The driver's seat belt sensor intermittently fails while driving at highway speeds, causing the Audi Pre Sense safety system to falsely deploy emergency pyrotechnic seat belt tensioners (tugging/cinching) without an actual collision threat. The vehicle forcefully tightens the seat belt around you while in motion, causing a severe driver distraction, physical discomfort, and an immediate crash risk. Since it happens so often while driving, I will sometimes take off the seat belt to keep from getting distracted and...
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yanked on. I brought up this issue while my car was under the manufacturer warranty but because it happens intermittently, Audi said that the car was fine when it ran diagnostics. Any future issues would have to be covered by me. Audi is aware of this issue via Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) #6913, but they refuse to repair the defective component because the vehicle is now outside its standard 4-year factory warranty.