Audi Q5 vs Buick Regal

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Audi Q5	Buick Regal
Complaints on file	1,860	4,456
Model years covered	2009–2026	1978–2020
Worst model year	2018	1996
Best model year	2024	2004
Crashes reported	112	227
Fires reported	19	335
Injuries reported	62	169
Deaths reported	0	5
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	10.4%	16.5%

Audi Q5 by year

35 122 193 203 107 135 124 104 57 323 79 37 109 26 71 34 96 5

09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 355 19.1%

Airbags 254 13.7%

Electrical System 211 11.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 158 8.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 151 8.1%

Other & Unspecified 145 7.8%

Steering 94 5.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 85 4.6%

Buick Regal by year

1 3 1 4 6 10 14 28 181 150 107 303 204 118 146 218 273 174 376 301 245 229 150 139 94 8 1 1 2 441 138 137 51 50 61 26 33 29 3

78 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 867 19.5%

Engine & Cooling 811 18.2%

Electrical System 591 13.3%

Steering 325 7.3%

Lights 241 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 210 4.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 172 3.9%

Airbags 149 3.3%