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Audi Q5 · 2011

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V818000·2018-11-19

    Audi Recalls Q5 and Q7 Models for Fuel Pump Flange Repair

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 2007-2012 Audi Q7 and 2009-2012 Audi Q5 vehicles to replace fuel pump flanges and install butyl tape to prevent fuel leaks and fire risk.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI Q5, Q7
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V082000·2018-01-30

    Audi Recalls Vehicles Due to Driver Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific Audi models because the driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI S5 CABRIOLET, S4 CABRIOLET, A3, A4 CABRIOLET
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V001000·2017-01-03

    Audi Recalls 2011-2017 Q5 Vehicles Due to Side Air Bag Corrosion Risk

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 2011-2017 Audi Q5 vehicles because water in the sunroof drainage system may corrode side air bag inflators, posing a risk of serious injury.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI Q5
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V660000·2016-09-13

    Audi Recalls Q5 and Q7 Vehicles for Fuel Pump Flange Crack Risk

    Audi is recalling 2007-2012 Q7 and 2009-2012 Q5 vehicles because a cracked fuel pump flange may leak fuel, increasing the risk of fire.

    Product
    AUDI — AUDI Q7, Q5
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V078000·2016-02-10

    Volkswagen and Audi Vehicles Recalled for Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Volkswagen Group of America is recalling specific 2007-2014 Volkswagen and Audi models because the driver's air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI EOS, CC, Q5, PASSAT
    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.

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

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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