2025 Audi Q5: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2025 Audi Q5. The campaign is 26V266000. NHTSA received the report on 24 Apr 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Pretensioner. NHTSA has 42 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 26V266000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 29, 2026. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69GT.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 7,425 units in total.
26V266000Received . 7,425 units.
Seat Belts / Pretensioner
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat belts may have been manufactured incorrectly, and fail to properly restrain occupants during a crash.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Improperly restrained occupants have an increased risk of injury during a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 29, 2026. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69GT.
Report filed by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 69GT. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
42 complaints, 102 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2025 Audi Q5
- All 2025 vehicles
| Component | 2025 Q5 | All 2025 vehicles | Q5, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 323.5 | 118.8 | 62 | 33 |
| Electrical System | 186.3 | 167.8 | 115.6 | 19 |
| Service Brakes | 98 | 69.9 | 42.6 | 10 |
| Lane Departure | 88.2 | 37.9 | 14.2 | 9 |
| Engine | 49 | 91.5 | 171.8 | 5 |
| Air Bags | 39.2 | 16.5 | 134.5 | 4 |
| Seat Belts | 39.2 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 4 |
| Power Train | 29.4 | 65.9 | 47.3 | 3 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 29.4 | 36.5 | 24.7 | 3 |
| Unknown or Other | 29.4 | 111.9 | 77.2 | 3 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 16.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 2
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 2
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 12 Sep 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
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- NHTSA page of the 2025 Audi Q5The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2025 Audi Q5: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/audi/q5/2025/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2025 Audi Q5?
- 7,425 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Audi Q5 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 33 recall campaigns for the Audi Q5, model years 2008 to 2026. 1 of them names the 2025 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2025 Audi Q5 name most often?
- Forward Collision Avoidance: 33 of 102 component mentions, or 323.5 per 1,000. For all 2025 vehicles the figure is 118.8 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2025 Audi Q5 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.