2025 Audi SQ5 Transmission and drivetrain Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 25%of 8 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2025 Audi SQ5, 25% of the 8 complaints for this model year.
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.
“On at least five occasions since we purchased this vehicle brand new in January 2026, the digital transmission system has failed to switch into park and would not switch into park -- producing an error message. To resolve the issue, it required multiple restarts of the car, and there is no clear step to resolve the issue. It feels like luck. We've taken it to the dealership multiple times, they've done digital updates to the car -- which supposedly fixed the problem -- but it continues to recur. We will take it to the dealership again. …”
NHTSA complaint #11762667, filed 2026-09Related service bulletins
- 11038082Sep 28, 2026This TSB provides information when there is a drive system fault in the instrument clusteer, DTC P066700, symptom 20752, address: 0002.
- 11038078Sep 28, 2026This bulletin provides information when there is a drive system fault in the insrument cluster; DTC P071100 symptom 20756 - diagnostic address 0002.
- 11038084Sep 25, 2026This bulletin provides information when the gearbox warning light illuminates; drive system fault with event memory entry P060A00; P1FD700.
- 11036960Aug 5, 2026This bulletin provides information when the transmission position cannot be selected.
- 11036901Aug 4, 2026This bulletin provides informatin when there is binding or vibrations in tight turns with quattro Ultra.
- 11033465May 27, 2026This bulletin provides informatin when there is binding or vibrations in tight turns with quattro Ultra.
- 11033508May 6, 2026This Pending Service Solution (PSS) requests that technicians create a record in the PSS database in instances where the transmission position cannot be selected.
- 11033475May 6, 2026The high-voltage batteries in electric vehicles are subject to various ageing effects which could lead to the energy content (energy density) being reduced. This reduction in the…
Transmission and drivetrain: other model years
Other parts of the 2025 Audi SQ5
3 complaintsElectrical system
2 complaintsFuel system
2 complaintsEngine
1 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsLane departure
1 complaintsSteering
1 complaintsVehicle speed control
1 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2025 Audi SQ5
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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