Audi Q3
Owners filed 244 complaints across 13 model years of the Audi Q3. The 2020 drew the most (66).
Which Audi Q3 years should you avoid?
Going by 244 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Audi Q3 years to avoid are 2020.
- 202066 complaints, 2.1× a typical Q3 year, most often about the electrical system.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Audi Q3 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 6 | 1 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 4 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2022 | 34 | 5 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2020Avoid | 66 | 3 | — | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 10 | 4 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 26 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2016 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2015 | 24 | 2 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.