2017 Audi Q5 problems
Owners have filed 57 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Audi Q5. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 37% of complaints. After that come fuel system (12%) and brakes (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 57 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 37% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 18,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 21 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 18,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Audi Q5 with enough data (41 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
We rear-ended a semi truck while driving on a highway as traffic began to slow . The entire front end of our vehicle was badly damaged. The airbags did not deploy and the pretensioners on the drivers seatbelt did not engage . The speed at which we were traveling is unknown but likely more than 15 miles per hour and less than 40 miles per hour. The driver looked away from the road briefly and rear-ended the truck ahead . We are extremely concerned that our airbags and seatbelt did not engage.
On thursday march 16th approx around 6 pm, I was driving back home from work. When I tried to stop the car at a stop light (driving approx 40-45 miles/hr speed on a straight road) by pushing the break pedal the vehicle slowed down, but failed to stop completely and continued to roll autonomously at a slower speed. As I continued to push the brake, engine revved up twice spontaneously. I immediately shifted the gear to park and the vehicle stopped.
Vehicle transmission downshifts abruptly when slowing to a stop. Transmission slams into each gear as you slow causing an unexpected increase in engine braking. This occurs regardless of drive select mode (comfort, auto, or sport). There are numerous complaints about this behavior across audi owner forums for vehicles with the same engine and transmission combination (3.0l supercharged v6 mated to zf 8hp transmission).