Tire Rack has Akebono pads and wear sensors for Brembo caliper Q5's
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
Best Brake pads for Audi Q5
I'd like to add brake jobs are fairly simple too. The front pads in my 2016 Q5 were the easiest of any car I've ever owned.
Pros: fairly simple, easiest ever
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
I have a 2021 District Green Q5e / tan interior and it has been a fantastic car for my use case. 55% City driving means little to no gas use with home charging. Lots of road trips too, it’s a fast highway cruiser. 50k miles so far.
Pros: fast highway cruiser
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
Mileage: 50000 km
I just put some Brembro low met pads on out SQ5. They are more progressive bite, but I like them better than the Hawk HPS 5.0 on my S4. When you get on them they stop very well. Not sure on dust yet.
Pros: good stopping power, progressive bite
Cons: dust unsure
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
I'm actually amazed how little these pads dust considering how well they work. Coming from my S6, where the wheels needed cleaning after every ten minutes of driving, I'm impressed!
Pros: little dust, work well
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
Previous discs and pads were OEM and the new ones are Ferodo. As mentioned previously, the sound was there with the OEM parts as well.
Cons: odd noise, binding noise
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
Since starting my drive from NY to NJ daily, ALL my previous cars, Audi Q5 and Toyota Sienna, will start "brake and shake" or was it "shake and brake".. at about a year in at around 10k-15k miles. I am guilty of heavy braking so with it comes excess wear.
Cons: excess wear
Vehicle:
Audi Q5
Mileage: 15000 km
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Top manufacturers of brake pads for Audi Q5
This part for Audi Q5 is made around the world. We have reviews for brake pads manufacturers from countries such as: Japan, Germany, Italy, UK .
In March 2026, the ranking of brake pads for Audi Q5 on PartReview included 4 manufacturers. It is based on 7 reviews and 23 votes.
Which brake pads to choose for Audi Q5?
Last month, PartReview users preferred Akebono. 26% of positive votes went to this manufacturer.
In second place: brake pads OEM Audi — 26%.
Third place: Brembo with 13% of the votes.
In the overall ranking of brake pads, which aggregates opinions of owners of different car makes and models, these brands hold the following positions:
- Akebono ranked 3, PR Score — 87. Based on 436 reviews and 1351 vote.
- OEM Audi ranked 26, PR Score — 72. Based on 45 reviews and 143 votes.
- Brembo — rank 5, PR Score — 79. Based on 235 reviews and 739 votes.
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