Audi Q5 E

Owners filed 64 complaints across 6 model years of the Audi Q5 E. The 2021 drew the most (29).

Model years6
Complaints64
Recalls0
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Audi Q5 E years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi Q5 E model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. 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 Q5 E model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new1
0——Service BrakesRoutine
202414
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
20237
0—1Electrical SystemRoutine
20221
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
202129
0——Power TrainRoutine
202012
01—Electrical SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.