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2012 Audi A7 Acceleration problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2012 Audi A7's acceleration & cruise control with NHTSA - 17% of all its complaints, most recently on June 26, 2021. They describe 2 crashes, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Acceleration complaints

Acceleration & cruise controlCrash

As I reported on June 3, I drove my car onto my office parking lot, up- hill, in the afternoon, when suddenly my car raced, without my stepping on the accelerator to make it race, crushed into the first car parked there. That car was pushed into the wheel of the neighboring car, which fortunately was a big and sturdy car. I managed to drive my car into an empty parking space. The owners of the 2 cars that had been hit came out of the office building and we exchanged information. The car that my Audi had hit was...

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not drivable. My Audi was drivable, despite severe damage. It was towed away by CALIBER COLLISION. Never in my life of driving had I experienced a car racing, without my causing to make it race.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11422447
Acceleration & cruise controlCrash

The gas pedal must have been stuck, as the car raced across parking lot, into the first parked car there. that car was pushed into the next car, fortunately a big, sturdy car. and fortunately into the wheel of that next car. Also, fortunately, no people there at that time. I contacted my Audi dealer . they sent truck for pick-up by GUY TOWING LLC, tel.( 737) 333-7334. There were no warning signs before. Also, I had my car at Audi service earlier this year and paid ca. $6000.- for yearly overhaul and several...

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repairs. To my knowledge, so far no inspection by anyone , but by the repair replace that the truck took my car to. Also, the 2 car owners of the cars hit by my car would have reported the incident to my car insurance company.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11419455
Acceleration & cruise controlDriver assistanceBrakes

Car comes equipped with automatic cruise control and auto-braking. Systems recently were disabled, and are throwing error. "0161 - Video cable for image processing " unable to use cruise control, and assume that auto-braking is disabled until this is rectified.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Electronic stability control (ESC) · Service brakesNHTSA 11319321
Acceleration & cruise controlDriver assistance

My 2012 audi a7 shut off as I was driving down the street. Took it to audi memphis and they stated there was a leak in my trans coolant control value. After doing a little research I found this to be a common problem in audi's. The repair is about 6,500 dollars.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Unknown or other · Electronic stability control (ESC)NHTSA 11163949
SteeringElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise control

October 18, 2013. Vehicle abruptly lost power steering and acceleration while traveling in the left hand lane on the at 72 miles per hour just in front of a construction zone. I was forced to cross into the right hand lane with no acceleration or power steering and bring the vehicle to a halt approximately 150 yards before the construction zone began as the right lane was closing. I was accompanied by my girlfriend. The right lane was closing with concrete k rails on both sides. This could have killed us both. Once...

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at a full stop and in park I shut the car off. It would not restart for some time maybe 10 or fifteen minutes. I tried approximately a dozen times before it would turn on. I drove the car in to be looked it. The manufacturer designated service provider returned the car three days later unable to reproduce the problem though fault codes were registered when diagnostics were conducted. The second problem october 28, 2013. This time I was traveling by myself in town when at approximately 40 miles per hour the vehicle again, lost power steering and acceleration. I was able to coast, through a busy intersection into the gas station. I called for a tow truck and it was towed to the service provider. Again fault codes were registered under diagnostics. They had the car for 16 days and returned it as the problem could not be duplicated, though they did replace a part and said it was functioning fine. The third happened on november 17, 2013. Traveling in the left lane at approximately 75 miles per hour again the car lost power steering and acceleration identical to the previous two instances. I maneuver to the right hand lane with no power steering or acceleration. The service provider had the car for 29 days and returned as the problem could not be duplicated. Again with fault codes registered. This car is dangerous and potential fatal. It should be destroyed. *Tr

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10578872

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