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Audi Q5 problems reported in California

218 of the 1,860 complaints filed about the Audi Q5 came from California, most often about the engine & cooling.

Bigger states file more complaints simply for having more drivers. What is worth reading here is the mix — a part that fails in heat, cold or road salt shows up in some states long before others.

218

Complaints from California

20

Crashes

2

Fires

2018

Worst model year

What failed

By model year

2009 Q5 10 4.6%
2010 Q5 14 6.4%
2011 Q5 26 11.9%
2012 Q5 11 5.0%
2013 Q5 11 5.0%
2014 Q5 17 7.8%
2015 Q5 8 3.7%
2016 Q5 16 7.3%
2017 Q5 3 1.4%
2018 Q5 33 15.1%
2019 Q5 10 4.6%
2020 Q5 5 2.3%
2021 Q5 18 8.3%
2022 Q5 2 0.9%
2023 Q5 3 1.4%
2024 Q5 14 6.4%
2025 Q5 17 7.8%

Cities reporting most

LOS Angeles 14 17.9%
Irvine 10 12.8%
Sunnyvale 8 10.3%
Sherman Oaks 7 9.0%
Cupertino 7 9.0%
SAN Francisco 6 7.7%
Beverly Hills 5 6.4%
Huntington Beach 5 6.4%
Hawthorne 4 5.1%
ELK Grove 4 5.1%
Tracy 4 5.1%
Santa Rosa 4 5.1%

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