NHTSA Complaint #10568063 — 2014 AUDI Q5

THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT WHERE THE CAR CAME TO A STOP, WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, WHEN I MADE A HARD LEFT TURN (U-TURN FROM A STANDING STOP) INSTEAD OF ACCELERATING AS EXPECTED. THERE APPEAR TO BE SEVERAL THOUSAND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN YOUR DATABASE, FROM MANY DIFFERENT MAKES, WHERE THE ABS SYSTEM CUTS POWER TO THE ENGINE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING A RAPID ACCELERATION FROM A STANDING START, WHEN THERE IS NO TRACTION PROBLEM, AND CUTTING THE POWER CREATES AN IMMEDIATE RISK OF CRASH BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR WAS 'DEAD' FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS AND THEN POWER WAS RESTORED, ALLOWING ME TO AVOID BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. BUT THE BIGGER ISSUE APPEARS TO BE THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WILL SOMETIMES CUT POWER FOR NO REASON, ENDANGERING THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE. THIS IS APPARENTLY WIDELY DOCUMENTED AND ONGOING SINCE AT LEAST THE YEAR 2000, AND NOT SPECIFIC TO AUDI. UPDATED 3/20/14*LJ UPDATED 03/20/2014 *JS