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Audi A5 Sportback
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Top reported issues — Audi A5 Sportback
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2025 AUDI A5 SPORTBACK
Filed Jul 18, 2025
The contact owns a 2025 Audi A5 Sportback. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed, the vehicle was stopped, and then the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that there was a vehicle malfunction message displayed on the instrument panel. The contact pulled over to side of the road and the vehicle was restarted and driven to the residence. The vehicle was then towed to a dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that an unknown software update was needed. The…
2013 AUDI B8
Filed Jan 29, 2013
I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE 2 ISSUES WITH MY STEERING ON THE 2013 AUDI S4 WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 800 MILES ON IT AND THE ISSUE GOES ON AND OFF. THE CAR EQUIPPED WITH AUDI DRIVE SELECT CONTROLS AND THE ISSUE IS MORE PREVALENT IN COMFORT MODE, HOWEVER ALSO CAN BE FELT IN DYNAMIC (HOWEVER STEERING IS MORE TIGHT IN DYNAMIC). 1. DEAD CENTER AND DISCONNECTED FEEL - WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS POINTED STRAIGHT AT 12 O'CLOCK THERE SEEM TO BE DEAD ZONE A FEW DEGREES TO EACH SIDE THAT CREATES A FEEL THAT…
2013 AUDI B8
Filed Jan 29, 2013
IN NUMEROUS INCIDENTS SINCE PURCHASING MY 2013 AUDI S4 I HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT STEERING RELATED SAFETY ISSUES. THE FIRST WAS DISCOVERED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH WHEN MY CAR WAS VERY NEW WITH ONLY 1000 MILES ON IT. WHILE HOLDING THE WHEEL IN TWO HANDS AT 12 O'CLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL SLIPPED ABOUT A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AND THEN GRABBED AGAIN. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO DRIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, TO WHICH I MADE A SLIGHT CORRECTION BACK TO THE RIGHT WITH THE WHEEL, UPON DOING SO,…