18V369000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
2018 AUDI SQ5
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 37 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2018 AUDI SQ5 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 campaigns5
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints37
Complaints citing a crash2
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 5 of 5
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.
What owners report most
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5ENGINE
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 3EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 2FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 2STEERING
- 2VISIBILITY/WIPER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 AUDI SQ5s 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.