Originally Posted by Jusforfun

Wanderer, There are 260 Q5s on this forum so take the total poll as 260 and assume that anyone with an issue will reply!
This whole issue would look a lot smaller if all the posts and threads were in one. Instead we have the same few posters starting new threads over and over, inviting comment each time.
This is the kind of reason for keeping a spreadsheet or using the "find more posts by".
This poll will further distort the actual numbers as interpretation will vary.
How many actual fails have we had??? 1 back in september and that was just the control chip. AND that person has not answered the poll!
Do not let this thread make your mind up. Its obvious that a few people can or did feel a slight judder or jerkiness as they stop when the car was new. This whole thing has been so insignificant as to be hard to even record. I find myself asking is that a comment, dislike, note, feeling, opinion complaint or fail when posts are made.

Test drive several Q5s and make your own mind up!

Originally Posted by wanderer1980

Thanks, JusForFun! I have never owned an Audi (I have only had Japanese cars so far and they have both been really reliable - Nissan first and now Acura), so reading these posts do make me nervous! However, you guys are right that these are most likely isolated incidents. Anyway, no, I was not going to base my judgment on only 12 votes. I was just thinking that if we had many more votes and they all showed that this was a rare occurence, then it would be very reassuring to me! :-)

From the 3 Q5's that I have driven so far, I have not noticed anything like this, but I was not looking for it either... I will try again! Thanks.

Originally Posted by jmiller31

So about a month before my 5K service I started having the downshift when coming to a stop issue. When I took it in I told them about it and they looked at me weird but wrote it up and said the tech would look at it. Of course when they were done they said everything was fine and they couldn't replicate it and there were no codes, etc.

The interesting thing is that in the 2 weeks since that visit I haven't had it happen at all. Before then it happened at least a couple of times a day if not more. Does it seem logical they did a software update that took care of this but they didn't write it up?

Originally Posted by Ductman

I guess the transmission that came in last Friday didn,t work out too well, I was told by AOA that the vehicle at the latest would be done this past Wednesday, I e-mailed and called the dealer, no response, I e-mailed again today, finally received an answer, " transmission hasn"t come in yet, I am at 54 calendar days and counting , I am hoping with the new attorney that this saga will quickly come to an end and I will be receiving a repurchase, It is a shame , I really like the car but I can not take a chance having another Audi , especially more transmission issue keep surfacing, and AOA and the dealership have combined to make this a terrible experience, this is my second poor experience with Audi, I will now stay away from them forever.

Originally Posted by MontrealQ5

I will not accept a new transmission going into a brand new car. Any advice or words of confidence would be greatly appreciated. I bought this car and plan on keeping it a while but this is a terrible start to what was supposed to be a pleasant ownership experience. thank you

Originally Posted by MontrealQ5

Hi there,

It seems this transmission issue is a more common problem than expected. I was experiencing that downshift when coming to a slow stop and it didn't feel normal. I took my brand new 1,000km 2011 Q5 3.2 to the dealer and they told me after diagnosis and a couple of updates that one of my clutches wasn't adapting and after a week determined that the next step is to change the mechatronic unit. I am quite nervous about all this as the unit will take supposedly another week to get here from Germany. I want to know what my options are and at what point i should ask for a new car if the mechatronic does not solve the issues. I will not accept a new transmission going into a brand new car. Any advice or words of confidence would be greatly appreciated. I bought this car and plan on keeping it a while but this is a terrible start to what was supposed to be a pleasant ownership experience. thank you

Originally Posted by The G Man

If I remember right, duckman replace the mechatronic unit and it didnt fix the problem. For most 3.2 owners, the jerking problem went away after a few thousand miles. All three of our Audi's tranny jerks when they were new, some more than others, but all were fine after a few thousand miles, I am not saying that yours will, but I sure would not want a transmission replacement on a brand new car. Your options are to accept the new tranny and maybe ask for a extended warranty, ask for a new car or a buyback if they cannot fix your car within your state's lemon law period.
Good Luck

Originally Posted by thundercloud

good to know we just need some time to "break" it in, and that most issues resolved on their own. i've been trying to vary my driving/braking to avoid that low speed jerk/lurch.

Originally Posted by The G Man

Hummm, you have a 2.0T with the new 8 speed tranny, you should not have the jerking problem at all.