2020 Audi Q3

Had service at 34999 - reported hard shifting between 1st/2nd then revved abnormally high at 32k. Dealer was unable to reproduce during service - appointments are a month out. Car has had propulsion/fuel system not responding at random at various severities and rough idle like the engine was struggling to get fuel. Also reported during last service. On one occasion vehicle shutoff at lower speed at approx 20k.

CAR LEASED JULY 2020, HAS 1936 MILES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 4/14/21, TOOK TO DEALER , LEFT FOR REPAIR . DEALER STATES 'REPLACE FUEL PUMP MODULE ' REQUIRED . THIS CAR ALSO HAD PROBLEM IN MARCH 2021 WHICH I REPORTED WHERE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SAID SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS REQUIRED FROM RECALL THAT I HAD NOT GOTTEN NOTICE FOR .

WE STOPPED AT AN ALL WAY STOP INTERSECTION AND THE CAR'S STOP-START SYSTEM HAD TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN THE ENGINE RESTARTED THE ENGINE HESITATED, WARNING LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE DASH, AND THE CAR WENT INTO ITS "LIMP HOME" MODE. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE A VERY SLOW SPEED. LUCKILY IT WAS ON A CITY STREET WITH A 25 MPH LIMIT AND TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTED IT. THE CAR WORKED NORMALLY AFTER RESTARTING AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR A RECALL THAT SEEMS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE (OEM ID: 96H5. RECALL NAME: ENGINE CONTROL UNIT (ECU) SOFTWARE) AND HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY DEALER TO HAVE IT INSTALLED ASAP.

I PURCHASED MY AUDI 2020 Q3 IN NOVEMBER 2019. SINCE THE PURCHASE, ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE CAR HAS FAILED TO ACCELERATE UNDER VERY SPECIFIC SPEED CONDITIONS. IN EACH CASE, THE VEHICLE HAD SLOWED EITHER DUE TO A SHARP CURVE WHILE ENTERING A FREEWAY OR FOR A SLOWER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE WHILE ENTERING THE FREEWAY. WHEN TIME CAME TO ACCELERATE TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE FREEWAY TRAFFIC, ADDING POWER WAS FUTILE. DRIFTING ON TO A FREEWAY AT 20 MILES PER HOUR AND DECELERATING; WHILE FREEWAY TRAFFIC IS MOVING AT 70 TO 80 MPH (CALIFORNIA) IS UNNERVING AT BEST AND CERTAINLY, POTENTIAL DEADLY. AUDI CALLS THE THE PROBLEM "LIMP MODE". AUDI OF AMERICA, INC. ISSUED EMISSIONS SERVICE ACTION 96H5 - ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) SOFTWARE WHICH CLEVERLY DANCES AROUND THE REAL THREAT WHICH IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT. IN MARCH 2021, WHEN 96H5 CAME AVAILABLE IT WAS INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE. THE NEXT WEEK I TOOK A ROAD TRIP OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, THE THIRD " ENGINE LIMP MODE" OCCURRENCE HAPPENED NEARLY RESULTING IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. NHTSA NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. THE CURRENT SOFTWARE FIX IS NOT A FIX. PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE.

ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ABLE TO BE TURNED. THIS PREVENTED THE DRIVER FROM MOVING THE VEHICLE FORWARD AND STEERING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, THE PROBLEM RESOLVES WITH THIS RESET. THE INTERVALS BETWEEN THESE EPISODES HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE ARE NO SPECIFICALLY COMMON VARIABLES, OTHER THAN A LOWER SPEED - START/STOP AS IN WAITING TO CROSS A LINE OF TRAFFIC OR PROCEEDING THROUGH A STOP SIGN. I HAVE TAKEN THE Q3 TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES NOW AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE IS THE FIX. RECENTLY THE CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A VIBRATING NOISE WHEN COASTING, AND IT LOST POWER IN AN INTERSECTION ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND EVEN ACTIVATED THE PARKING BRAKE. WE ALWAYS DISABLE THE CAR'S AUTO START-STOP FEATURE, AS WE SUSPECTED THAT TO BE INVOLVED, BUT THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. WE FEEL THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AND THE AUDI DEALER SEEMS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE AND RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. OUR FIRST AUDI PURCHASE, WE HAD ONE OF THE FIRST 2020 Q3 TO ARRIVE IN THE US AND FOUR SHUT-OFF INCIDENTS SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN OCT 2019. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN ANTICIPATED DUE TO COVID, REMOTE SCHOOL/WORK AND NO TRAVEL. PERHAPS MORE FREQUENT DRIVING WOULD HAVE ACCELERATED THE CLAIM PROCESS FOR US. IRONICALLY, WE CHOSE THE CAR FOR ITS SAFETY FEATURES PRIMARILY FOR OUR TEEN/YOUNG ADULT DRIVERS. THE CAR HAS SHUT DOWN FOR THREE DRIVERS, TWICE FOR OUR TEEN AND ONCE FOR EACH OF THE PARENTS, SO WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS AS DESCRIBED AND PERSISTS DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. EACH TIME WE FELT IT WAS RESOLVED DUE TO A LONG INTERVAL BETWEEN INCIDENTS, BUT TODAY WAS MORE FRIGHTENING THAN OTHERS DUE TO THE INTERSECTION WHERE IT OCCURRED. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRITICAL ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 AUDI Q3. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE STOPPED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK HOWEVER, WAS JERKING. THE BRAKING SYSTEM MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CALLED AUDI ROCHESTER HILLS (45441 DEQUINDRE RD, ROCHESTER HILLS, MI 48307, (248) 997-7400) AND WAS INFORMED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, DRIVING 30 MILES AN HOUR, HAD NO POWER OR STEERING . DEALER 'NEVER HEARD OF IT' BUT HAD A RECALL SOFTWARE UPDATE I HAD NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT FOR THE 'ENGINE CONTROL UNIT''SOFTWARE EA888 BOSCH AND CONTINENTAL. AND 'INTERNAL CONTROL MODULE PERFORMANCE CAUSED LOST POWER TO VEHICLE ' ALSO CLOCK SETS TO MIDNIGHT AND THEY DON'T HAVE A FIX FOR IT

AFTER STOPPING AT A SIGN ON A BUSY ROAD, THE ENGINE FULLY SHUT DOWN AFTER A SECOND OR TWO OF ACCELERATION. A WARNING CAME ON THE DASH TO PULL CAR OVER AND CALL DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY DEAD, BUT I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE SITUATION FOR A FEW MINUTES, I STARTED UP THE CAR AGAIN SINCE I WAS IN A PRECARIOUS LOCATION. I DROVE IT ANOTHER TEN MILES TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. AFTER REACHING MY DESTINATION, I CALLED AUDI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK (IT TOOK JUST UNDER FOUR HOURS TO ARRIVE). THEY THEN TOWED CAR TO ELK GROVE AUDI, WHICH IS WHEN I LEARNED THAT AUDI KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM BUT WAS NOT UPDATING THE SOFTWARE UNTIL PROBLEMS DEVELOPED IN THE CARS. I FEEL THAT I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THE STALLED ENGINE DID NOT HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY OR THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS IN CAR. THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD. AFTER CONTACTING AUDI CUSTOMER SERVICE A FEW DAYS LATER, THEY ('MARIA' ON MESSAGE LINE) SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THE ISSUE AND CONTACT ME BY FRIDAY FEB 12. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM AUDI.

ON JANUARY 16, 2020, I WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL STREET AND STARTED SLOWING DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN. I HAD FORGOTTEN TO TURN OFF THE AUTO START/STOP SWITCH AS IS MY USUAL PRACTICE, SO I DEACTIVATED IT BEFORE STOPPING. WHEN I HIT THE SWITCH, I GOT AN ERROR MESSAGE TELLING ME THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE MOTOR STARTED SHUDDERING. AS I TRIED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STOP SIGN, THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE MORE THAN 7 MPH. TOWED TO DEALER. THEY ARE TRYING TO TRACK THE FAULT. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LANE KEEPING DETECTION SYSTEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN AUGUST, 2020. THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO COME ON AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. HALF THE TIME IT DOESN'T COME ON WHEN STARTED; OTHER TIMES, WHEN MAKING MULTIPLE STOPS DURING A DAY'S DRIVING, IT COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES. SOME DAYS IT NEVER COMES ON. OTHER DAYS IT COMES ON EACH TIME. DEALER CAN'T FIND FAULT. TURNING IT ON MANUALLY DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT IT'LL TURN ON THE NEXT TIME YOU START THE VEHICLE.

DRIVE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION- 05DEC2020 AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET (35MPH) THE SPEED STALLED(DECELERATED) AT 12MPH, I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SPEED BUT WILL NOT INCREASE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND STOPPED AND THEN TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. I WAITED FOR ABOUT 5MINS THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DRIVE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION ALARM CLEARED AFTERWARDS; I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE TO THE SPEED OF 35MPH. THE VEHICLE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION STATE.