18V369000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
2018 AUDI Q5
6 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 319 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2018 AUDI Q5 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints319
Complaints citing a crash16
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 6 of 6
21V947000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM
A gateway control module shutdown will suddenly reduce engine power, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V737000
STRUCTURE:BODY
The detached trim may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of crash.
19V416000
WHEELS:HUB
The detached trim may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of crash.
19V277000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
A short casting can cause a sudden loss of brakes, increasing the risk of crash. The electronic parking brake and its emergency brake function are not affected and will still function.
16V955000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash, if the air bags and/or the seat belt pretensioners do not inflate or function properly, the vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 68ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 43UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 30ENGINE
- 24SUSPENSION
- 21SERVICE BRAKES
- 14STRUCTURE:BODY
- 12EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 12AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.