The Lemon Index$9,100 middle bill · most between $7,000 and $12,000
Higher than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 105,000 miles (7 reports).
Audi Q5 owners reported paying a median of $9,100 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $7,000 and $12,000. That's from 11 owner reports (11 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5000%
- $2,500–$5,0009%
- $5,000 and up91%
Share of the 11 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2011 Audi Q53$13,000 middle bill
- 2012 Audi Q51too few for a middle
- 2013 Audi Q53$7,000 middle bill
- 2014 Audi Q51too few for a middle
- 2018 Audi Q53$9,300 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2021 Audi Q59 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
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Other repairs Audi Q5 owners reported
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11705757, 11588755, 11573936, 11352109, 11311983, 11288637, 11161216, 11123277, 11112389, 10979450, 10851984.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Audi Q5?
Audi Q5 owners reported a median of $9,100, and the middle half paid $7,000 to $12,000, from 11 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Audi Q5 engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Audi Q5 middle bill of $9,100 is higher than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Audi Q5 repair costs come from?
From 11 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Audi Q5 years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2021 (9) Audi Q5 named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.