2021 Audi SQ8

The 2021 SQ8 sits at the peak of the generation's federal activity with six recalls and 1,137 TSBs — the highest figures across the 2020-2026 span — while logging only three complaints split among powertrain/electrical, powertrain alone, and suspension. By contrast, the 2020 launch year recorded zero complaints and just one recall despite nearly as many TSBs (980), and subsequent years show a steady decline to one recall and 139 TSBs by 2026. The data doesn't specify root causes for the 2021 recalls, but the concentration of powertrain and electrical complaints aligns with the elevated service bulletin volume. No crash or fire complaints were reported for the target year. The trend suggests 2021 absorbed the bulk of early-production corrections that later model years benefited from. For a buyer, this is a viable purchase only if all six recalls have been documented as completed and the TSB-related work — particularly on powertrain and electrical systems — has been addressed.