Two problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2013 Audi Q5. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Audi Q5 based on all problems reported for the 2013 Q5.
Incident date: 5/9/20 mileage: 70,290 miles summary: I reversed out of parking space, shifted my car into drive, and my car abruptly hesitated, decelerated, resisted, and jerked upon engaging the gas pedal; a series of multiple warning/indicator lights simultaneously flashed on the obd screen while my car was in motion. The car continued to decelerate, jerk & hesitate. Messages referenced hybrid, malfunction, electronic, inoperable, loss of ability to control steering, steering power, danger, hazard, engine, stabilization, driving, power. I attempted to accelerate from a stop sign to cross a 4 lane intersection of moving traffic. Upon pressing the gas pedal to cross the traffic intersection, my car would hesitated to accelerate, and more abruptly jerked and hesitated - like I was driving a manual transmission that was stalling out/stuck in the wrong gear. The more I tried to accelerate across the 4 lanes of moving traffic, the more severely the car resisted, jerked, hesitated, and fluctuated in power. I could've been t-boned by another vehicle and seriously injured, as the speed limit on both sides of this traffic intersection is 45mph. I was informed by the Audi dealership that I need a brand new transmission due to �internal parts failure. � I was also informed the �condition and level of transmission fluid� requires an entirely new transmission. The following diagnostic codes were provided by the dealership: p0ab900,p060a00,p279700,u040200. According to Audi, my car now needs a whole new transmission and has �burned� transmission fluid due to an �internal parts failure� at 70,290 miles. The transmission replacement and labor is approx $27k. I recently learned the transmission mechatronics was replaced by another Audi dealership in Aug 16� and the mileage was approximately 22kmiles. I purchased the vehicle in Jan 17�, with approx. 26kmiles. More detail in pdf.
The vehicle was being driven on a state highway when it suddenly lost all power, jerked forward, and then the engine completely shut down. This was a very busy highway and I was stalled in the center lane almost being struck on multiple times by several vehicles. It was able to start and was forced to run in the highest power during the idling to keep from stalling. Hobbled to sheehan's automotive service, south lawrence MA. They sermoned an assessment and discovered no compression from a failed engine. Photos and paperwork from repair shop to follow.