18V818000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
The butyl tape may not prevent fuel from leaking. A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
2010 AUDI Q5
4 safety recall campaigns, 122 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints122
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
18V082000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
16V660000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
16V078000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 50AIR BAGS
- 28FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5STRUCTURE:BODY
- 5ENGINE
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 4POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 3FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2010 AUDI Q5s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.