Every gasoline Q5 model year from 2009 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Mid-Size SUV of the same year.
Scored separately as its own vehicle: Q5 Plug-In Hybrid (2021–2024).
Across 17 scored model years the Q5 needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2019 is its strongest, 2025 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Mid-Size SUV sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | #12 /39 | 71th | ||
| 2010 | #27 /40 | 33th | ||
| 2011 | #28 /39 | 29th | ||
| 2012 | #32 /39 | 18th | ||
| 2013 | #21 /37 | 44th | ||
| 2014 | #20 /37 | 47th | ||
| 2015 | #22 /40 | 46th | ||
| 2016 | #20 /38 | 49th | ||
| 2017 | #14 /37 | 64th | ||
| 2018 | #30 /42 | 29th | ||
| 2019 | #7 /45 | 86th | Best year | |
| 2020 | #10 /49 | 81th | ||
| 2021 | #33 /53 | 38th | ||
| 2022 | #26 /59 | 57th | ||
| 2023 | #28 /67 | 59th | ||
| 2024 | #26 /72 | 65th | ||
| 2025 | #53 /66 | 20th | Avoid |
The line has moved around across 17 model years, with its weakest stretch in 2011–2013. Recent years have been slipping. This 2025 car falls in a middling stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every Q5 model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Mid-Size SUV of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), the trouble concentrates in one place: tires & wheels. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Mid-Size SUV of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
Real charts, sample vehicle. Open the lookup to see these for your Q5.
Your Q5 is plotted against 66 rivals from 2025.
Look up your Q5 →Your Q5 is scored the same way, for every model year.
Look up your Q5 →2019 is the strongest Q5 model year on record, ranking #7 of 45 Mid-Size SUVs that year.
2025 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #53 of 66.
The 2025 Q5 ranks #53 of 66 Mid-Size SUVs — the lower half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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