10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
4,822 miles

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2018 Audi A4 brakes problems

brakes problem

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2018 Audi A4 Owner Comments

problem #4

Nov 202021

A4

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

While driving the emergency parking brake engaged itself without warning or cause. This caused the vehicle to come to an abrupt stop. Luckily I was in a parking lot but if I had been in a high traffic area or intersection, it could-€™ve caused a collision. I had 2 passengers who witnessed this sudden bizarre event. There was nothing that could-€™ve caused this to happen. It scares me & now I-€™m worried this could happen again without warning. The sensor screen was beeping with a message to put my car in park before setting the brake. Made no sense why this happened.

- Ft Worth, TX, USA

problem #3

Oct 312019

A4

  • miles
New factory brakes make very loud audible screeching sound when coming to a stop.this happens just before coming to a complete stop and sometimes in the beginning of breaking. Mechanic has worked on this issue several times and reordered brakes from local Audi dealership and it is still making the sound. Dealership said its 4th generation brakes and its a problem with the coating.

- Temecula, CA, USA

problem #2

Jul 182019

A4

  • 7,000 miles
My son just crashed my 2018 Audi A4 with pre sense basic and city. $20K damage in the front! no air bag deployed. It happened on a highway during morning rush hour in heavy traffic. He was driving around 40mph, traffic slow down and he did not realize until it was too late. He braked hard, but the auto brake never kicked in.

- Sunnyvale, CA, USA

problem #1

Feb 262019

A4

  • 12,290 miles
Involved in a three car rear-end accident. I was the very front car (car 1, white 2018 Audi A4) which was completely stopped that took the least force of the impact. Car 2 (Tesla medel S) was also stopped but took brunt of force from at fault car 3 (Dodge SUV) who came barreling in. My car took minor damage to the rear yet my 2018 Audi A4's collision protocols disabled my car and left it completely undriveable. The seat belts also pulled back and locked up leaving me unable to rebuckle my seat belt after the accident. This meant I was stuck in the middle of a busy highway unable to move to the shoulder with no protection besides the shell of the vehicle. After the fire department arrived 15 minutes later, they had to spend considerable time reading through the manual to figure out how to manually disable my brakes and took 4 firefighters (1 steering and 3 pushing) to push my car to the shoulder. Meanwhile, the at fault driver (car 3) was able to drive away from the scene of the accident after completing police activities. The collision protocol of automatically tightening seat belts, putting on hazard lights, dialing road-side service, rolling down windows partially, and braking itself was great. However, disabling the car and leaving the seat belts unusable afterwards left me in a dangerous situation that could have been even a worse second accident. A flatbed tow truck was called in by Audi roadside service and of course they recommended an Audi certified collision center.

- Odenton, MD, USA

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