FaultScore

Worst years for a Audi Q8

Owners have filed 310 complaints about the Audi Q8 with NHTSA across model years 2019 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2019 Audi Q8

174 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2021 Audi Q8

49 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Audi Q8 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
2025 4 2 0 Engine & Cooling
2024 C 34 3 3 Electrical System
2023 9 2 0 Other & Unspecified
2022 2 0 0 Electrical System
2021 B 49 0 0 6,050 Electrical System
2020 C 38 3 0 26,500 Engine & Cooling
2019 D 174 2 0 4,000 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Audi Q8

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

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2019

Engine & Cooling 49 15.8%

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2020

Fuel & Propulsion 24 7.7%

Worst in 2019

Other & Unspecified 23 7.4%

Worst in 2019

Steering 17 5.5%

Worst in 2019

Brakes 13 4.2%

Worst in 2024

Acceleration & Cruise Control 10 3.2%

Worst in 2019

Body & Structure 5 1.6%

Worst in 2019

Lights 5 1.6%

Worst in 2019

Suspension 3 1.0%

Worst in 2019

Seat Belts 3 1.0%

Worst in 2019

Airbags 2 0.6%

Worst in 2019

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Audi Q8, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2019 peak 20 Aug 2026

Compare the Audi Q8

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