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With the front passanger seat occupied by an adult, display on the dash randamly diplays "passangerairbag off" then displays "passanger airbag on". Display switches between the two. This happens when the car is in motion on a highway or city road driving.
Vehical speeds forward when turning when stepping on brakes.
On the dark evening of 23 january 2021 a deer from the side of the ohio turnpike came onto the edge of my lane of roadway, did a uturn and kicked the front fascia of my car. I slowed but couldnā€™t avoid the collision because of nhtsa rule federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) no. 108. I did not see the deer in time to slow further, which would have allowed emergency maneuvers. If i was driving this same car in europe, or canada or japan, i would have adaptive driving beams on my vehicle. There is often only seconds to act at night, at speed and the glare from oncoming drivers contributes to this lack of safety on american roads. Nhtsa has allowed tesla to experiment with unproven technologies such as ā€˜autopilotā€™ on american retail vehicles, with lidar/radar, cameras, software and now the removal by tesla of the lidar/radar functionality, which, allegedly, has resulted in deaths of drivers on us roads. However, nhtsa has been negligent by delaying passage of revisions to fmvss 108 to allow adbs on us roads, a proven safety technology in the eu and around the world, requested by toyota and mb and other manufacturers in 2013 and since. This is inexcusable on nhtsa part. This either represents incompetence or negligence on nhtsa part, since there has been insufficient regulatory revision in eight years! as a former emergency medicine physician and now radiologist who has traveled to canada and the eu, and having cared for patients injured at night in vehicle crashes, as well as being involved in my own that could have been prevented, i can not understand the delay by nhtsa of eight years to complete this approval when the overwhelming evidence proves the technology of adb not only safe and effective but enhancing safety of all concerned, including pedestrians. Here is a link to the most recent article supporting this proven technology:https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/we-need-to-legalize-adaptive-driving-beams-already-for-safety-s-sake/ar-bb1guahr
Audi pre sense, the new technology audi uses for predictive safety. I have experienced several audi pre sense braking malfunctions. The audi pre sense in my vehicle will abruptly & violently come to a full stop, with no obstructions or hazards anywhere near the vicinity of the car. First occurrence happened on 405 highway heading north on october 27, 2018 at approximately 11:30 pm, driving approximately 60 mph. The roads were clear no drivers anywhere in my vicinity. The road were wet from heavy rainfall earlier in the evening. The car comes to a violent sudden stop, red hazard triangle appears on the dashboard, these two things happen simultaneously, the seatbelt engages & i'm slammed forward. The brakes emit a loud grinding & crunching sound. It takes several seconds before i can begin to drive again as the car is locked up. There were no observable obstructions in the road for it to make the car emergency brake. When this happened it felt like i had hit someone/something, that was how violent the stop was. It is terrifying and dangerous. Once i was able to drive again, my car did not go over any hazards or obstructions as the vehicle thinks there was, there were no other vehicles or persons in my vicinity, the road was smooth and clear. The pre sense has a malfunction resulting in a braking response failure. I took the car to audi services and they kept the car for 2 weeks, recalibrate & reset things. I drove the car for 8 months without incident only to have the same thing repeat.this same issue has happened 3 other occasions while reversing. Audi maintains that pre sense is working as it was designed & there is no flaw. They will not work on the car any further. If this happened during a time where other vehicles were around, it would have been a grave danger to me & other passengers. Audi is knowingly & willingly sending unsafe vehicles on the road.
