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Audi Q3 · 2016

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V400000·2017-06-26

    Audi Recalls 2016-2017 Q3 Models Due to Brake Light Software Defect

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 2016-2017 Audi Q3 vehicles because brake lights may not activate during emergency braking if the parking brake is engaged.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI Q3
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V642000·2016-09-06

    Audi Recalls Vehicles Due to Inoperative Side Marker Lights

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling certain Audi models because software may cause side marker lights to fail, reducing visibility at night.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI TT ROADSTER, A4 ALLROAD, A3 CABRIOLET, Q3
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2016Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2016; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA22001 Engineering Analysis · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger
  • PE21009 Preliminary Evaluation · engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger

Technical service bulletins

1,034 manufacturer service bulletins across 12 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 4.5/5 · 4 complaints
  • 2024: 4.1/5 · 18 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 4.9/5
  • 2022: 4.5/5

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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