2016 Audi Q5 Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 4about this part
- Share
- 5%of 78 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 23,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2016 Audi Q5, 5% of the 78 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 23,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I have a 2016 Audi Q5 and recently was involved in a serious single-car accident. I was parking my car and moved my foot to brake when the car surged forward over a couple of boulders through the trees flipping once and rolling down an embankment. I, miraculously, came out of the incident unscathed. Three weeks earlier my brother-in-law borrowed my car and said I should have the car checked because it surged forward on him on three different occasions when he went to brake. I dismissed his comments, thinking he was not used to my car. …”
NHTSA complaint #10926196, filed 2016-11, 21,000 miles“Vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. Happened [intermittently] when decelerating; instead of gearing down to idle/stop, the engine continued to rev...I had to lean heavily on the brakes [which then felt mushy] to continue to a stop.”
NHTSA complaint #11118743, filed 2018-08, 25,000 miles“On october 15 2023 at around 5.30 pm me and my wife are coming back from my daughter s house in basking ridge nj ,to my house in warren nj which is only about 7 miles. Its local area with speed limit around 35 miles/hr z0ne .I was driving on mount airy road , saw a red light at a distance, and also saw a couple of cars stopped at light, and slowly applied brakes to stop the vehicle. …”
NHTSA complaint #11554085, filed 2023-11“I was pulling into a parking space at approximately 5 mph and the car unintentionally accelerated causing me to jump the curb, go over a grass median and land perpendicularly onto a one-way active road. There were trees and other items on the median I could've hit had I'd been pulling into a different parking space. I also could've hit cars on the road. I quickly got off the road and parked the car.”
NHTSA complaint #11552472, filed 2023-10Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 14% |
| 2021 | 1 | 1% |
| 2020 | 2 | 8% |
| 2019 | 5 | 9% |
| 2018 | 14 | 7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 5% |
| 2016 | 4 | 5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 1% |
| 2014 | 3 | 3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 2% |
| 2012 | 3 | 2% |
| 2011 | 3 | 2% |
| 2009 | 1 | 3% |
Other parts of the 2016 Audi Q5
26 complaintsOther or unknown
11 complaintsElectrical system
10 complaintsSteering
10 complaintsFuel system
9 complaintsEngine cooling
8 complaintsAir bags
6 complaintsBrakes
4 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaintsLane departure
3 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
3 complaintsBody and structure
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2016 Audi Q5
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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