Audi pre sense, is the technology audi uses for predictive safety. I have experienced several audi pre sense braking malfunctions. The audi pre sense in my vehicle will abruptly & violently come to a full stop, with no obstructions or hazards anywhere near the vicinity of the car. First occurrence happened on 405 highway heading north on second occurrence happened on 24th st in redmond, heading north on november 27th at approximately 10:30 pm, driving approximately at 33 mph..the roads were clear no drivers anywhere in my vicinity. The road was dry. The car comes to a violent sudden stop, red hazard triangle appears on the dashboard, these two things happen simultaneously, the seatbelt engages & i'm slammed forward. The brakes emit a loud grinding & crunching sound. It takes several seconds before i can begin to drive again as the car is locked up. There were no observable obstructions in the road for it to make the car emergency brake. When this happened it felt like i had hit someone/something, that was how violent the stop was. It is terrifying and dangerous. Once i was able to drive again, my car did not go over any hazards or obstructions as the vehicle thinks there was, there were no other vehicles or persons in my vicinity, the road was smooth and clear. The pre sense has a malfunction resulting in a braking response failure. I took the car back to audi services and they kept the car for 1week, they ran diagnostics & said they could nothing wrong. This occurrence has happened 4x before, 1st claim nhtsa#11288922 audi insists pre sense is working as it was designed & there is no flaw. They will not work on the car any further. If this occurred during a time when traffic was heavy it would have been a grave danger to me & other passengers. Audi is knowingly & willingly sending unsafe vehicles on the road.
Vehical speeds forward when turning when stepping on brakes.
Clicking and vibration in steering column, especially at low speeds
The electronic trunk of my audi a5 failed to stop closing once it hit me on the head. The hatch kept closing in until i was able to move my body out of the way however at this point the hatch already caused a laceration to my skull which resulted in a visit to the emergency room. Vehicle was parked and the engine was on.
While driving on a straight, flat section of i-95 in florida at 70mph, my 2 year old 2018 audi a5 cabrio's driver's side sun visor suddenly broke off at its base and landed with force on my steering wheel. I'd moved the visor into the up position, flush with the frame, and in doing so, the visor broke off at the base. I had not, nor had i ever, moved the visor with a lot of force. Even when the car was new, the visor had always been too tight, too short, and difficult to move. The resultant distraction of a heavy visor dropping onto my steering wheel caused me to swerve at 70mph. Fortunately traffic was light that day and no accident occurred. Due to a design flaw, the visor can't swing on its support bar as it should. After it broke off, i had to use vise grips to make it swing at all. I then tried lubricating the support bar inside the visor with wd-40, which did not help. Had i tried to reattach the visor with glue, the torque on the support bar caused by the visor's inability to swing freely on its axis suggests that it would instantly break off at the base again. The passenger side visor has not fallen off yet, but the same design will cause that to happen eventually. This vehicle had a 4 year/50k mile warranty, but i had just exceeded the mileage limit so it was no longer warranted. I notified both my audi dealer and audi usa about this safety issue. Audi usa says that they will not issue a service advisory or recall, and will not cover the present and future damage to both visors. Despite the sun visors being necessary safety equipment - especially in florida - audi denies any culpability for this problem. There are many anecdotes online of this same problem from other drivers of this same year/make/model/interior color, and it is not unique to my vehicle. More specifically all the other incidents are happening to audis with dark gray visors like mine.
The electronic trunk of my audi a5 failed to stop closing once it hit me on the head. The hatch kept closing in until i was able to move my body out of the way however at this point the hatch already caused a laceration to my skull which resulted in a visit to the emergency room. Vehicle was parked and the engine was on.
Vehical speeds forward when turning when stepping on brakes.
While driving on a straight, flat section of i-95 in florida at 70mph, my 2 year old 2018 audi a5 cabrio's driver's side sun visor suddenly broke off at its base and landed with force on my steering wheel. I'd moved the visor into the up position, flush with the frame, and in doing so, the visor broke off at the base. I had not, nor had i ever, moved the visor with a lot of force. Even when the car was new, the visor had always been too tight, too short, and difficult to move. The resultant distraction of a heavy visor dropping onto my steering wheel caused me to swerve at 70mph. Fortunately traffic was light that day and no accident occurred. Due to a design flaw, the visor can't swing on its support bar as it should. After it broke off, i had to use vise grips to make it swing at all. I then tried lubricating the support bar inside the visor with wd-40, which did not help. Had i tried to reattach the visor with glue, the torque on the support bar caused by the visor's inability to swing freely on its axis suggests that it would instantly break off at the base again. The passenger side visor has not fallen off yet, but the same design will cause that to happen eventually. This vehicle had a 4 year/50k mile warranty, but i had just exceeded the mileage limit so it was no longer warranted. I notified both my audi dealer and audi usa about this safety issue. Audi usa says that they will not issue a service advisory or recall, and will not cover the present and future damage to both visors. Despite the sun visors being necessary safety equipment - especially in florida - audi denies any culpability for this problem. There are many anecdotes online of this same problem from other drivers of this same year/make/model/interior color, and it is not unique to my vehicle. More specifically all the other incidents are happening to audis with dark gray visors like mine.
