2023 Audi Q5: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 55 complaints
55
Total Complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
12
Crash Reports

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
9
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
9
ENGINE
6
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
6
POWER TRAIN
4
AIR BAGS
3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
3
SERVICE BRAKES
2
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
2
STEERING
2

Severity Assessment

12
Crashes
0
Fires
6
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"On 21 April 2023 while driving on a highway, the US specification 2023 Audi Q5 engine began to make noise and a yellow engine warning light came on. During the process of moving the vehicle off the highway to a safe location to stop, the engine began to progressively lose power and the noise became ..."
"My wife and I were in the 2023 Audi Q5 with 1000 miles. I had complained to the dealer and manufacturer that this car was unsafe to drive. On June 9, 2023 I was driving slowly in my community. I tried to stop at a stop sign. NO brakes then at the same time the car had unintended sudden acceleration..."
"My wife and I were in the 2023 Audi Q5 with 1000 miles. I had complained to the dealer and manufacturer that this car was unsafe to drive. On June 9, 2023 I was driving slowly in my community. I tried to stop at a stop sign. NO brakes then at the same time the car had unintended sudden acceleration..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28