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2025 Audi Q6 Sportback E-Tron problems

NHTSA lists 4 complaints for the 2025 Audi Q6 Sportback E-Tron, 0 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as AUDI Q6 SPORTBACK E-TRON.

At a glance

Complaints
4
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
1
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
27,768
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
410

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
SystemComplaintsShare of this vehicle's complaints
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE250.0%
AIR BAGS125.0%
LANE DEPARTURE125.0%
STEERING125.0%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER125.0%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL125.0%
Top subsystems
SystemSubsystemComplaints
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCEADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCEAUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING1
LANE DEPARTUREWARNING1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
electrical electronic250.0%0.91
mechanical failure125.0%0.55
restraint or airbag125.0%0.97
Severities
LabelCountShare of taggedMean confidence
moderate4100.0%0.73

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 4 tagged complaints of 4 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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1 recalls.

25V899000

Date: 2025-12-19. Systems: SEAT BELTS.

Defect: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2025 SQ6 E-Tron, SQ6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 Sportback E-Tron, A6, A5, A6 Sportback E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron, S5, and S6 Sportback E-Tron vehicles. The automatic locking retractor may fail to engage when a child seat is installed using the seat belt. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan (excerpt)

Consequence: An improperly secured child seat can increase risk of injury during a crash. (excerpt)

Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the right and left rear seat belt assembly as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 16, 2026. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 69D8. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 23, 2025. (excerpt)

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

410 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM290
STRUCTURE49
UNKNOWN OR OTHER24
STEERING13
WHEELS13
SERVICE BRAKES10
POWER TRAIN5
VISIBILITY/WIPER2

11038048

Date: 2026-09-30. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

This bulleti provides information when the message "Parking systems: fault" appears, DTC B200044.

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.

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).

11038092

Date: 2026-09-29. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

This Pending Service Solution (PSS) requests that technicians create a record in the PSS data base in instances when the vehicle cannot be unlocked, and the ehicle cannot be switched on; 12V battery has been discharged.

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.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
Q6 SPORTBACK E-TRON4

Same model, other years

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