Vehicle

Audi Q5 · 2008

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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Severity pendingNHTSA·16V376000·2016-05-27
Audi Recalls 2008-2009 A4, A5, and Q5 for Air Bag Control Unit Defect
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 2008-2009 Audi A4, A5, and Q5 vehicles because the air bag control units may corrode and fail, potentially preventing air bag deployment in a crash.
Product
AUDI — AUDI Q5, A4, A5
Category
Vehicle
Distribution
Distributed nationwide

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

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

2011 · engine — 28 complaints, median 92,000 mi
Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
2018 · suspension — 24 complaints

Technical service bulletins

1,687 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

2026: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
2025: 4.0/5 · 41 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
2024: 3.9/5 · 20 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
2023: 3.7/5 · 32 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
2022: 4.6/5

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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