Top view camera changing to graphic mode on its own. (1) this is a safety-related defect due to the distracting nature of the unpredictability of the state of the backup camera, the cognitively complex and distracting steps needed to change to camera view while backing up, and the safety issue caused by not having the cameras work properly; (2) this affects nearly every audi with this option sold in the 2018 model year; and (3) audi has acknowledged this safety issue but has refused to offer any solution for over a year -- and more importantly, has continued to knowingly sell thousands of vehicles with this defect, and has misrepresented the safety features of these cars.
Car was in park with emergency brake light on. Wheels turned to the right and tight to the curb. Somehow the car rolled down hill and struck a tree. The vehicle was totaled.the police took pictures of the interior showing both the in park light and the emergency brake light on. There is no logical explanation.
I was driving my new 2018 audi a5 cabriolet (approx. 4500 miles) on a local road.the driver side sun visor was in the 'down' position when driving this morning headed into the rising sun.as the sun shifted from in front of me to my left side, i released the sun visor from the clip and moved it to the left side to block the sun.the arm of the sun visor, attached to the car just above the windshield, broke away from that attachment and fell into my lap (see attached photo p3110021).this left me with no protection from the intense sunlight, blinding me as the car turned to the left with the sun now in my eyes.this is the second time this has happened, the first time at about 1500 miles on a new vehicle (which was eventually repaired by the dealer, under warranty ' see attached 'scan_001').both times, the sun visor broke away from the vehicle (see attached photo p3110020) while turning it to protect from sunlight on the left side of the vehicle.the passenger side sun visor also broke in the same manner (while moving it to protect from sun light on the right side) at about 2000 miles, and was repaired under warranty at the same time as the first driver side sun visor (same attachment referred to above).i consider this a safety issue because a) if headed into the sun, this immediately removes the sun blocking protection and could result in sudden blindness on the road ahead, and b) not having use of the sun visor could also impair vision while driving in a sunny environment, even if using sunglasses.
Driving straight, about 60 mph on a two lane road, far removed from any other vehicles, my sunroof/moonroof glass exploded. There was no previous visible damage that i was aware of. No other vehicles around to have 'kicked up' a rock or stone. Exploded without warning.
While driving on a straight, flat section of i-95 in florida at 70mph, my 2 year old 2018 audi a5 cabrio's driver's side sun visor suddenly broke off at its base and landed with force on my steering wheel. I'd moved the visor into the up position, flush with the frame, and in doing so, the visor broke off at the base. I had not, nor had i ever, moved the visor with a lot of force. Even when the car was new, the visor had always been too tight, too short, and difficult to move. The resultant distraction of a heavy visor dropping onto my steering wheel caused me to swerve at 70mph. Fortunately traffic was light that day and no accident occurred. Due to a design flaw, the visor can't swing on its support bar as it should. After it broke off, i had to use vise grips to make it swing at all. I then tried lubricating the support bar inside the visor with wd-40, which did not help. Had i tried to reattach the visor with glue, the torque on the support bar caused by the visor's inability to swing freely on its axis suggests that it would instantly break off at the base again. The passenger side visor has not fallen off yet, but the same design will cause that to happen eventually. This vehicle had a 4 year/50k mile warranty, but i had just exceeded the mileage limit so it was no longer warranted. I notified both my audi dealer and audi usa about this safety issue. Audi usa says that they will not issue a service advisory or recall, and will not cover the present and future damage to both visors. Despite the sun visors being necessary safety equipment - especially in florida - audi denies any culpability for this problem. There are many anecdotes online of this same problem from other drivers of this same year/make/model/interior color, and it is not unique to my vehicle. More specifically all the other incidents are happening to audis with dark gray visors like mine.
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