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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
WA1BAAFY4M2••••••2021 Audi Q5
That is about average for the 2021 Audi Q5 — 3 complaints per build across 26 builds.
4on this build
68on the model
26builds in total
Most reportedElectrical System 2Back Over Prevention 1Forward Collision Avoidance 1Power Train 1
What owners of this build wrote
Power TrainMar 2025
When turning at low speed the vehicle bucks and jitters affecting steering and control of the vehicle. Audi issued a technical service bulletin to address this issue so it's clearly a widespread problem
Unknown Or OtherNov 2021
The backup camera in the car randomly stops working while driving in reverse. These cameras are mandated by federal law and malfunctions can lead to collision with unforeseen living beings while backing up. The MMI screen also goes completely white/blue while driving forward.…
Electrical SystemOct 2021
The contact owns a 2021 Audi Q5. The contact stated that while driving at 5 MPH, after shifting from reverse to drive the vehicle lost all power. The contact stated that various warning lights were illuminated during the failure. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle…
Electrical SystemAug 2021
On August 19th, we drove our Audi through heavy rain early in the day on Interstate 90 to go to Mass General Hospital. It was then parked in their covered parking garage. When we went to return home, we were on the entrance ramp to I 90 East and suddenly the car displayed…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN WA1BAAFY4M2125323 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.