Audi Q5: year-by-year record

Review the federal complaint, recall, crash-test, and fuel-economy record across Q5 model years, then open a year for the supporting evidence.

Year	Complaints	Per 100k	Recalls	Severity	Crash	Evidence note
2025Still new	37	—	1	11		Still new
2024Still new	32	—	4	9		Still new
2023	38	—	5	42	Not rated	No production count
2022	0	—	4	—	Not rated	No production count
2021	95	—	8	12		No production count
2020	34	—	6	47		No production count
2019	48	—	5	29		No production count
2018	197	—	6	11		No production count
2017	42	—	5	21		No production count
2016	77	—	5	30		No production count
2015	97	—	6	14		No production count
2014	105	—	5	18		No production count
2013	92	—	5	13	Not rated	No production count
2012	4	—	6	0	Not rated	No production count
2011	141	—	5	10	Not rated	No production count
2010	99	—	4	5	Not rated	No production count

Raw totals and, when NHTSA production exposure is available, complaints per 100,000 produced. A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. Open a year to see what the evidence supports. Complaints build up over a car's life. Newer model years often look quieter because they have spent less time on the road. We mark them "still new" instead of treating them as better years.

1 model year show zero owner complaints in the current NHTSA data. That can reflect low reporting volume, not a clean bill of health: 2022.