general problems of the 2016 Audi A3

Mechatronics unit failed, stalled on freeway nearly caused an accident behind me.

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? power train system failed also engine light is now on how was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? me and my toddler were in the vehicle when it started to jerk in bad traffic. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? yes, the mechanic said this is a serious problem and I should be concerned. He stated I should not drive my vehicle. It was inspected by a certified mechanic. Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? no, everything happen at one time.

I was entering the interstate and accelerating to merge with the traffic. When I reached about 70 mph the car stalled and a message appeared, transmission faulty, no reverse, safe to continue to drive. The car was drivable at a low speed and a high rpm. After having it towed to an Audi dealership, I was informed that the transmission would need to be replaced. According to the dealership, the mechatronic unit was faulty due to an unknown short in the transmission.

Gearshifter sensor going off. Been told this shifter issue can cause car to shift into a different gear at any given moment. Read plenty of forums reporting the same thing.

Fault codes: p072c00, p072b00, p174a00, p072600, p179d00, p173400. Name of codes in order above, stuck in gear 1, stuck in reverse, valve 3 in partial transmission 1, engine speed inp. Circ. , cooling oil valve, starter release from the selector level sensor system.

Twice I have experienced the random loss of power. The first time occurred on a local street, driving approximately 40 mph, and all of a sudden the vehicle stuttered and lost power. It appeared as if the vehicle was slowing down, not even coasting but slowing down considerably. I was required to pull onto a side road. I restarted the car and the issue disappeared. The second time occurred on the highway driving in the left lane at approximately 70 mph. Same issue, car stuttered and then loss power. The car's speed slowed considerable fast, from 70 to 30 in apprximately 5-7 seconds. With the inability to accelerate on a three lane highway, it was difficult to make my way to the shoulder on the right side of the road. After the stutter, you can press the gas pedal and not acceleration is experienced. I did not notice any warning lights on the instrument panel. Brought the vehicle to Audi to address this issue, and their response was "we don't see any fault codes, therefore we have no record of it happening", and sent me off with a "good luck" vehicle had apprximately 12,000 miles and 15,000 miles when issues occurred. All dealer recommended maintanence was performed.

(bl no dealer info) tl the contact owns a 2016 Audi A3 convertible. When placing the vehicle in reverse, the vehicle would lunge or roll forward before reversing. The manufacturer and dealer were contacted, but could not provide a remedy. The failure mileage was 12,000.

This is in regards to the A3 e-tron. There is a delay between starting the car and the car being engaging the powertrain and being "ready" to drive. During that delay, one is able to put the car in gear before the engine is ¿ready¿. This creates situations where you can put the car in gear on a hill, and the car rolls backwards and you do not have steering or power breaks to stop the car. The only way to regain control of the car is to to put your foot on the break (without power steering), put the car in gear, and power cycle the car.