Audi SQ7: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the SQ7, through the years →

What goes wrong on the Audi SQ7

Across every SQ7 model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Electrical System4 complaints across all SQ7 years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Engine3 complaints across all SQ7 years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220
• Forward Collision Avoidance2 complaints across all SQ7 years · typical job: Radar or camera module replacement and calibration$780–$2,160
• Back Over Prevention2 complaints across all SQ7 years · typical job: Reversing camera or park-sensor replacement$420–$940

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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