I was driving 65 miles an hour on i-95 in the left lane approaching the exit for i-695 north on saturday, january 4th at 5:00pm. it was raining. no one was in front of me or behind me when my car dash lit up with an audi pre sense red sign on a black background. the brakes stopped the car suddenly on their own and my seat belt slammed me tightly into my seat. fortunately no one was behind me or this could have caused a multi car accident. there was nothing visible on the road to set this system off. monday morning i went to the dealer to see if they could disconnect this system since i was now afraid this would happen again and i would not be so lucky with the traffic situation the next time. they lowered the sensitivity but they could not disconnect the system. i also called audi to inform them about this hazard. they noted it on their record but said it is part of the car and it could not be disconnected. when i looked on line there were many complaints about this problem; however none of the other drivers were on the open highway full speed ahead. can this problem be looked into before someone's car causes a major pileup with serious injuries. thank you! *js
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 audi q5. the contact stated that the instrument panel went blank without warning and the indicators and gauges could not be viewed. the vehicle was taken to mckinney audi (6650 texas state hwy 121, mckinney, tx 75070, (972) 390-2100) where it was diagnosed that the computer needed patching in the "s 5 chip". the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 4,392. the vin was unknown.
5)establishing a bluetooth connection is intermittent with a samsung galaxy s9. often the mmi will indicate that it can't connect. if the car is in reverse with the parking assist displaying the rear view camera, the bluetooth connection screen can suddenly appear replacing the rear view image while the car is actively backing up. the rear view camera image is no longer available while the vehicle is in rearward motion. this has happened on multiple occasions.
On multiple occasions when driving the audi q5 the pre-sense engages inappropriately (no trigger) resulting in an immediate and harsh braking of the car to a complete stop. in traffic, this poses a significant risk of a crash resulting in damage and potential bodily injury. the audi pre-sense is designed to stop a car from an imminent crash, however an apparent flaw in the technology engages the pre-sense without totally unnecessarily (no cross traffic, at least 10 feet from a bush or other object). not only does the unexpected and unnecessary hard auto-braking add wear and tear to the brakes and suspension, it poses a real risk of an accident as other drivers do not expect the sudden and unnecessary braking. this happens intermittently without a pattern in dry and wet weather on a flat surface or an incline. always occurs when in reverse.
Vehicle traveling straight on highway at 70mph with phone plugged in to entertainment system and connected to carplay. center screen shut off, and audio controls unresponsive on both the dash and steering wheel. the instrument panel, which was displaying google maps, then blacked out, with only the speedometer and tach displaying. again, controls were unresponsive. the system then restarted, similarly to initially turning on the vehicle. the "initializing map" message appeared in the instrument panel, and shortly thereafter both the center screen and instrument cluster were functioning normally, and all controls were responsive. this was especially stressful as i was expecting something else to fail but couldn't pull over.
2018 audi q5 prestige. consumer writes in regards to the heads up display function on vehicle. *ld the consumer stated when the sun reached a certain angle, a white solid reflection box appears on the windshield. this created a visibility issue for the driver. *js
Hey, im carmen, im german and i m diplomatic, i work at the permanent mission of germany for the united nations till march 2019. my question is, i want to bring a audi q5 , brand new model , a german model, from germany to new york. and afte my job in 2019, i want to take it back to germany. is there any problem?? must i change any stuff because of other safety rules or something? other lights, miles per hour, electricity?