Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Audi Q7 vehicles. The padding on the vehicle's C-pillar may not absorb enough impact in the event of a crash.
Body, doors & structure
Audi Q7 Body problems by year
18 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Audi Q7's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.
Body complaints by model year
Body recalls
On certain passenger and sport utility vehicles, the automatic rear lid includes an electric motor and clutch that work in conjunction with two gas struts to open and close the rear lid, including a manual close function. If one of the struts has a total...
Latest Q7 body complaints
The contact owns a 2015 Audi Q7. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH and making a left turn, water started leaking from the firewall on the driver's side, and the accelerator pedal became wet. The contact stated that her foot slipped off the pedal and she nearly lost control of the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that water had been leaking on the driver's side and on the passenger's side foot well for over a year. The contact stated that she had contacted an...
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unknown dealer and was informed that water was leaking due to A/C condensation. The contact stated that the failure had been reoccurring intermittently, and would cause her foot to slip off the pedals. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.
Driving down the highway, 70 mph, and the middle panel of the panoramic sunroof just shattered. Nothing struck the glass, and the highway was smooth; no potholes or bumps.
The contact owns a 2007 Audi Q7. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH or slower, there was water coming into the vehicle on the driver's and passenger's side of the floorboard. The contact stated there was no rain, and the location of the leak was unknown. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure; however, the contact was informed they were not able to repair the vehicle due to the age of the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
The rear sunroof leaks around the seal and leaks down into the electronics of the car. The drain tubes are ran through the electronics compartment causing it to short out the system and causing the check engine light and tire sensor lights to come on and not be able to be reset. The sunroof not only leaks from the drain tubes but also around the seal, also causing the water to drain into the electrical compartment which causes the same issue even after the drain tubes are repaired. You can find this issue listed...
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all over the internet help sites as well as you tube. This is a very common issue with this model vehicle, and is a design flaw that audi is refusing to fix and passing on the cost to the consumer. To repair the amp and water leak is upwards of $6000. The consumer should not be responsible for assuming the expense of a manufacturer design flaw. The leak occurs in the rear sunroof of this model audi and is a issue that is listed all over the internet and audi has not made it a recall.
I was driving on the highway and put down the driver side window to let air into the vehicle when I heard an explosion. The sunroof shattered in place and then as I was still driving the broken glass was falling into the interior of the car.
Sunroof drain line connector, water leak on top of the radio bose amplier
I was driving 40-45 mph go straight on the left lane of two lanes city road with 45 mph limit. One car came out from my right side community and make left turn. It suddenly appeared in front of me, I barely had time to step on brake and hit her car. Her car was hit pretty bad and my q7 front was messed up pretty badly. The problem is the airbad was never deployed.
Tailgate on my car does not open all the way up like it used to, sometimes when it stops and someone tries to reach inside it closes by itself, this happened when my wife was trying to take something out of the trunk. If I did not grab the tailgate and stop it could crush my wife's hands. Called audi to ask if there is a recall for something like that, they told me that there is none. *Tr
The mom screen went out. Which short out the amp and drains the battery.The mms system control the heat air . Radio, nav. Car setup. Telephone . And information center. . It will cost 2200.00 To replace a amp and not fix the problem. The water will back up and drain out onto the floor, which may cause electrical problems, audi should replace this or fix this problem due to its seem its happening to all their cars with sunroofs. *Tr
Sunroof leaking affecting radios,amplifier,draining battery. *Tr
In audi q7, there is a lock button on the rear doors, which locks the whole car. This button does not get disabled when the child lock is engaged. A child seated in a rear seat can kick the button and easily lock the driver out of the vehicle, if the driver has left the car with keys inside the car. This is very common for refilling of gas. Our daughter was locked in the car for 1/2 hour while I brought another set of keys. It was hot outside and the car was not running, so there was no a/c. Police was...
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dispatched to the scene to break her out, but I made it there before they did. Children in the car cannot open the door, since they are strapped in and / or they are too young to receive and follow instruction. This is a general child safety issue with this car and lock. There are many reports of the same issue on this web forum, reported for almost 5 years. Audi has not done anything. Http://www.Audiworld.Com/forums/q7-discussion-112/disabling-door-lock-button-rear-doors-2767659/ if the situation we lived was at a hike, where there is no cell phone coverage, we would be in deep trouble. Audi needs to fix this by disabling the button when the child lock is engaged, before a child or pet is hurt in a serious way or worse. *Tr
As many people have already registered complaints about, even with cleaning our sunroof drains regularly, the glue failed causing us to not only endure the expense of a well-documented issue with the vehicle, but now we have been without a stereo since we feel we are entitled to at least that much, however, audi of america disagrees. Considering how many issues there have been with sunroof leaks in the past and the fact that this is an ongoing problem for q7 owners, I feel, as many others do I'm sure, that this problem needs to be looked into further by the nhtsa. *Tr
Draining system in the roof of vehicle seems to be a design/engineering flaw. In under 4 years, water leaked into the interior front and rear of car causing issues with the amplifier and who knows what else. Dealer says it was not covered under warranty and estimates $1600 to fix the drain issues and $2200 for the blown amplifier. *Tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 audi q7. The contact stated that while closing the rear hatch, a knocking sound was heard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the hatch pull down motor needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 85,300 and the current mileage was 86,364. *Tr updated 5/22/13 *cn
The following incident has occurred twice. The only common factor I can identify is a great deal of rain prior to this. My tailgate has opened twice by itself. When this occurs, it takes several minutes to close. I've had the dealer look at it. They claimed to have virtually taken the whole thing apart, and cannot find the source of this problem. *Tr
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