I ordered mine 20th October 2021 and got it 4th August 2022. Count yourself lucky as Q3's are not just late on delivery but have some fairly fundamental bits missing. All my Q5 had missing was the phone charging mat which is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. All I can say is now I have got mine, it was well worth waiting for.

 

You have been lucky or had a good dealer and agree that should be well worth waiting for but at the moment myself and others this car (Q55 Competition) is an non existent car in the UK, Audi need to come clean and confirm that they will supply. I have my doubts.
They can’t make the war in the Eastern Europe as an excuse for a car built in Mexico.

 

Yes, you are correct. I believe I have been lucky and I have a superb dealer, Wakefield Audi. The Q5 delivery problems from Sao Paulo have little to do with the war in Ukraine. The main problem started with Covid but at the same time the franchised dealers were taking orders. The situation was compounded by sub-contractors going out of business and Audi having to find replacements. When the factory started production again apart from having to catch up with orders they had battery supply issues so the non-PHEV Q5's were shipped before the PHEV ones, the decision being taken on a commercial basis. They have still not caught up with the Q5 hybrid backlog but they are now prioritising them. I have had Audi's for 40 years and getting information from them follows the adage, its not what you know but who you know. For your information, Audi customer service is worse than useless and has never been customer centric.

 

It’s here as planned!!! Picked it up this morning! Love it

 

Looks great! Enjoy!

 

That's a great colour. Are there any bits missing? I don't have the phone charging mat. Now the manual, good bedtime reading.

 

Nope - nothing missing. The phone charging mat isn't a thing any more (well, it wasn't when I ordered) so I knew it wouldn't be part of the package. All there, all good. Lovely to drive
I only have two small things...
1) There's some sort of small screw or nut rolling around loose under the passenger seat. It sounds like it's in some sort of cavity and I can hear it rolling around when stopping a bit sharpish, or go round a corner a bit quickly. I don't really want to take it back for it as I suspect it won't be a while you wait job while they dig it out.... but not sure I can live with it Not sure if there's anything I can get to under the seats to find it myself?
2) Apple Carplay. Maybe it's my phone... but I have a nightmare getting Siri to listen to me calling for it... and worse still, around 20 seconds after plugging my phone in, it wants me to unlock the phone so it can connect to carplay - by which time I'm already pulling away... a big pain.. have I missed something obvious in a setting somewhere?
Still - the car - even though a standard 40 TDi 2.0 is a lot nippier than I was expecting. The steering will take a little getting used to as there is it definitely oversteers a little compared to my previous car (and also to my wife's Q2) though its only really apparent when I turn into a new road / sharp corner at lowish speeds - find myself occasionally steering past straight and have to correct. But love it - and this colour really stands out in a car park

 

I have had an update to say it will be moving into status twenty in the next couple of weeks and should be built month end. I have been advised its 12 weeks from this point and they are expecting to have the car at the dealership in January. I really hope this is worst case

 

Shame about the rattle but they are great cars! Mine still makes me smile every time I drive it! I never use Apple Carplay but find the Audi satnav pretty good with the Google Maps overlay. Have you tried the different drive select settings as they seem to make a difference to the feel of the steering?

 

I only really use the Apple Carplay for Spotify really, I'll have a fiddle I've stiffened up the steering a little in the Individual settings. it has stiffened a bit, but doesn't make a difference to the slight oversteer. Just something to get used to Awaiting a callback from the service team to book in for the loose thing..

 

When the status is 38 it means that your Q5 is on the dock ready to be shipped. From then it is 6 to 8 weeks until you collect it.

 

Audi are taking it back for a couple of days next week to have a look at the screw thing. They fear it won't be a while you wait, so they've sorted me a courtesy car for 3 days. Fingers crossed it's an easy fix - but I think they'll have to take the seat out to get to whatever it is. Still - 10 days with the car now, and still loving it. Had a couple of decent runs out in it as well as pottering round town, one of those was a 65 mile round trip to Brighton in that horrendous wind and rain the other night - the car purred along beautifully, sure footed and felt planted on the road. Got about 41mpg out of it too which I thought was OK. About 6 miles of local roads, 5 miles of country lanes, and the rest (54 miles-ish) was fairly decent A roads.

 

Still waiting to hear if mine is getting built this week. It's week build 43 and still unconfirmed!

