2024 Audi Q3: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 17 complaints about the 2024 Audi Q3 and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is electrical system, named in 6 of them.

17
Complaints
2
Recalls
1
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
1
Injuries
70.6
Severity index

Severity index 70.6 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 70.6p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2024 Audi Q3 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 6 complaints (35.3%)6 35%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 5 complaints (29.4%)5 29%Service BrakesService Brakes: 4 complaints (23.5%)4 24%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (11.8%)2 12%Air BagsAir Bags: 1 complaints (5.9%)1 6%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 1 complaints (5.9%)1 6%Exterior LightingExterior Lighting: 1 complaints (5.9%)1 6%Back Over PreventionBack Over Prevention: 1 complaints (5.9%)1 6%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM635.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER529.4%
SERVICE BRAKES423.5%
POWER TRAIN211.8%
AIR BAGS15.9%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE15.9%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING15.9%
BACK OVER PREVENTION15.9%

Complaints filed per year

06122024: 32025: 122026: 2 (partial year)24251226
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20243
202512
2026 (year to date)2

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
24V25100003/04/2024AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERVolkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2023 Audi S5 Cabriolet, A4 Allroad, Q5 Sportback, A3 Sedan, S5 Sportback, SQ7, TT Coupe, TT Roadster, RS5 Sportback, 2024 A8, E-Tron Quattro, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, Q8, RSQ8, 2023-2024 Q3, Q5, and Q7 vehicles.
25V08200012/02/2025BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWAREVolkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Tiguan, 2023 Arteon, and 2024-2025 Audi Q3 vehicles. An error may occur in the camera control unit at vehicle startup, resulting in the rearview camera image not displaying as intended. As such, these
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.