MODELYEARINDEX

Audi Q7

468 complaints across 8 scored model years and 29 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Audi Q7 Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2021 vs model median 2.5×
Model median3× median
Electrical 32
Driver Assist 13
Engine 11
Avoid

2017 · 2021

Best

2010 · 2015

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.57× 19 B
2014
0.69× 21 B
2015
0.68× 29 B
2017
2.41× 90 F
2018
2.00× 67 D
2019
1.31× 39 C
2020
0.42× 17 B
2021
2.54× 86 F
2022 P
0.99× 28 C
2023 P
0.57× 26 B
2025 P
0.76× 27 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway19 / 24.5
Engine2.5L, 5 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,625

Recalls

29 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V900000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020–2025 356,894
17V298000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2014, 2015 240,487
22V742000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION 2021 170,296
16V660000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2010 143,214
20V658000 STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS 2018–2020 94,144
16V642000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2017 79,895
19V035000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL 2017, 2018 74,881
22V516000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2020, 2021 49,443

+ 21 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C
Dodge Nitro
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Q7
Complaints in window
86
Severity-weighted
131
Model median (weighted)
51
vs model median
2.54×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
0
Score 21.4 F