3.3

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,000 miles

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2012 Audi S5 electrical problems

electrical problem

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2012 Audi S5 Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 012019

S5

  • 40,000 miles

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

The car's backup camera feed has a lot of issues for many owners, myself included. There is a probably 10% chance of the backup camera not turning on when I first start the car each time. Lots of other owners are having similar issues on the A5/S5/RS5 platform from similar years. If you google the following: "site:A5oc.com backup camera" you can see lots of threads from a forum dedicated to the above models. The failing backup cameras are dangerous since they intermittently fail. Sometimes I catch myself starting to reverse assuming the backup camera will come on but it never does. This issue has been happening for a while now. I will put an estimate for when it first appeared.

- Scottsdale, AZ, USA

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