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2014 Audi SQ5 SUV AWD

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Recalls
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Complaints
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Rollover Risk: 15.1%

Complaints
Recalls

9 Complaints

for 2014 AUDI SQ5
08/26/2019
Components: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Incident Date: 08/08/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1CGAFP3EA******
Summary

FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE TRIP AND FORTUNATELY WAS ON ROADS WITH LOW TRAFFIC.

08/21/2019
Components: STEERING
Incident Date: 08/10/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1VGAFP8EA******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI SQ5. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING RANDOMLY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V452000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

06/22/2019
Components: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Incident Date: 06/21/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1VGAFP9EA******
Summary

UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURES DRIVING TO OR FROM LOS ANGELES TO PHOENIX, THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONS AND THE CAR SHUTS DOWN. IT STARTS AGAIN AFTER VEHICLE COOLS DOWN. THE FIRST TIME IT SHUT DOWN AT BLYTHE CALIFORNIA AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE AUDI DEALER IN RANCHO MIRAGE. DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED NO ISSUES WITH PUMP. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WAS 6/21/2019 WHILE DRIVING FROM LOS ANGELES TO PHOENIX. IT SHUT DOWN ON THE I-17 FREEWAY (I-17 AND JEFFERSON STREET). LOST ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE DURING AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I WAS LUCKY TO EXIT AND COAST UP THE EXIT OUT OF HARMS WAY. AUDI CHANDLEWR DEALER IDENTIFIED IT AS A FUEL PUMP VAPOR LOCK AND PUMP HAS TO BE REPLACED.

03/22/2019
Components: STEERING
Incident Date: 03/14/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1VGAFP8EA******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI SQ5. BEFORE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V452000 (STEERING). WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AUDI BEVERLY HILLS (2340 S FAIRFAX AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90016) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

03/09/2016
Components: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Incident Date: 01/28/2014
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1CGAFP5EA******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI SQ5. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND TRAVELED DOWN TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT NO OBJECT ENCOUNTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE MATERIAL WAS NOT STURDY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

01/27/2016
Components: STEERING
Incident Date: 01/21/2016
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1CGAFP4EA******
Summary

THIS IS MY SECOND FAILURE EVENT LOOSING STEERING ON MY 2014 SQ5. TWO YEARS AGO I POSTED THE 1ST EVENT. THE DEALER ORDERED NEW RACK AND PINION FROM GERMANY WHICH FIXED IT....TEMPORARILY. HERE TWO YEARS LATER NOW JANUARY 2016, THIS 2ND EVENT I WAS NOT DRIVING. UPON STARTING THE CAR THE DISPLAY LIT UP RED "DO NOT DRIVE STEERING FAILURE". THE AUDI FOLKS HAD FLATBED TRUCK COME. AT THIS MOMENT A 2ND NEW RACK AND PINION IS COMING FROM GERMANY. IN 2015 I RCV'D THE RECALL NOTICE AND HAD AUDI DO THE UPDATE FIRMWARE FIX. OBVIOUSLY MY 1ST REPLACED R&P PLUS THE FIRMWARE FIX DID NOT ELIMINATE THIS DANGEROUS FAILURE FROM RE-OCCURRING YET AGAIN.

01/08/2015
Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Incident Date: 12/18/2014
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1CGAFP2EA******
Summary

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I HEARD A TAPPING / KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE SOUND BECAME LOUDER AND FASTER THEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS OR NOTIFICATION THE ENGINE PRODUCED A LOUD BOOM, WHITE SMOKE PLUME AND THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. MEANWHILE THE SMELL OF OIL ENTERED THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR AND IT COASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON AN EXIT RAMP. *TR

01/02/2015
Components: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Incident Date: 05/05/2014
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1CGAFPXEA******
Summary

WE HAVE A 2014 AUDI SQ-5 THAT SURGES INTERMITTENTLY FROM A FEATHERED THROTTLE. THIS IS A VERY STRONG FORWARD LURCH THAT MAKES THIS CAR DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN TIGHT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OR IN A PARKING LOT OR ANY TIME YOU DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF ROOM IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THIS HAPPENS LESS THAN 1/100 FEATHERED THROTTLE SITUATIONS. WE FOUND THIS OCCURS IN A ALL POSITIONS OF DRIVE SELECT BUT LESS IN THE COMFORT SETTING. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO RECTOR AUDI ON TWO OCCASIONS FOR THIS BUT THEY FOUND NO MECHANICAL ISSUES. THE SUDDEN ENGAGEMENT OF THE SUPERCHARGER CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS FROM FEATHERED THROTTLE. THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD AT MAXIMUM ACCELERATION. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT IT SILL HAPPENS. *TR

03/11/2014
Components: STEERING
Incident Date: 10/23/2013
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: WA1CGAFP5EA******
Summary

RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE CAR STEERING LOCKED, LIKE IT'S LOST POWER BOOST, WITH A MESSAGE "STEERING FAILURE". *TR

1 Recalls

for 2014 AUDI SQ5
20/07/2015
CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V452000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
If the vehicle experiences a loss of power steering assist, extra steering effort will be required at lower speeds, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Campaign Number: 15V452000
Manufacture: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Components: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
Summary

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Audi SQ5 vehicles manufactured May 22, 2013, to April 14, 2015. The affected vehicles have an electric power steering assist system that may shut down in cold temperatures due to a steering motor sensor fault.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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