Owners/service Manual Problems of Audi Q5

This is not an urgent safety issue, but just a dumb decision that should be rectified. It is also limited to drivers utilizing hitch or other rear-attachments. There are certain situations where the parking sensors can be told to stop beeping, but that action also disables the backup camera, which is needed. There is no mechanism to turn off the beeping and keep the backup camera on. Service centers have confirmed this. The main scenario where this is a problem is where there is something connected to a hitch, such as a bike rack that may cause the car to think that there's an object dangerously close to the vehicle. These backup sensors are unable to distinguish between a hitch-based mount (without power connected) and something that is legitimately too close while reversing. When power is connected, such as with an actual trailer to supply power to brake lights, the owner's manual states that the backup warnings will be disabled automatically. But when something like a hitch-based bike rack is attached that doesn't need power, the warning alarm sounds continuously while backing up. This is annoying, and for passengers in the back is actually extremely loud. Turning off the alarm disables the camera as well, which is. . . . Less than ideal at least. The desired mode should be to turn off the alarm while keeping the backup camera active during the entire reversing process. The beeping will stop automatically once the vehicle starts moving forward faster than something like 6mph. However, when the vehicle slows down again, it may start a continuous tone alarm again due to this hitch attachment. Please help Audi realize that disabling the camera is inappropriate.

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A feature called rear cross-traffic assist triggers erroneously sometimes. The feature is designed to detect objects such as cars or pedestrians that may be moving behind the vehicle while it is reversing. The default action is to engage the parking brake, which is a very jarring experience and leads the driver to believe a serious problem has occurred. Of the times this system has triggered, over 50% seem to be false positives; however, sometimes it does trigger as intended. It is unknown what conditions must be present for a false positive to occur. I have experienced this while reversing in parking lots, either into or out of spaces. Speeds are usually around 1-6 mph. It has occurred several times since owning the car, but I have not kept a log indicating how often or other conditions at the time. I have asked my Audi service center about the ability to disable this and it doesn't appear that there's a way to selectively turn this exact safety feature off. The owners manual admits that it's not a fool proof system.