https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Audi SQ8. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:35:40 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-2175455 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Excessive Engine Oil Consumption. Audi Corp is attempting to rebuild the engine vs replacement leading to increased customer risk and downtime. My SQ8 has been in the shop for 250 days due to serval rebuild attempts with the dealer requesting a new engine and Audi denying forcing the rebuild even after several failed attempts. Vehicle will abruptly apply full force braking- Without waring or oth https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-2175456 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Excessive Engine Oil Consumption. Audi Corp is attempting to rebuild the engine vs replacement leading to increased customer risk and downtime. My SQ8 has been in the shop for 250 days due to serval rebuild attempts with the dealer requesting a new engine and Audi denying forcing the rebuild even after several failed attempts. Vehicle will abruptly apply full force braking- Without waring or oth https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-2168952 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2023 Audi SQ8. While refueling the vehicle, the contact became aware that the electric actuator had fractured. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, who confirmed that there was no emergency fuel door release. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided information about the red door release. The failure mi https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-2168953 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2023 Audi SQ8. While refueling the vehicle, the contact became aware that the electric actuator had fractured. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, who confirmed that there was no emergency fuel door release. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided information about the red door release. The failure mi https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-25V900000-audi-audi-sq8-2023 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2026 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may prevent the rearview camera image from displaying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility." https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-25V900000-audi-audi-sq8-2022 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2026 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may prevent the rearview camera image from displaying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility." https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-25V900000-audi-audi-sq8-2021 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2026 vehicles. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may prevent the rearview camera image from displaying as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility." https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-2122703 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Water pump failure at 52,000 miles. Many other reporting same issue. Previous model years covered in a recall. This 2022 is not but should be with all the same complaints out there. https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-25V201000-audi-audi-sq8-2021 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 SQ8, A6 SEDAN, A7, A8, Q7, Q8, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, S6 SEDAN, S7, S8, A6 Allroad, and SQ7 vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-23V868000-audi-audi-sq8-2023 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2023-2024 SQ8, RSQ8, Q8, Q7, and 2024 SQ7 vehicles. The driver's seat side air bag may have been improperly mounted to the seatback frame. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 214, "Side Impact Protection." https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-1931756 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT These vehicles are equipped with an automatic start/stop feature to save gas. This feature automatically turns off the engine when stopped at lights, traffic, etc. the problem is that once you apply the accelerator, it can take up to ~5 seconds for the vehicle to start moving and depending on how hard you depress the pedal, the vehicle can start very abruptly accelerating (almost to the point of w https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-22V806000-audi-audi-sq8-2022 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021-2022 AUDI A8, A6 Allroad, E-TRON Quattro, 2022 S3, RSQ8, RS7, RS6 Avant, Q8, Q7, Q3, E-TRON Sportback Quattro, S5 Cabriolet, E-TRON GT, S5 Sportback, A7, A6, A5 Sportback, A5 Cabriolet, A4, A4 Allroad, A3, S8, SQ7, SQ8, S6, and S4 vehicles. The infotainment main unit may become damaged internally when the vehicle is shut off, resu https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-22V742000-audi-audi-sq8-2021 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Audi A8, RS7, RS6 Avant, RS5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, Q8, Q7, Q5 Sportback, S4 Sedan, Q5, A7, A6, A6 Allroad, A5 Sportback, A5 Coupe, A5 Cabrioleet, A4 Sedan, A4 Allroad, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, SQ7, S5 Cabriolet, E-Tron Quattro, SQ8, SQ5 Sportback, SQ5, S8, S7, S6 Sedan, S5 Sportback, S5 Coupe, 2022 E-Tron GT, and 2021-2022 R https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-1795560 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT MMI system stops working all of a sudden. This has happened multiple times and especially when it takes updates on its own. When called customer service they referred to the dealer stating they cannot do anything. Right after my call with them the car starts functioning back to normal. When I took it to the dealer for service and the problem, Dealer mentioned Audi has received complaints about the https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-1795561 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT MMI system stops working all of a sudden. This has happened multiple times and especially when it takes updates on its own. When called customer service they referred to the dealer stating they cannot do anything. Right after my call with them the car starts functioning back to normal. When I took it to the dealer for service and the problem, Dealer mentioned Audi has received complaints about the https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-22V034000-audi-audi-sq8-2021 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Audi A5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, RS5 Sportback, S5 Sportback, 2020-2021 A4 Allroad, A4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Coupe, A6 Allroad, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, Q5, S4 Sedan, S5 Coupe, S5 Cabriolet, S6 Sedan, S7, S8, SQ5, 2021 Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, SQ5 Sportback, SQ7, and SQ8 vehicles. The rear axle alignment may not ha https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-21V825000-audi-audi-sq8-2022 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 Audi A8 and S8, 2022 Audi A5 Sportback, A4 Sedan, E-Tron GT, Q3, Q5, RS6 Avant, A3 Sedan, S5 Sportback, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RSQ8, SQ7, SQ8, and S3 Sedan vehicles. A software error may prevent the rear-view image from initially displaying when the vehicle begins to reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the require https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-1765403 Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT This 2021 Audi SQ8 vehicle was purchased new. The vehicle features an automatic engine stop/start feature which is intended to enhance vehicle fuel economy. The incident(s) include: (1) multiple instances when slowing to a stop and the stop/start feature turned off the vehicle engine before the vehicle has come to a stop, leaving the vehicle to "coast" to a complete stop but without the aid of p https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-21V606000-audi-audi-sq8-2021 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021 Volkswagen ID4, Audi A4 Allroad, A4 Sedan, A5 Cabriolet, A5 Coupe, A5 Sportback, A6 Allroad, A6 Sedan, A7, A8, E-Tron Quattro, E-Tron Sportback Quattro, Q3, Q5, Q5 Sportback, Q7, Q8, RS5 Sportback, RS5 Coupe, RS6 Avant, RS7, RSQ8, S4 Sedan, S5 Cabriolet, S5 Coupe, S5 Sportback, S6 Sedan, S7, S8, SQ5, SQ5 Sportback, SQ7, SQ8, https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#complaint-1754980 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2021 Audi SQ8. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V295000 (Suspension) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distributi https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8 https://plaincars.com/make/audi-sq8#recall-21V339000-audi-audi-sq8-2021 Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021 Audi SQ7, RSQ8, RS7, RS6 AVANT, and SQ8 vehicles. Cracks may develop on the surface of the engine cylinder bore.