Automatic Emergency Braking Problems of Audi A6

Audi A6 owners have reported 10 problems related to automatic emergency braking (under the forward collision avoidance category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Audi A6 based on all problems reported for the A6.

1 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2019 Audi A6

Failure Date: 03/04/2024

Electrical malfunction warning. Steering wheel got tight. Transmission failure warning. Then the the car began to stop. All types of various warnings were popping up on the heads up display. It is in the process of getting taken to the nearest dealer.

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2 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2019 Audi A6

Failure Date: 02/21/2024

When backing up the car the cameras don't turn on and often times the collision sensors go off randomly. On the highway the emergency brakes go off randomly when a car passes by on the right-hand side of the vehicle.

3 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2019 Audi A6

Failure Date: 01/02/2024

The car couldn't start and stopped abruptly on the way through bunches of errors on the dashboard with check engine light and steering was firm and could not lock the car or open the door here are the warning list for 2019 Audi electrical system malfunction electrical system malfunction parking aid malfunction transmission malfunction rear spoiler malfunction drive system: malfunction traction control malfunction tire pressure monitoring system malfunction parking brake malfunction automatic start/stop system malfunction start/stop system malfunction.

4 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2004 Audi A6

Failure Date: 10/31/2023

- abs module has intermittent failures, available for inspection - anti-lock brakes will not work - yes, the problem reoccurs and the module loses power and then errors out - others - vcds - abs lights come on and brake light stays illuminated.

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5 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2019 Audi A6

Failure Date: 10/18/2022

The electrical system failed while driving at highway speeds on the interstate. Car lost power, all safety systems shutdown and I had to navigate the car while coasting off the road. Car would no longer start and left me stranded on the side of the interstate for 2hrs. I have since learned from the Audi service department that the 48v generator had failed and caused this situation.

6 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2020 Audi A6

Failure Date: 06/14/2021

I have multiple safety features that are suddenly malfunctioning. The care suddenly braked when traveling at 80mph in the hov lane. The pre sense function suddenly braked the car while another was passing in the opposite direction. The emergency assist tried to steer me into a car in the lane adjacent to mine. Multiple warning messages have appeared in the dash board. This is blamed by my dealer on a software update that recently occurred. He states that he has multiple other similar complaints. He has only suggested that I turn these safety features off and has had not solution to repair them. I feel like my vehicle is an accident waiting to happen. The date below is when these things began to happen.

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7 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2020 Audi A6

Failure Date: 06/09/2021

- multiple computer/modules/safety features. Yes, the vehicle is available for inspection - the emergency assist with driver not available came on and slowed my car down to the point I almost got rear ended by the truck that came up from behind - the problems randomly occur and are intermittent, but I have accurate documentation of when they have occurred. The dealer has my Audi A6 now for the 3rd time with the same issues. They just told me that they saw a lane assist problem occur but did not give me details. - the vehicle is currently at the dealer for the 3rd time and they are talking with the manufacturer - yes, plenty of warnings coming up and have started Jun 2021 at 1400 miles I have kept track of when my car has given erroneous or real issues over the last few weeks. When I bring the vehicle in today, 19 oct 2021, it is the third time you will have it in for the same issues. The car is scaring me because the safety issues are not safe and it seems as if the sensors are not working properly and seeing things that are not there and activating without any concerns to do so. One of these times, the emergency assist came on when I was driving highway speeds and had both hands on the wheel going straight on a dry road and sunny skies (13 oct), beeped at me 4-5 times with the message continuing to show on dash, the car jerked with the automatic brakes being pumped and no driver intervention as the seat belt was tightening on me, kept the emergency assist on to slow me down to the point that I almost got rear ended by the truck that was following me. I was driving normally/straight on a straight road within the lines with both hands on the wheel and there was no reason for the emergency assist to come on. This is only one example of the car having a mind of it’s own when it is not warranted. I am afraid that the vehicle will cause me to have an accident instead of protecting me from one. I have word doc of dates/times of incidents, too numerous to list.

8 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2020 Audi A6

Failure Date: 02/27/2021

The automated emergency braking randomly kicks in. . This has happened two times in the past 3 months. Nothing was around to cause the aeb to activate. This could have caused a serious accident if someone was driving behind me at the time. It jolted passengers in the car. The car came to a complete stop and nothing in the vicinity, no oncoming traffic, no pedestrians, no animals. . . .

9 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2019 Audi A6

Failure Date: 02/21/2021

On Sunday February 21, 2021 at about 330pm on rt 30 in amsterdam NY we were driving in stop and go traffic less than 30mph. As the car in front of me started to slow in traffic I started to brake my A6, at about 20mph and about 1. 5 car lengths behind the car in front of me the Audi presense collision warning screen activated with a red screen in the driver's cluster and a "chime" the car then went into emergency collision stopping mode. . . Car's antilock brakes activated bringing my car to a complete stop in traffic. Traffic in front of me never stopped and I was at a distance that I had complete control of my car with more than enough distance to slow or stop my car safely. The car behind me came within inches of rear ending my car. I'm speculating that the driver behind me did not expect me to stop dead in traffic anymore than I did. Traffic conditions and distance did not warrant the presense to warn at all let alone activate the emergency collision response braking. This is the third malfunction of safety systems I have reported to NHTSA malfunctions of advanced safety systems. Audi USA is unresponsive.

10 Automatic Emergency Braking problem of the 2012 Audi A6

Failure Date: 11/01/2019

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Audi A6. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, a message was displayed on the instrument panel indicating that the collision avoidance system was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to d. Patrick Audi located at 200 n green river rd, evansville, in 47715, who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 110,000.

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Other Common Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Audi A6

Problem Category Number of Problems
Automatic Emergency Braking problems
10
Warnings problems
6
Adaptive Cruise Control problems
6

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