Notchiness, friction while rotating steering wheel within few degrees from 12'o clock position either side. Problem persisted despite the software update. Another issue was whistling sound from side mirror. At times particularly while driving at high speed, it get so pronounced as if a "fly" is buzzing next to the drivers ear. I complained to dealership and audi on 09/14/2013. Since then I'm driving loaner. Dealership tried to return car on 09/17/13, none of the issues were fixed. I returned car to dealership again. I complained again to audi of USA. Now, I am told that side mirrors are replaced and fixed. However, notchiness/friction in steering wheel still persist. There is nothing audi can do to fix this. Dealership is insisting me to accept my car. However, I am reluctant to accept due to concern of potential safety issue. Please advise.
2013 Audi Q5 steering complaints
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Frequently when traveling at highway speed on straight highway the vehicle will drift to the left suddenly without any input from the steering wheel. The vehicle must be continually corrected through the steering wheel to maintain a lane. At times a "notch" feel appears at the 12 o'clock position on the wheel that makes it almost impossible to maintain a straight direction without constantly adjusting the wheel from right to left. On several occurrences the wheel jerked to center uncontrolled. Turning the car off and back on will reset the issue and the occurrences are random. It is very annoying because the driver does not feel like you have control of the vehicle. In researching this issue I have found several other owners of the 2013 audi q5 that are having the same problem...audi installed a new electromechanical steering system in the 2013 q5 and apparently this is the source of the problem. This should be investigated immediately to determine if the steering is safe !!!!!
While driving at various speeds between 30-70mph, regardless of road conditions, any attempts to drive the vehicle in a straight path is met with a sever notch at the 12'oclock steering position making it difficult if not impossible to maintain said straight path...reporting this to the dealer has resulted in their acknowledgement of the problem, taking my information and stating they will contact me as soon as audi has a permanent fix (and if I do not hear back from them within 30 days to reach back out to them).
On a frequent basis when traveling at highway speed on straight, non-crowned pavement the vehicle will drift to the left suddenly without any input from the steering wheel. The vehicle must be continually corrected through the steering wheel to maintain a lane. At time a "notch" feel appears at the 12 o'clock position on the wheel that makes it almost impossible to maintain a straight direction without constantly adjusting the wheel from right to left. On two occurrences the wheel jerked to center uncontrolled. Turning the car off and back on will reset the issue and the occurrences are random but frequent. If at the time of the occurrence a vehicle was occupying the adjoining lane an accident would occur. On researching this issue it appear in numerous forums affecting audi 2013 models with new electromechanical steering systems.
Steering has a notchines to it. Difficult to keep vehicle straight. Feels like a gear would when missing a tooth. It is intermittent and does not seem speed dependant.others have reported defective steering racks.
When driving straight, there appears to be a noticeable notch in the steering. The wheel will have a tendency to want to stray from this notch as if rolling off a bump. It is not always as noticeable. At it's worst it feels awkward to keep the vehicle traveling straight.
There is a notchiness feeling in the steering wheel. This is especially seen at highway speeds and makes the car hard to keep straight.
Steering is very imprecise and has a notchiness effect. When I'm going down a highway straight, I have a difficult time keeping it straight. It feels unsafe when I'm going on a curve at highway speeds since the steering wheel may shift. Confirmed by dealership nothing is wrong with steering and alignment, but steering of the vehicle seems to have issues.
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