2018 Audi Q5 forward collision avoidance problems
20 complaints about forward collision avoidance have been filed for the 2018 Audi Q5, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 6% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
This was unintentional acceleration case: When I got into the parking space, the car was almost stopped and I was about to press the park button (gear) and the car suddenly accelerated and in a fraction of a second, climbed the curb, crashed into the fence, broke the fence and crushed on a tree. I was still applying brake to stop it and I could not do anything else. The following facts show that the acceleration was totally out of my control. 1.vehicle climbed the curb 2. and climbed the dirt part, shrubs 3.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 audi q5. While driving 65 MPH, the collision alert system independently engaged the brake system, causing the vehicle to slow down. The contact was able to keep the vehicle under control and regain highway speed. The contact believed that the collision system may have sensed an object in the road and caused the collision system to engage. The contact also stated that the collision alert system engaged when the contact attempted to parallel park.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Audi Q5
- Electrical system 76 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Suspension 25 complaints
- Brakes 22 complaints
- Body & structure 21 complaints