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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.

November 2023 CrashInjury

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.

Reported at 12,000 miles, December 2018

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