Owners have filed 28 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the electrical, fuel system, and backup camera. The 9 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
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2022 Audi Q3: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/3
Engine off, key in hand0/2
Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/1
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/3
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
These years share the 2022's design and most of its parts, so their problems are the ones to look for on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2022 checks
Worth adding to your 2022 checks
Worth adding to your 2022 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2022 Audi Q3. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0L 4-cyl | AWD | 26 mpg |
NHTSA complaints for the 2022 Audi Q3, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
The rear camera goes black or shows up late, and one owner reports backing into a car after the screen failed. Other reports describe a sudden flood of warnings for driver assists, steering, tire pressure, parking aid and the starting system, sometimes with the engine shutting off at a stop and refusing to restart. The infotainment system switches audio sources by itself and drops navigation. Parking chimes can go silent under phone audio. Several owners say dealers acknowledged a pending fix but had no repair to offer. A sunroof leak through the ceiling light also appears.
Stalling and no-start conditions tied to the fuel pump are the most serious pattern, including an engine cutting off in a drive-through line and a pump replaced twice. A check engine light for the evap canister keeps returning even after parts are replaced. Two owners describe disputes with dealers over whether the fuel tank needed replacement. One says the dealer later found a fuel system fault, cleared the code at about 14,962 miles, and had no repair available.
The rearview camera is unreliable. It fails to engage, appears late, renders steering guide lines late or not at all, or gets covered by another screen. Front parking chimes often do not sound when music or other audio is playing, and they return once that audio stops. The fault is sporadic, and dealers struggle to reproduce it. Owners call it a near-collision risk. One report concerns waiting on a recall repair because parts were not yet available.
Two very different failures appear. In one, a lane-guidance feature engages on its own and keeps steering the car, making lane changes a struggle even after a restart. That is a loss-of-control risk at highway speed. In the other, the front pre-sense system fails to warn or brake when tested at low and medium speeds against obstacles, even though dealer diagnostics show it passing. Both owners describe the problem as a serious safety concern.
A loud resonant tone comes from the brakes when the car creeps at low speed. One owner says it started on the second day of ownership, at about 4k miles, and happens every time. The dealer found no malfunction and calls the noise normal, so no repair was attempted. A separate complaint says the brake and gas pedals are hard, slippery plastic that a foot can slide off. No reports describe a loss of braking power.
These reports are mostly about recall delays. Owners were told their cars were part of a rear camera campaign but that parts were not yet available, and they feel the wait has gone on too long. One describes the infotainment screen going blank while driving, which takes the rearview camera with it, at about 9,700 miles. That car was left unrepaired while parts were pending.
Excerpts from complaints Q3 owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
We have spoken with the dealership multiple times about the safety concern of the recall on this vehicle. We have gotten nowhere with them. It is required that every vehicle have a backup camera for safety reasons and this does not work die to this recall. They are just dismissing anything and should be providing a replacement vehicle that does work until they are able to fix this problem.
Filed with NHTSA, May 2023
My vehicle was idling and came to a complete stop and stopped the engine and then an electrical malfunction message appeared and the car wouldn’t start back up. Various error messages started to appear on the drivers display (tpms, abs stabilization, lane assistance disabled)
Filed with NHTSA, July 2023
Audi informed me that even though there was an initiated safety recall, and there was a test of our vehicle that confirmed the problem that the recall had identified such that the fuel tank should be replaced, they have recalculated the parameters for the recall and after further testing decided that the vehicle now is no longer unsafe. We do not believe them.
Filed with NHTSA, March 2023
The Pre-Sense Front System does not work. Tested with low and medium speeds. Dealer tested with diagnostics and said it pasts tests. It is set correctly inside. Tested it again using "dummy" cardboard boxes. Does not warn me or apply brakes.
Filed with NHTSA, December 2021
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2022 ranks second for owner complaints among 8 Q3 years, about 1.5 times the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Redesigns and mid-cycle updates change what can go wrong.
The 2022 is the fourth model year of the Q3's second generation (2019–2023).
Recall repairs are free at any Audi dealer, but the seller may never have had them done. Check each campaign number against the VIN.
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, resulting in an inoperative rearview camera display the next time the vehicle is started. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: An inoperative rearview camera display reduces the driver's rear visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the infotainment main unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 6, 2022. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 91Ei.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2022 Audi Q3 vehicles. A window manufacturing error may allow the rear window to crack or break.
Risk: A broken rear window may result in loose pieces of glass and increase the risk of injury.
Fix: Dealers will check the manufacturing date of the vehicle's rear window and replace it as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 11, 2022. Owners may contact Audi 's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 64H4.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Audi Q3 vehicles. The vent pipe within the fuel tank may have been damaged during fuel tank assembly.
Risk: A damaged vent pipe may allow fuel to spill out of the filler neck when the fuel cap is opened, increasing the risk of an injury.
Fix: Dealers will inspect the internal vent pipe for damage and replace the charcoal canister and the fuel tank, if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 1, 2022. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Volkswagen's number for this recall is 20DS.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2022 Audi Q3 vehicles that failed to receive the software update under Recall 21V-825 (91CR). A software error may prevent the rearview image from initially displaying when the vehicle begins to reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rearview camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will update the infotainment unit parameters, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 3, 2022. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 91DF.
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 requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility.".
Risk: A rear-view camera that does not display an image reduces the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will update the infotainment unit parameters, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 9, 2021. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 91CR.
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