FaultScore

Worst years for a Audi Q3

Owners have filed 355 complaints about the Audi Q3 with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2026. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2020 Audi Q3

112 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2019 Audi Q3

15 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Audi Q3 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 6 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 6 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2024 B 25 1 0 Electrical System
2023 4 0 2 Engine & Cooling
2022 C 50 3 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 C 23 3 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2020 D 112 3 0 1,818 Electrical System
2019 B 15 0 0 5,100 Electrical System
2018 B 31 0 0 33,000 Engine & Cooling
2017 7 0 0 Airbags
2016 C 38 1 1 40,000 Electrical System
2015 B 36 0 0 51,000 Engine & Cooling
2008 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Audi Q3

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2020

Engine & Cooling 56 15.8%

Worst in 2020

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Worst in 2022

Steering 18 5.1%

Worst in 2020

Airbags 16 4.5%

Worst in 2018

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 3.4%

Worst in 2020

Brakes 12 3.4%

Worst in 2020

Lights 11 3.1%

Worst in 2020

Body & Structure 9 2.5%

Worst in 2020

Acceleration & Cruise Control 9 2.5%

Worst in 2020

Tires 7 2.0%

Worst in 2018

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 6 1.7%

Worst in 2015

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Audi Q3, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2015 peak 13 Aug 2026

Compare the Audi Q3

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.