Audi Q5 Sportback

Owners filed 29 complaints across 4 model years of the Audi Q5 Sportback. The 2022 drew the most (23).

Model years4
Complaints29
Recalls9
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Audi Q5 Sportback years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi Q5 Sportback 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 Sportback model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new0
1———Routine
20240
1———Routine
20236
2—1EngineRoutine
202223
511EngineRoutine

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