Service Brakes Problems of Audi S8

Audi S8 owners have reported 2 service brakes related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common service brakes problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's service brakes (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Service Brakes related problems of Audi S8

Problem Category Number of Problems
Service Brakes problems
2

Service Brakes problem #1

I started the car last Friday, 11/15/2019 and got a bunch of system errors popping up one right after the other. I drove the car to get to a safe parking spot and noticed the steering wheel totally off center about 70 degrees counter clockwise. I am not sure if the two (accident/calibration and the faults) connected or if this is just a coincidence. I did not take any notes of the faults at that time because I didn't have my phone or anything to write with. Now, today, I started to drive home from work and was doing about 60 mph and the same thing happened. It was scary as hell having the steering wheel go completely off center and have the suspension hard as a rock. However, this time I did drive to a safe place and video taped the faults. The actual fault steering: system fault you can continue driving. This has happened on 11/15/2019, 11/18/2019, and 11/23/2019. First incident happened soon after I started the car. The second happened while I was on the parkway traveling 60 mph. The third happened right off the highway traveling about 25 mph.

Service Brakes problem #2

I started the car last Friday, 11/15/2019 and got a bunch of system errors popping up one right after the other. I drove the car to get to a safe parking spot and noticed the steering wheel totally off center about 70 degrees counter clockwise. I am not sure if the two (accident/calibration and the faults) connected or if this is just a coincidence. I did not take any notes of the faults at that time because I didn't have my phone or anything to write with. Now, today, I started to drive home from work and was doing about 60 mph and the same thing happened. It was scary as hell having the steering wheel go completely off center and have the suspension hard as a rock. However, this time I did drive to a safe place and video taped the faults. The actual fault acc and Audi braking guard: unavailable. This has happened on 11/15/2019, 11/18/2019, and 11/23/2019. First incident happened soon after I started the car. The second happened while I was on the parkway traveling 60 mph. The third happened right off the highway traveling about 25 mph.



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