Factory build sheet
2021 Audi Q5 Quattro Premium Plus
Build WA15ABFY-M · 2L 4cyl · All-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WA15ABFY and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Q5 whose VIN starts WA15ABFY and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 23 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 23 known VINs
This configuration is identical to 2021 Audi Q5 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) (14,664 vehicles). That page carries the full record.
Factory specification
As filed by Audi with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Engine model
- 261 hp 2l i4
- Horsepower
- 261 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- All-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 7
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- Series
- Sportback
- Manufacturer
- AUDI AG
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
Driver assistance, as built
- Forward collision warning Standard
- Crash imminent braking Standard
- Blind spot warning Standard
Systems the filing does not record are not listed above. Check the window sticker of the exact car before you rely on any single feature.
The same build, other model years
Audi used the VIN pattern WA15ABFY for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WA1 | AUDI AG · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | 5ABFY | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | M | Model year — 2021 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2021 Audi Q5 as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
8 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Q5. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
23 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WA15ABFY-M shares the specification above.
- 23 Known VINs
- WA15ABFY 9M2089941
- WA15ABFY 1M2135147
- WA15ABFY 3M2106930
- WA15ABFY 0M2119196
- WA15ABFY 1M2133110
- WA15ABFY 7M2138442
- WA15ABFY XM2133753
- WA15ABFY 8M2135565
- WA15ABFY 6M2117873
- WA15ABFY 3M2093807
- WA15ABFY 2M2115375
- WA15ABFY 1M2136573
- WA15ABFY 9M2130133
- WA15ABFY 5M2090102
- WA15ABFY 7M2113461
- WA15ABFY 2M2133942
- WA15ABFY 6M2110678
- WA15ABFY 8M2132875
- WA15ABFY 7M2113105
- WA15ABFY 1M2093143
- WA15ABFY 1M2112595
- WA15ABFY 4M2125891
- WA15ABFY 9M2110092
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Q5, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2021 Quattro Prestige 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 133 vehicles
- 2021 Quattro Prestige 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 94 vehicles
- 2021 Quattro Premium 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 10,002 vehicles · $22,067 median
- 2021 Quattro Premium Plus 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 14,664 vehicles · $22,613 median
- 2021 Quattro Prestige 2L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 165 vehicles
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 23 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.