The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighNHTSA·24V898000·Announced 2024-11-27

Audi plug-in hybrid high voltage batteries can overheat

Volkswagen is recalling certain 2022-2023 Audi Q5 PHEV and 2022 Audi A7 PHEV vehicles because the high-voltage battery may overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: Rubric level 3 covers risk-of-harm where injury has not yet been reported: an overheating high-voltage battery presents a fire hazard, and the source records no fires or injuries.

Plain-English summary

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. is recalling certain 2022-2023 Audi Q5 PHEV and 2022 Audi A7 PHEV vehicles. About 4,616 units are potentially affected.

The high-voltage battery may overheat.

NHTSA states that a high-voltage battery that overheats increases the risk of a fire.

Dealers will install advanced diagnostic software as the final remedy, anticipated to be available in the second quarter of 2025. In the meantime Volkswagen will monitor available online vehicle data and contact owners as necessary to advise them not to charge the vehicle. Owners may contact the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236.

The recalled product

Product
AUDI Q5, A7
Brand
AUDI
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Category
Vehicle — Traction battery
Hazard
Affected units
4,616

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (2)

  • Q5
  • A7

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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