# NHTSA recall 25V294000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 25V294000
- Manufacturer's number: 15ZK
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2025\-05\-07
- Owners notified: 2025\-06\-04
- Component: ENGINE
- Units potentially affected: 89417
- Part numbers: N105 540 05

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Audi\) is recalling certain 2022\-2024 Q5 Quattro and Q5 Sportback Quattro vehicles.  The cylinder head cover screws may have been improperly tightened.


## What can happen

The screws can loosen, allowing oil to leak and increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the screws as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed June 5, 2025.  Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1\-800\-253\-2834.  Audi's number for this recall is 15ZK.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 888\-275\-9171\) or go to nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 5, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 89417
- Reported remedied: 78294 \(87%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2022 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2022/recalls.md)
- [2023 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2023/recalls.md)
- [2024 AUDI Q5](/makes/audi/q5/2024/recalls.md)
- 2022 AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK
- 2023 AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK
- 2024 AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [TSB\_2083393\_1](/bulletins/11038129.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2069531\_2](/bulletins/11038035.md), 2026-10-05, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2082323\_1](/bulletins/11034728.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2074640\_3](/bulletins/11034657.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2073867\_3](/bulletins/11034656.md), 2026-07-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2070915\_2](/bulletins/11031000.md), 2026-04-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2076356\_5](/bulletins/11029383.md), 2026-03-03, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2051095\_10](/bulletins/11029368.md), 2026-03-03, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2021205\_10](/bulletins/11029367.md), 2026-03-03, Service bulletin
- [TSB\_2060750\_5](/bulletins/11028398.md), 2026-02-06, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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