Audi Q7 2017

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.25 per 1,000

2.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 43 complaints filed in the first three years, of 320 ever. 95% lower bound 0.88.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.38	5
2010	0.79	6
2012	0.00	0
2013	0.30	4
2014	0.29	5
2015	0.53	10
2017	1.25	43
2018	0.79	30
2019	0.53	19
2020	0.16	4

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Exterior Lighting 133 complaints

marker	124	93%
side marker	109	82%
marker light	95	71%
light defective	73	55%
defective see	13	10%
defective message	10	8%

Engine 60 complaints

oil consumption	18	30%
consumption	18	30%
water pump	17	29%
water	17	29%
malfunction	16	27%
quart	14	24%

Electrical System 53 complaints

marker	35	66%
side marker	32	60%
marker light	22	42%
system exterior	14	27%
exterior lighting	12	23%
light defective	11	21%

When it breaks

44% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 32,300 miles, from 75 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10915986 · 10924082 · 10934612 · 10947878 · 10955132 · 10956560

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.