Defect: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 Q5, Q5 Sportback, SQ5, and SQ5 Sportback vehicles. The driver and front passenger seat belts may have been manufactured incorrectly, and fail to properly restrain occupants during a crash.
Consequence: Improperly restrained occupants have an increased risk of injury during a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 29, 2026. Owners may contact Audi's customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69GT.
Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.
Investigations
0 investigations; 0 open.
Manufacturer communications
785 manufacturer communications.
Communications by system
System
Count
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
400
STRUCTURE
90
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
78
ENGINE
56
POWER TRAIN
56
SUSPENSION
26
WHEELS
18
SERVICE BRAKES
15
11038072
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE.
This bulletin provides information when the exhaust emissions warning lamp lights up; DTC P050A; 2.0 ltr 4-cyl.
11038073
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides informaiton when the settings for sound via the head restraints are missing.
11038074
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides information when the time does not autmotically update when daylight savings time begins or ends.
11038075
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulleitn provides informaiton when there is a translucent rectangle covering the center display.
11038076
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides informaiton when the sound output pauses automatically after starting the vehicle.
11038077
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides information when there is occasionally audio output for entertainment when the vehicle is started.
11038083
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides information when there is an engine warning lamp on; DTC P157000 is logged in the ECM.
11038088
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides information when the rear lid only opens/clolses slightly and then stops.
11038096
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides an overview of the combined software updates for cluster 3; PPE/PPC.
11038103
Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
This bulletin provides information regarding software update KD2* 03.11.00/C (28.14.01).
Notes on this record
Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
This record lists no complaint under this name, and zero is not confirmed in this data build; the notes below give the reason.
NHTSA lists complaints for this model year under related names: Q5 (42). They are counted on those records, not here. Zero is not confirmed for this name.