Recall
Audi recalls 9,048 Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron over fire risk
The high voltage battery in certain 2024-2025 Audi Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron vehicles may fail and cause a fire; the remedy is under development, and owners are advised to charge to a maximum of 80 percent until the repair is completed.
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Key numbers
Units potentially affected as filed with NHTSA
- Fire risk
- Fix not ready yet
- Model years
- 2024–2025
- NHTSA campaign
- 26V-698
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Recall at a glance
- Vehicles
- Certain 2024-2025 Audi Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron
- Risk
- The high voltage battery may fail and cause a fire; a vehicle fire increases the risk of injury
- Component
- Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Remedy
- Under development; owners are advised to charge to a maximum of 80% capacity until the repair has been completed
- Campaign number
- NHTSA 26V-698 (26V698000); Audi 93SK
- Owner letters
- Interim letters expected to be mailed Dec. 18, 2026; additional letters once the remedy is available
- Report received by NHTSA
- Oct. 21, 2026
- VINs searchable on NHTSA.gov
- Since Oct. 23, 2026
- Audi customer service
- 1-800-253-2834
- Do-not-drive or park-outside advisory
- None in NHTSA's record
Source for every row: source 1.
| Make | Model | Model years |
|---|---|---|
| Audi | Q4 e-tron; units are the campaign total across both listed models (Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron), NHTSA gives no per-model split | 2024-2025 |
| Audi | Q4 Sportback e-tron; included in the campaign total on the Q4 e-tron entry, NHTSA gives no per-model split | 2024-2025 |
NHTSA gives one count for the whole campaign: 9,048 units potentially affected.
What to do
- Owners are advised to only charge their vehicles to a maximum of 80 percent capacity until the repair has been completed.
- Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed Dec. 18, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the remedy is available.
- Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-253-2834. Audi's number for this recall is 93SK.
What happened
Volkswagen Group of America (Audi) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall lists 9,048 vehicles as potentially affected across the whole campaign.
The high voltage battery may fail and cause a fire, the recall says. A vehicle fire increases the risk of injury.
NHTSA lists the affected component as the traction battery in the propulsion system.
The remedy is currently under development, the recall says.
NHTSA's record for this recall does not include a do-not-drive or park-outside advisory. It also does not mark the recall as an over-the-air update.
NHTSA received the recall report on Oct. 21, 2026. The NHTSA campaign number is 26V-698 (26V698000), and Audi's own number for this recall is 93SK.
Is my car affected?
NHTSA's record says the recall covers certain 2024-2025 Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron vehicles.
Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on Oct. 23, 2026.
Enter your 17-character VIN in our free recall check at /vin-check/ or on NHTSA.gov.
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Sources
All accessed 2026-10-24.