Year by year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 SQ6 E-Tron | 6 | 1 |
A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections
Most common problems
- Forward collision avoidance3
- Lane departure2
- Electrical system2
- Vehicle speed control1
- Unknown or other1
- Power train1
- Fuel/propulsion system1
- Back over prevention1
NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years
Crash-test ratings by year
NHTSA 5-star results for 2 model-year variants; not yet fully rated. Rollover risk is the estimated chance of rolling over in a single-vehicle crash.
| Year | Variant | Overall | Rollover risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2027 AUDI SQ6 E-TRON SUV BEV AWD | — | 10.3 % |
| 2025 | 2025 Audi SQ6 e-tron SUV AWD | — | 10.3 % |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (5-Star Safety Ratings), api.nhtsa.gov · US federal work, public domain
In New Zealand
4 SQ6 E-Tron cars are on the New Zealand register; 0% arrived as used imports.
| Model year | Registered | Sold new in NZ | Used imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0
In the United Kingdom
668 SQ6 E-Tron cars were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, by year of manufacture.
| Built | Licensed | Off the road (SORN) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 508 | 8 |
| 2024 | 160 | 2 |
Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124) · Open Government Licence v3.0
New registrations in Europe
244 new Audi SQ6 E-Tron cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2020 and 2022, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2022 the largest markets were Germany (170).
| Year | New cars | CO₂ g/km |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 170 | 0 (WLTP) |
| 2021 | 48 | 0 (WLTP) |
| 2020 | 26 | 0 (WLTP) |
Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement
Recalls
1 campaigns cover the SQ6 E-Tron.
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 Standard (FMVSS) numbers 208, "Occupant Crash Protection" and 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
NHTSA recalls