 

Bet you your Q5 is in for less than a day. It is a solid fault and to take the seat out/in takes less than half an hour. You won't get real mpg figures until its logically run in, usually about 10k miles.,

 

It went in last week - they spent 5 1/2 hours on it - took out both seats, rear seat, A pillar and B pillar trim, door sill moulding, centre console, floor based air ducts, carpet and under floor covering. After they took it for a spin round the block and established that I wasn't fibbing, they looked under the floor with an endoscope, and saw that it wasn't something I'd dropped down there (I did tell them I hadn't) and it was in fact a loose seat-belt mounting bolt rolling around..... anyway, they stripped the car, retrieved the bolt and checked all the mountings to find that all mine were in place and that the bolt was a spare / accidentally dropped one in the factory. They put it all back together, gave it a full valet and topped up all my fluids. They didn't apologise for doubting me, but did look a bit sheepish when they explained what it was. Still, had a new demo A4 Avant to drive round in as a courtesy car for the day, so no harm done I dread to think how much they would have charged me if they weren't doing it under warranty...

 

Order placed last week for a 40TDi Edition 1, just waiting on an idea of current delivery expectations from the dealer. Whatever it is I’m sure the wait will feel twice as long as it actually is

 

My wife took a call from the dealer today - they anticipate the car will be available for us late Feb/early Mar.

 

Still no update on my Q5. It was due to be built this week 43 but dealer has confirmed no change no sign of it being built. Has anyone else had this issue where the week hasn’t changed but still not been built?

 

Catching up with all the comments I think I was lucky, like mwcltd.
Ordered 55 TFSIe November 2021, took delivery 13th September, but this was only 2 weeks after the date I originally asked for when I placed the order.
Have now done over 5,000 miles and love it. Just the wireless charging mat missing, which I did use all the time on my previus diesel Q5, but have already got used to plugging in the phone charger everytime I jump in. USB-C socket under the armrest.
The dealers, Vindis Peterborough Audi, told me Audi have stopped the 55 model and only supplying the 50 due to the micro chip shortage.
I wonder if that explains the much longer delays?

 

You can purchase an after market charging mat. Mine works really well

 

It is currently at PDI at UK port last 4 days ago for my Q5 40 TDI.
Any recent timeline for delivery to dealer please?

 

Good news! I have now had it confirmed that my card has been built and has a chasis number - status 30.
I have been told they are built in Mexico however the screenshot states the location is Emden which is Germany.

How many weeks have people waited? I have been advised it's 12 weeks normally.

Thanks

 

They are built in Mexico and shipped via the Port of Emden in Germany. It takes about 6-8 weeks to reach the dealer from Mexico. It’s about 2 weeks to the dealer from Emden.

 

That really is quick.

 

yes, it is quicker than we expected - although I guess we could easily get a call in the future with a later date. We‘ll be keeping our fingers crossed

 

Well, after what seems like a long wait, my car has been built and has been shipped to the UK.
I'm hoping to be able to collect the car in around 2 weeks (waiting for it to be transported to the dealer), which would make it approx 12 months from order to delivery.

I can't believe it's almost here - I'm very excited!

 

Nice! My build date has moved from June 2023 to Jan 2023….Hopefully these q5 TFS

nice! That gives me hope. Hopefully these q5 competition TFSIe models are starting to arrive. My build date has just changed from June 2023 to Jan 2023.

 

Has anyone had any previous issues where the car is waiting for shipment to the UK? Mine was built 31/10/2022 and was called off from factory stock to Transport on 01/11/2022 however I am told it is still awaiting shipment to the UK. Has anyone had any similar time frames? A month seems like an incredible amount of time just to wait for shipping.
Thanks in advance

 

I got annoyed when I was told mine was still waiting for a ship in Mexico but it turned out it was actually waiting for a ship in Germany.

 

My order went in on the system 4th April and it is due to arrive with me on 9th December.

According to the dealer it was built in week 39 (September 26th) and arrived at the supplying dealer on the 21st November so just over 8 weeks from factory to dealer.

 

Thanks everyone for your replies. Ive had no further updates since so hopefully it's more 8 weeks than 12!

Thanks again

 

Hi All

Finally had an update and due to receive my car this Thursday!! Only 13 month wait...

Thank goodness. Has anyone had an immobiliser such as ghost or scorpion fitted since delivery?

 

Hi All,
Glad to read that a lot of you already took the Q5 from the dealer and are riding with, it or soon will be.
As mentioned earlier, I ordered mine TFSIe in September 2021 with delivery in November 2022, instead of receiving my keys, I was informed last month, that perhaps in May 2023 my car could be delivered (without Waranty....) up to 2 years of waiting - seems unbelievable!!
Cheers

 

Audi dealers get a limited allocation of cars and that could be an issue with your dealer?

 

Just ordered and got told latest lead time is 17-22 weeks. I've spec'ed a towbar and there's no date on that so it could have big effect or none. No one knows currently.

 

We had a call from the dealer today to say that our Q5 has just left Germany Heading to the UK - they expect it will be with them in 10-14 days, so mid-March is the outlook for handover.

 

Hopefully the penultimate update, we received an email from Audi saying that the boat has landed in the UK and the car is starting its journey to the dealer on Road-transporter.