MODELYEARINDEX

Audi Q8

226 complaints across 3 scored model years and 13 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Audi Q8 Full report
F
Grade 2019–2021
2019 vs model median 3.9×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 40
Electrical 30
Engine 22
Avoid

2019

Best

2020 · 2021

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
2019
3.89× 123 F
2020
0.80× 22 B
2021
1.00× 37 C
2024 P
0.92× 29 C

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 MPG19
City / Highway17 / 23
Engine3L, 6 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$4,000

Recalls

13 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V900000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019–2024 356,894
22V742000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION 2021 170,296
22V516000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2019–2021 49,443
21V606000 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR 2021 45,496
25V201000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2021 44,387
21V295000 SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY 2021 40,993
22V034000 TIRES 2021 31,058
26V125000 LANE DEPARTURE:SOFTWARE 2019 1,620

+ 5 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 Q7
20172021
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 2019 Q8
Complaints in window
123
Severity-weighted
179
Model median (weighted)
46
vs model median
3.89×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
0
Score 12.5 F