Audi forward collision avoidance problems
Across all Audi models in NHTSA's complaint database, 442 complaints involve forward collision avoidance. The Q5 accounts for the largest share (27%). The single worst model year is the 2025 Q5 with 34 forward collision avoidance complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 442 about forward collision avoidance, all Audi models
- Most affected
- Q5 27% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 10,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 37 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Audi models
Worst model years for forward collision avoidance
- 2025 Audi Q534 complaints
- 2018 Audi Q520 complaints
- 2023 Audi Q518 complaints
- 2024 Audi Q517 complaints
- 2019 Audi A614 complaints
Forward collision avoidance complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 43 |
| 2019 | 46 |
| 2020 | 49 |
| 2021 | 49 |
| 2022 | 28 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2025 | 88 |
| 2026 | 19 |
| 2027 | 2 |
Among the 26 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 10,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.