Audi body & structure problems
Across all Audi models in NHTSA's complaint database, 358 complaints involve body & structure. The Q5 accounts for the largest share (22%). The single worst model year is the 2018 Q5 with 21 body & structure complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 358 about body & structure, all Audi models
- Most affected
- Q5 22% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 184 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 30 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Audi models
Worst model years for body & structure
- 2018 Audi Q521 complaints
- 2003 Audi A414 complaints
- 2014 Audi Q510 complaints
- 1998 Audi A69 complaints
- 2012 Audi Q59 complaints
Body & structure complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 6 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 8 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 23 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 |
Among the 184 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 50,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.