atlas Cross Sport vehicles. The engine connecting rod bearings may become damaged, which can result in engine failure.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace an affected engine, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed December 6, 2022. Owners may contact Volkswagen's customer service at…

    Model years: 2022, 2023

  4. Engine control module (ecu/ecm) (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 22V368000 Reported 72 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2022 Audi A6 Sedan, A4 Sedan, Q5, and Q5 Sportback vehicles. The semiconductor inside the engine control unit may short-circuit and cause an engine stall.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the engine control unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 18, 2022. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 24iH.

    Model years: 2022

  5. Body (structure) and body control module/bcm (electrical system)

    NHTSA 21V947000 Reported 288,991 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Q5 Sportback, SQ5 Sportback, 2018-2022 Q5, and SQ5 vehicles. A liquid spill in the rear seat, or water ingress from an insufficient body seam underneath the vehicle may allow liquid to penetrate the gateway control module, causing it to shutdown.

    Remedy: Dealers will install a protective cover on the gateway control module and seal an underbody seam as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 21, 2022. Owners may contact Audi customer…

    Model years: 2022

  6. Camera (back over prevention)

    NHTSA 21V825000 Reported 2,857 vehicles potentially affected Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 Audi A8 and S8, 2022 Audi A5 Sportback, A4 Sedan, E-Tron GT, Q3, Q5, RS6 Avant, A3 Sedan, S5 Sportback, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RSQ8, SQ7, SQ8, and S3 Sedan vehicles. A software error may prevent the rear-view image from initially displaying when the vehicle begins to…

    Remedy: Dealers will update the infotainment unit parameters, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 9, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall…

    Model years: 2022

Other Audi models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.