FaultScore

Worst years for a Audi SQ5

Owners have filed 156 complaints about the Audi SQ5 with NHTSA across model years 2013 to 2025. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2018 Audi SQ5

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

Cleanest on record

2025 Audi SQ5

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Audi SQ5 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 A 10 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2024 C 10 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 3 0 0 Electrical System
2022 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 C 18 0 0 2,400 Engine & Cooling
2020 A 12 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 D 25 1 0 3,450 Brakes
2018 F 40 2 0 4,250 Electrical System
2017 5 2 0 24,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 6 0 0 25,000 Steering
2015 A 10 0 0 Body & Structure
2014 B 13 0 0 17,600 Steering
2013 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Audi SQ5

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

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 22 14.1%

Worst in 2018

Engine & Cooling 19 12.2%

Worst in 2018

Electrical System 19 12.2%

Worst in 2018

Steering 15 9.6%

Worst in 2014

Other & Unspecified 12 7.7%

Worst in 2018

Transmission & Drivetrain 10 6.4%

Worst in 2018

Brakes 9 5.8%

Worst in 2019

Body & Structure 9 5.8%

Worst in 2015

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 9 5.8%

Worst in 2018

Lights 8 5.1%

Worst in 2018

Fuel & Propulsion 7 4.5%

Worst in 2014

Suspension 6 3.8%

Worst in 2014

Airbags 4 2.6%

Worst in 2019

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 2.6%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Audi SQ5, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2014 peak 7 Aug 2026

Compare the Audi SQ5

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