What goes WRONG with a USED Audi Q7? - Should you buy one?

The Audi Q7 is one of the go-to cars in the large luxury SUV segment. Or at least that's when it was new. Sure, they're a beautiful car and they drive amazingly well, but what about when they're used? What goes wrong with them, what are they like to drive and live with and should you really consider buying one? We find out.

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Skip ahead:
00:00​​​​​​​ - Intro
00:22 - Exterior issues
08:20 - Interior issues
12:41 - Practicality and features
18:04 - What's it like to drive?
20:32 - Mechanical issues
25:26 - Should you buy it?

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[timmycanfly]

We've had a previous version for 6 years which is now on 200K. It hasn't been expensive to own but it has had lots of little annoying electrical issues. The depreciation on these is insane.

[ag]

Audi SQ7 owner here from 2018. no issues so far with 95.000 km. Just to here to throw a different real life opinion.

[Isaac.Smith__]

I’m a service advisor for Audi and I must say, thank you for someone finally making a video on these cars

[hippostalker]

My family owns one of these and it has about 45000 miles/ 70000 KMs. Overall fantastic car and the only “issues” we’ve had was once the auto lights didn’t turn off and some
minor oil consumption. However previously coming from a BMW E60, an Infiniti, and an early 2000s Acura with trans problems, this has been great.

[noelayre]

just bought a brand new 2025 Q7 50. It's our 6th Q7 since 2007. Never had a problem with any of them except an aircon drain blockage flooding the floor and the drivers door window switch having to be replace twice.

[chopinho]

2018 owner - touch wood I haven’t had any issues thus far (130k’s) - servicing is expensive as hell and I hate to imagine cost for a major problem. Loved every minute of owning/driving this. If I won lotto I’d keep it - it’s that nice!

[Kraigslist]

Clearly the first owner of that Q7 had no taste, who the hell chooses Oompa Loompa orange seats for a Champagne exterior.

[JonnyL]

I have had one for just over 3 years now and my initial reaction to your intro was negative because I thought it’s been a lovely experience all round, but it turns out I have short memory. I actually had a couple of issues over the years, a snapped serpentine (timing) belt (1 week in the shop), infotainment freezes, bootlid was non-responsive, recurring park brake warning light, recurring sunroof drainage, recurring coolant leak. Reason I forgot about all of it is because the Audi maintenance plan covered everything. Except the belly plate which wasn’t covered, it came off twice (I never replaced it after the second time 😢). All that aside, it’s been a blast and I would love to keep for the next decade.

[tonydcurrawong]

I just dropped $13k to fix my wife's q7. Nice car. Not worth the upkeep.

[alverayan]

Felt like Jims part wasnt going to end🤣

[anakinskywalker]

Seriously with anything German or European for that matter you need to keep in mind that you will have to maintain it. They are not cars that you can run on a budget ever. You need to spend money to keep them going if you’re not prepared to do that then walk away.

[damilolaakanni]

Air suspension will always have issues, regardless of brand. Even Lexus that's regarded as the most reliable luxury car brand has issues with their air suspension. You're better off getting a car without it or removing the existing air suspension altogether.

[samwalker]

The fact that its such a big car with a wide interior with such a small infotainment screen throws me

[nathanma]

I had a 2017 200kW Q7. The engine light came on just after 65, 000 km, and it cost a few thousand dollars to fix the coolant leakage issue at the dealership. However, the same issue returned a few weeks later. Eventually, I sold it and replaced it with a Lexus RX450hL, which has proven to be much more reliable and affordable to maintain. The Q7 is more fun to drive than the RX, but for the price of owning and maintaining a Q7, might as well you should get a boring toyota SUV and than buy a 2nd fun car like 86/wrx/mx-5

[Eclypsed_yt]

My mom had an Audi q7 of this generation and it lasted her 150, 000 miles before she sold it. She didn’t have any issues at all and none of the things he said happened to her. So if you are looking to buy one, do it but just make sure you do maintenance on everything so nothing will break. My mom always serviced it for oil changes, regular spark plug changes, etc. these cars will last you a long time with no issues if you maintain it. I think this video is filled with lies because my mom’s lasted her a long time with no issues. Buy one if you want it

[seapen]

This is the best car review channel as I have commented before because reviews of day to day living with the vehicle is what you need to know rather than the new car reviews that are scripted from the manufacturer.

[Quan-lei]

This popped up in my recommended after weeks of research and picking up a 2017 3.0t with 120k miles for just under 11k usd 😮. It has perfect service, (maintenance check, inspections, services, and consumables done every 5 and 10k miles between each other) only 2 owners and so far after driving it has shown none of the mentioned symptoms...yet but look foward to running it as long as itll live

[petero]

Love this program! Yes Audi’s and Volkswagen can be problematic. I am lucky enough to own several cars Australian and German ‘vehicles’ and have owned Toyotas in the past. To be honest, it does come down to how you treat the cars. Lubrication lubrication lubrication…as an engineer, I know you must reduce friction and service your cars regularly from day one! My Audi 2015 Q7 has 190, 000km and I have replaced the heater valve under warranty (common problem) and the thermostat (common problem)….$1050 and that’s it! I replace the oil and oil filter every 7, 500km amongst a range of other lubricants/filters/checks. All my cars run well and of course things do break they are mechanical objects! lol I love my Q7 and will be keeping it for years to come and don’t expect too much expense because of my preventative maintenance. Good luck out there!

[michaelmarafiote]

I've had mine for 4 years and put 50k KMS on it - 2016 q7 s line. Never had a drama at all

Just serviced it properly and not abused it

[shakke]

The mechanic really did his research! Everything was spot on. Especially the oil pressure thing!