AutoUtility currently tracks 10 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 Audi Q3. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 3 complaints (30% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records. The 2019 Audi Q3 belongs to the 2nd Generation (Typ F3) platform.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 10 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (3 reports • 30% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Engine & Cooling (2), Fuel & Propulsion System (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
10
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2019 Audi Q3

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 30% of complaints

Electrical System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 10% of complaints

Body & Structure

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 Audi Q3

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Body & Structure NHTSA ODI ID: #11656567
Filed: 04/24/2025

"The contact owns a 2019 Audi Q3. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving while it was raining, the contact felt water dripping on her. The contact stated had observed water dripping from the sunroof panel in three places to the gear shift, and the passenger’s and driver’s seats..."

Incident Date: 05/22/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: STRUCTURE
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11506722
Filed: 02/11/2023

"After multiple attempts to have my 2019 Audi Q3 repaired the vehicle is still sitting at Audi of Columbia with the following issues (leaking water, drainage system is compromised, mold in the roof lining, sunroof is leaking)."

Incident Date: 12/17/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11494165
Filed: 11/18/2022

"Vehicle stalls even while actively engaged in driving. Audi diagnosed performing as designed and advised nothing that they can do until diagnosed as “not performing as designed”. Poses imminent crash issue as vehicle will stall at any time. Please investigate. I am terrified to drive the car from..."

Incident Date: 10/30/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11474208
Filed: 07/15/2022

"While driving, Audi Pre sense warning illuminated on dash, then emergency braking occurred while seatbelt tightened. There were no other cars around (neither in front or on the side) I did not hit anything in the street. Safety put at risk from unnecessary braking. Thankfully no cars were behind..."

Incident Date: 07/15/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11461748
Filed: 04/22/2022

"Vehicle fuel pump fails intermittently even while actively engaged in driving. Engine stalled while driving putting me at risk for an accident. Issue was hard to diagnose because the fault would clear after an episode and reappear 300-400 miles after being driven again. Check engine light appears..."

Incident Date: 01/14/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Audi Q3

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Audi Q3 22 0 2 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Audi Q3 28 1 3 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Audi Q3 8 0 3 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Audi Q3 26 0 1 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Audi Q3 Current Page 10 0 3 Current
2020 Audi Q3 64 2 2 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Audi Q3 15 2 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Audi Q3 32 1 5 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Audi Q3 1 0 1 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Audi Q3 17 1 2 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Audi Q3 3 0 1 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Audi Q3 0 0 1 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2019 Audi Q3

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 9 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (10). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.