Audi seat belts problems
Across all Audi models in NHTSA's complaint database, 159 complaints involve seat belts. The Q5 accounts for the largest share (15%). The single worst model year is the 2015 A3 with 10 seat belts complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 159 about seat belts, all Audi models
- Most affected
- Q5 15% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 36,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 25 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Audi models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Q5 | 24 | 15% |
| A6 | 23 | 15% |
| A4 | 21 | 13% |
| A3 | 20 | 13% |
| Q7 | 18 | 11% |
| S3 | 7 | 4% |
| A4 Allroad | 5 | 3% |
| Q3 | 5 | 3% |
| S4 | 5 | 3% |
| A3 Cabriolet | 4 | 3% |
Worst model years for seat belts
- 2015 Audi A310 complaints
- 2018 Audi Q57 complaints
- 2019 Audi Q55 complaints
- 2015 Audi S35 complaints
- 2007 Audi A44 complaints
Seat belts complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 70 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 36,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.