Audi SQ5
Owners filed 128 complaints across 14 model years of the Audi SQ5. The 2018 drew the most (25).
Which Audi SQ5 years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Audi SQ5 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 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 SQ5 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 4 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 8 | 1 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Adaptive Cruise Control | Routine | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Warnings | Routine | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021 | 13 | 5 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 | — | — | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2019 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 25 | 5 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | Visibility/Wiper | Routine | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2014 | 12 | 1 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.