AutoUtility currently tracks 61 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 Audi Q7. Steering System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 10 complaints (16.4% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 5 filings cite a crash. The 2019 Audi Q7 belongs to the 2nd Generation (Typ 4M) platform.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 61 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Steering System (10 reports • 16.4% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Suspension (10), Electrical System (9)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 5 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
61
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
5
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 Q7

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

#1 Problem Area 16.4% of complaints

Steering System

10 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 3 crash reports
#2 Problem Area 16.4% of complaints

Suspension

10 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 14.8% of complaints

Electrical System

9 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 14.8% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

9 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 13.1% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 2 crash reports
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 Q7

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

Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11743264
Filed: 06/10/2026

"See attached document for complaint."

Incident Date: 04/24/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11728044
Filed: 03/30/2026

"My car has experienced unintended automatic emergency braking while driving in active traffic with no obstruction present. This created a serious risk of a rear-end collision from vehicles behind. Prior to this, the car had ongoing alignment and steering issues beginning shortly after purchase. The..."

Incident Date: 03/25/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11724609
Filed: 03/16/2026

"The contact owns a 2019 Audi Q7. The contact stated that while in reverse, the back-over prevention intermittently displayed a black screen. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The contact researched online and became aware of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V900000 (Back..."

Incident Date: 03/16/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11711657
Filed: 01/17/2026

"The starter in my Audi Q7 2019 failed and the car would not start. I was parked in my garage and manually had to put the car in neutral using the tool provided in the trunk and push the car out of the garage until a flatbed tow truck was able to take my car to the shop. If this happened elsewhere,..."

Incident Date: 12/31/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11706777
Filed: 12/23/2025

"While driving, the vehicle’s infotainment system suddenly froze and then rebooted on its own. During the reboot, the display was unavailable for several minutes, causing loss of access to navigation, vehicle status information, and warning messages while the vehicle was in motion. This occurred..."

Incident Date: 08/06/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL 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 Q7

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

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Audi Q7 44 1 2 View 2015 Problems →
2017 Audi Q7 317 7 7 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Audi Q7 141 3 3 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Audi Q7 Current Page 61 5 4 Current
2020 Audi Q7 28 0 5 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Audi Q7 76 3 10 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Audi Q7 22 2 3 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Audi Q7 16 0 3 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Audi Q7 2 0 3 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Audi Q7 16 1 3 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Audi Q7 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 Q7

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 28 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 9 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 8 2 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 7 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 5 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 3 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 1 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 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 (61). 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.