This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
This is a tdi. The car has 53,000-miles on the odometer. The car was purchased new and only serviced by the local Audi dealership. While operating under normal driving conditions with the "auto stop/start" engaged, the car's transmission slips into neutral when stopped and while cruising, the occurrence is very intermittent. When stopped, to re-engage the transmission, you must use the brake (to prevent rolling) and manipulate the transmission lever between neutral, drive and sport setting. When driving, you must manipulate the transmission lever between neutral, drive and sport setting. This has been occurring on city streets since about 52,000-miles (three-months ago). Concerned about my safety!
This has happened now several times, when the car comes to a complete stop or just about a complete stop, then trying to accelerate there is no throttle response instead of accelerating as expected. Is the ABS system cutting power to the engine" the car is 'dead' for about two seconds and then power is restored. I was almost hit by oncoming traffic. Reportedly, this is apparently widely documented and ongoing since at least the year 2000, and not specific to Audi...what is the NHTSA doing about this??"
This is brand new Audi Q5 I purchased roughly a month earlier. While driving on the freeway, multiple cars began honking and waving at us. I pulled off the freeway and was notified that black some was appearing from the rear of the vehicle. I notified the manufacturer of the issue and they towed the car to the nearest dealership for service. The service crew did confirm an issue with the engine. A weep hole was found on side of transmissions that was leaking oil which caused black smoke to appear from the engine. The service team ended up replacing the entire transmission.
This is the third incident where the car came to a stop, with no throttle response, when I made a hard left turn (U-turn from a standing stop) instead of accelerating as expected. There appear to be several thousand similar complaints in your database, from many different makes, where the ABS system cuts power to the engine instead of allowing a rapid acceleration from a standing start, when there is no traction problem, and cutting the power creates an immediate risk of crash by oncoming traffic. The car was 'dead' for about two seconds and then power was restored, allowing me to avoid being hit by oncoming traffic. But the bigger issue appears to be that the ABS system will sometimes cut power for no reason, endangering the driver and vehicle. This is apparently widely documented and ongoing since at least the year 2000, and not specific to Audi. Updated 3/20/14 updated 03/20/2014
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- North Middletown, NJ, USA