2019 Model Year

Audi Q8

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
103
Recalls
0
Crashes
1
Severe
3

Recent Complaints

Latest owner reports

Engine
Apr 2026

Piston slap issues. The manufacturer is aware of the engine failure issues. They extended the engine warranty coverage from 50k to 80k miles knowing t...

AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE,VISIBILITY/WIPER
Jan 2026

Dash Delamination: The leather dashboard is experiencing severe delamination and pulling away from the substrate, specifically in the area surrounding...

Power Train
Jan 2026

Due to a leak in the rear axle that is connected to the differential, it caused the entire differential to fail. The bearing within the differential c...

Engine
Nov 2025

I was having noise from engine and and I received a letter from extended warranty for an production defect in piston skirt. I sent my car for an evalu...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Sep 2025

Faulty water pump → allowed coolant to migrate into the vacuum lines (a place coolant should never be). •This led to turbo underboost faults (loss of...

ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Sep 2025

engine begin to misfire and felt like it was ready to stall. within a minute of the misfiring the engine light came on. i was in the middle of highway...

Engine
Jun 2025

being quality Engineer, why is this thing failing , and why are there no recalls? Amazing how they design these things to fail right at 50k miles. Fr...

STEERING,SUSPENSION,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Jan 2025

There is helicopter type of noise coming from fuel pump and it’s increasing while driving very annoying and i feel steering is loose and I notice on g...

Structure
Dec 2024

Wheel arch on the front passenger side flew off on the highway. There was no visible issues that the piece was loose as it’s been on the car securely...

ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Dec 2024

The alternator failed causing the vehicle to shutdown in the middle of traffic. I was on a surface road not the highway so I was able to get local po...

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Data updated: March 5, 2026

Summary

The 2019 Audi Q8 has 103 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Power Train. 1 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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