2020 AUDI Q3 Vehicle Speed Control Problems

IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IF PASSENGER SITS ON A CUSHION (MY WIFE HAS HIP PROBLEM) OR BLANKET ETC IT TURNS OFF PASSENGER AIRBAG. REPORTED NUMEROUS TIME TO DEALER AND THEIR RESPONSE IS AUDI DESIGNED IT THAT WAY. EASILY REPLICATED. NEXT, VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT PROVOCATION SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AT LOW SPEEDS'4-5MPH TO 9-10MPH. ITS UNNERVING ESPECIALLY IF CAR IN FRONT. AIRBAG IS ALL THE TIME EVERYWHERE. ACCELERATION IS GOING FROM STOP TO MOVING PARKING LOTS, STOP LIGHT, ETC. BOTH HAVE HAPPENED SINCE DELIVERY. REPORTED TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIME. NO ANSWER.

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...

THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS ON JANUARY OF 2020 MY AUDI Q3 JUST STOPPED RUNNING ON A VERY BUSY ROAD WHEN I WAS IN MOTION. I CALLED THE AUDI ASSIST NUMBER AND A TOW TRUCK WAS DISPATCHED TO MY LOCATION. I HAD ONLY HAD THE Q3 FOR 2 MONTHS AND IT ONLY HAD 2000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. IT WAS TOWED TO AUDI OF WARWICK AND THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER GAVE ME A LOANER VEHICLE ANOTHER 2020 Q3 AS THEY SERVICED MINE. THE LOANER AUDI Q3 DID THE SAME THING AND WENT INTO 'LIMP MODE' ON A BUSY ROUTE. THIS TIME AUDI OF WARWICK GAVE ME A Q5 MODEL TO DRIVE WHILE THEY COMPLETED THE SERVICE ON MY Q3. WHEN I PICKED MY Q3 UP I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED WITH A SOFTWARE UPDATE. FAST-FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 5, 2020 MY AUDI Q3 HAS ABOUT 10,000 MILES ON THE...

WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE JERKS LIKE IT IS LOSING POWER. IT HAS DONE THIS ON BOTH THE INTERSTATE AND ON REGULAR ROADS IN MOTION. I HAVE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN FEAR THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL ON ME. ON SEVERAL INSTANCES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS SHOW UP AND THEN IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. THANKFULLY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OFF OF THE ROAD EACH OF THESE TIMES. THERES NO WARNING OR ANY INDICATORS THAT COME UP PRIOR TO THE CAR COMPLETING DYING IN THE ROAD. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERES SOFTWARE ISSUES BUT NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR IT UNTIL AN UPDATE COMES OUT. I WAS TOLD TO TURN OFF THE AUTO SHUT OFF FEATURE AND IT WILL WORK OK, BUT THAT HAS NOT HELPED. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE...

WE WERE SITTING ON A FREEWAY OFF RAMP AT A STOP. WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FROM A STOP, THE CAR SHUDDERED AND THE CONSOLE LIT UP AND WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE FASTER THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS A MIRACLE WE WERE NOT REAR ENDED. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS RELATED TO THE START/STOP FUNCTION AND IS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM THAT AUDI DOES NOT YET HAVE A FIX FOR. IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND I REFUSE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE CAR IS SITTING AT THE DEALER WHO TO DATE HAS DONE NOTHING. THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE START/STOP FUNCTION PRIOR TO THIS WHERE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD FROM A STOP, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP AND YOU COULD NOT STEER FOR A FEW MINUTES...

I PURCHASED MY 2020 Q3 ON DEC 31 2019. WITHIN 2 WEEKS MY CAR STOPPED AT THE SIGNAL LIGHT WITH A MALFUNCTION OF AUTO STOP/START ISSUE AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I HAD TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2020 Q3 AND THE SOFTWARE TO FIX THE AUTO STOP/START FUNCTION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTILL END OF 1ST QUARTER. NOW I AM SEEING THE GAS CONSUMPTION HIGH AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT DRIVE AS BEFORE.