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Audi Q5 Electrical Problems

283 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 15 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2018. Best year: 2012.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Electrical · 2025 4

The NEW vehicle keeps showing a warning light on the dash saying that the rear wheel bolts are loose two accidents have occurred in a 60 day period, the vehicle has been in for service multiple times and Audi has not found a fix for the ...

Electrical · 2016 4

Vehicle was in a head-on collision at a speed of approximately 30-35 mph. Both airbags in the front compartment failed to deploy while the airbags in the vehicle that made the illegal u-turn deployed. I suffered injuries to my chest an...

Electrical · 2014 4

On Tuesday, September 2nd, I was in a car accident on the freeway. A car jump out in front of me and did not go quickly enough, I hit my breaks, but still hit them going around 55-60 MPH. When the impact occurred, my car turned itself ...

Electrical · 2016 4

Vehicle: 2016 Audi Q5 2.0 Premium Plus Date of Incident: March 31, 2025 I was in a front-end collision at approximately 20–25 mph when I struck a concrete pole. The impact was hard enough to severely damage the vehicle—the pole intru...

Electrical · 2023 4

I am writing to file a complaint against Audi of America. My new vehicle, a 2023 Audi Q5 that I was involved in a minor car accident on [XXX]. That evening my car was side swiped during a merge after a toll both in Woodbridge, NJ off. Bo...

Electrical · 2014 4

On 12/1, around 7:20am my fiancé and I were getting ready to leave for work; there was frost on the car so my fiancé went out to start it and turn on the defrosters. After starting the car, he turned on the heater and front and rear de...

Electrical · 2023 4

I moved forward and hit this stone and then when I hit the stone. I tried to reverse and I lost control of my car. The car began spinning and I had no control of the car. The car finally crashed on it’ s own. I could not brake or noth...

Electrical · 2009 4

I was in an accident where I hit a herd of elk. My car was totaled. The airbags did not deploy and they definitely should have. It was hit on the front, and both front sides. There is no way the airbags shouldn’t have deployed.

Electrical · 2011 4

Accident head on collision with wall airbags didn't deploy

Electrical · 2014 4

Seatbelt tensioner and air bags failed to deploy when the vehicles was in a severe frontal collision when another vehicle ran a stop sign exiting the highway.

Electrical · 2018 4

CAR STATIONARY ON HIGHWAY AFTER TRAFFIC CAME TO A STOP DUE TO A TRAFFIC INCIDENT AHEAD. REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE GOING IN EXCESS OF 40MPH. CAR PUSHED INTO CAR IN FRONT (CAR 3), SPUN AROUND AND HIT THE SAME CAR (CAR 3) IN THE FRONT. AIRBA...

Electrical · 2016 4

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN AUDI AT FULL STOP WHEN STRUCK FROM THE REAR BY VEHICLE TRAVELING AT SPEED SUFFICIENT FOR THEIR AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT ACCIDENT RESULTED IN BOTH BEING HOSPITA...

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