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Audi A7 Acceleration problems by year

12 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Audi A7's acceleration & cruise control. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Acceleration complaints by model year

YearAcceleration complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest A7 acceleration complaints

2014 Audi A7Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Below is the system failed/malfunction. Speedometer reads inaccurate reading while driving. Steering column is off alignment, potentially at risk of accidental collision. Control Units: 29 Fault count: 33 Control Units: 09 Central Electrics System description: BCM1 2.0 Software number: 4H0907063CG Software version: 0130 Hardware number: 4H0907063 Hardware version: H12 Faults: U011500 - Lost Communication With ECM/PCM "B" static Priority - 2 Malfunction frequency counter - 1 Unlearning counter - 208 km-Mileage...

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- 216932 km Voltage terminal 30 - 14.1 V Voltage terminal 15 - 14.1 V Control module temperature - 36 °C System status - Terminal 15 on Terminal 15 status - On Terminal 15 status via CAN - On IN ZAS Kl X - On Engine running - On IN ESP Stillstandsflag - standstill detected Datenfeld - 0 date - 2025-04-10 21:36:10

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11664174
2014 Audi A7SteeringElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise control1 injury

Driving on the freeway and all of a sudden steering wheel stops working gets so stiff the electrical steering wheel colum componet stops working.Just about crashed. Thank goodness no one in freeway. Tps lights goes on. Payed all the diagnoises and says weeks to order the part. Says don't drive. Red warning light. Did 3 diagnosis and its the cpu componet that controls the dashboard and flip screen rear tail that should raise at 75 I believe you have to click the button to activate if the car lets you. No screen on...

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flip screen went out when driving with gps on in the middle of a storm. The traction on the car is off . Audi says 8,000 dollars for the steering wheel componet they say very hard and expensive to fix.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11574557
2019 Audi A7Acceleration & cruise controlDriver assistance

The car now has come to an emergency stop twice on two separate occasion's here in Columbia and in Atlanta while I am attempting to cross an intersection or leaving a median lane. The cars safety features stop working at random times and throw several warning signs. Car has lost power while attempting to drive forward and rolls back with an initiates rear view camera. I have taken my vehicle to the Audi Dealership several times over the last year and the problems continue. The customer service has been poor and...

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this car is supposed to be certified and i have had nothing but problems. The steering sometimes pulls you into other lanes and makes mistakes on changing speeds while using cruise control and slows car down tremendously.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Lane departure · Forward collision avoidanceNHTSA 11512396
2021 Audi A7Acceleration & cruise control

The contact owns a 2021 Audi A7. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH with the cruise control activated, the vehicle unexpectedly decelerated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer informed the contact that the speed control software needed to be reprogrammed. The software was updated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11453634
2012 Audi A7Acceleration & 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
2012 Audi A7Acceleration & 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
2012 Audi A7Acceleration & 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
2019 Audi A7Electrical systemBody, doors & structureAcceleration & cruise control

1St- having numerous sensor warning lights coming on at indiscriminate times while highway driving including telling me to put my hands on the wheel when they are on the wheel, cruise control sensor warning comes on and shuts of the cruise control and the lane guidance sensor comes on with warnings. I may get all three warnings appear on one 45 mile trip or I may not get any.Sometimes it's the same one 3,4 or even 5 times.. 2Nd mmi screen randomly does not come on and having issues after I hang up the phone the...

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radio will not come back on and will continue to show phone in use. I restarted the car two or three times touching the screen over an over before it finally comes on. 3) Seats randomly does not remember our key fobs. 4)Paint is coming off the car in different spots please note that on the drivers side real quarter panel where the paint started peeling, the peeling spots are many many inches away from each other and they are in varied spots and not in a row. 5)Shuttering when trying to turn. It acts like it doesn't want to go (like somethings coming at it) and it's stopping you. This was an issue in the very first visit when a sensor had to be replaced as well as something they did to fix the headlight issues then to. 6)New - warning sensor went off saying vehicle light malfunction. We got a picture of the triangle and the exclamation point. Also there a funny light (looks like a snow flake) show 6) windshield visual of speed and all the other stuff went off and on then out before everything blipped and came back on. 7) Lock sensor malfunction. All these things are happening numerous times and have been to the dealer 4 times. Found out that a stop sale from audi was issued for 2012-18 for our exact vehicle and others but ours is a 2019. This stop sale was issued because of numerous faulty sensors.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Structure · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11278751
2019 Audi A7Acceleration & cruise control

Each time I use cruise control and completely out of the blue, the car will suddenly slow down and an indicator lane light will come on. I never use the lane assist so that is not the problem - I checked that first. Hands are on the wheel, attention is fully on the road and there is no driver error. I will be cruising along and the car suddenly (very suddenly!) Will slow down - almost as if the engine was shutting down. I'm no longer using cruise control because of the potential danger. In addition to this...

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issue, the virtual cockpit will go black and never works consistently i.E. The bluetooth connection and apple car play. I've spoken to my dealership and they said to call audi connect. Still no solution as to why the problem happens. Very frustrating.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Unknown or otherNHTSA 11255281
2019 Audi A7Acceleration & cruise control

Purchased 2019 audi a7 brand new. Currently have approximately 2800 miles (2 month old car). Has prestige package with driver assistance option. There have been multiple instances where the driver assistance suddenly and significantly slows the car without any car/object in front. This has happened to me on multiple occasions on local roads (hasn't happened on freeway speeds yet). Usually happens 30-50mph local roads. The car/driver assistance "slams on the brakes." This can be scary and very dangerous especially...

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when a car is behind. Second issue is that there is a significant 1-3 second lag after pressing the accelerator pedal. This is very dangerous when taking left/right turns with cars on the coming road.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11222888
2012 Audi A7Acceleration & 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
2012 Audi A7SteeringElectrical 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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