FaultScore

Worst years for a Audi Q7

Owners have filed 1,405 complaints about the Audi Q7 with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2026. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2018 Audi Q7

179 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2023 Audi Q7

26 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Audi Q7 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 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2025 B 27 2 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2023 A 26 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 C 28 5 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 D 118 9 0 52,000 Electrical System
2020 B 31 0 1 15,700 Electrical System
2019 D 81 10 0 11,900 Steering
2018 F 179 8 0 15,000 Engine & Cooling
2017 D 407 9 6 33,150 Lights
2016 2 0 0 Airbags
2015 B 56 1 0 39,500 Engine & Cooling
2014 C 66 4 0 46,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2013 B 54 4 1 74,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2012 A 44 3 0 81,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2011 A 26 1 0 69,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2010 B 44 0 0 39,252 Fuel & Propulsion
2009 B 34 0 1 95,100 Fuel & Propulsion
2008 B 45 3 0 70,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 C 134 3 1 87,197 Electrical System

What breaks on a Audi Q7

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

Engine & Cooling 216 15.4%

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 200 14.2%

Worst in 2017

Fuel & Propulsion 170 12.1%

Worst in 2007

Lights 167 11.9%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2021

Suspension 64 4.6%

Worst in 2017

Brakes 62 4.4%

Worst in 2018

Steering 57 4.1%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2014

Airbags 26 1.9%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2007

Exactly what failed on a Audi Q7

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 15 17.0%
Body 15 17.0%
Adaptive Cruise Control 14 15.9%
Warnings 12 13.6%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 8 9.1%
Rearview System Braking 6 6.8%
Assist 6 6.8%
Warnings 5 5.7%
Warning 4 4.5%
Blind Spot Detection 3 3.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Audi Q7, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 2006 peak 33 Aug 2026

Audi Q7 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Audi Q7

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