2019 AUDI A5 Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Problems

1 NHTSA complaint on file

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Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Issues in the 2019 AUDI A5

1 forward collision avoidance automatic emergency braking complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2019 AUDI A5. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Complaints

#11432815 |
On three different occasions, I have experienced automatic emergency braking of the car which, rather than keeping me safe, placed me in a very dangerous situation. Each time, I was in a controlled intersection on a green light and in the left turn lane, with oncoming traffic also having a green light. When it was amply safe to make the left turn, with oncoming traffic at a safe distance from the intersection, I began my left turn. Just as my car was turning in front of that oncoming traffic, and just as I needed to proceed safely and promptly through the intersection, the Pre-Sense system jammed on the brakes, stopping my car in the path of oncoming traffic. In the time it took to get over the shock of that happening and finish the turn, and if the oncoming traffic had not been paying attention, serious accidents could have resulted....
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