Audi Q3 owners have reported a total of 323 problems for their cars built in the 13 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Audi Q3. The 2020 Audi Q3 cars have the most problems reported (111 problems).
The following chart shows the 24 most common problems for Audi Q3 cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's electrical system (60 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (51 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Audi Q3 of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Q3 model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Audi Q3 model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Audi Q3 is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
|---|---|
| 2026 Q3 | |
| 2025 Q3 | |
| 2024 Q3 | |
| 2023 Q3 | |
| 2022 Q3 | |
| 2021 Q3 | |
| 2020 Q3 | |
| 2018 Q3 |