Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Audi Q5

Vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. Happened [intermittently] when decelerating; instead of gearing down to idle/stop, the engine continued to rev. . . I had to lean heavily on the brakes [which then felt mushy] to continue to a stop.

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Was pulling into my parking spot at work (slowing down, stepping on brake) when car suddenly accelerated to wide open throttle. I pressed hard on the on brake, it would not stop. It was bucking like a bronco. It went over the curb, across the sidewalk. By then I was standing on the brake with both feet. It took out a 3-ft. Tall light on the lawn before I threw it into neutral and stopped it.

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On Thursday March 16th approx around 6 pm, I was driving back home from work. When I tried to stop the car at a stop light (driving approx 40-45 miles/hr speed on a straight road) by pushing the break pedal the vehicle slowed down, but failed to stop completely and continued to roll autonomously at a slower speed. As I continued to push the brake, engine revved up twice spontaneously. I immediately shifted the gear to park and the vehicle stopped. Approx a minute later I shifted back to drive and drove the car home. Next morning I drove the car to Audi dealership and they ran the vehicle diagnostic and identified a faulty abs control module which has since been replaced. Since it involved brake failure and spontaneous acceleration I am submitting the compliant to to NHTSA. I have also sent an email to Audi USA today regarding this. I just took the car back from service today and I will continue to observe for any issues and update NHTSA and Audi USA. Please feel free to contact me should you need any additional information.

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Entering my garage, about halfway in the car suddenly accelerated forward; I had my foot on the brake while entering and immediately pushed down hard, the car skidded and stopped; I immediately put the car in neutral and the engine revved up to between 4000 and 5000 rpms, and then quickly dropped back to normal idle. Just before reaching the house and the garage incident, the car momentarily speeded up and then came back to normal speed. I was going about 15 mph and it all happened so suddenly I didn't realize what had happened. It wasn't until the garage incident that I realized what had happened out on the street.