Weird Grinding Noise and Stopping while in reverse
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Weird Grinding Noise and Stopping while in reverse
Picked up the car Friday and I experienced two similar issues this weekend. Both times I was backing out of a driveway and no cars/people/etc were approaching from either direction. I was going very slow. Suddenly the car (transmission ) made a grinding noise and the car came to a halt. The first time I chalked it up to me (doing what, I don't know). The second time I would say the car did it on its own. My first thought was Audi Presense Rear but nothing was behind me and I would think the car would just brake, not sound like it is dropping a transmission. Neither time did the dash tell me Audi Presense was active. However, I did see this message one other time, although nothing happened besides the message. Thoughts?
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Picked up the car Friday and I experienced two similar issues this weekend. Both times I was backing out of a driveway and no cars/people/etc were approaching from either direction. I was going very slow. Suddenly the car (transmission ) made a grinding noise and the car came to a halt. The first time I chalked it up to me (doing what, I don't know). The second time I would say the car did it on its own. My first thought was Audi Presense Rear but nothing was behind me and I would think the car would just brake, not sound like it is dropping a transmission. Neither time did the dash tell me Audi Presense was active. However, I did see this message one other time, although nothing happened besides the message. Thoughts?
also no warning on dash either. Like many have mentions it has a bit if false positives.
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Picked up the car Friday and I experienced two similar issues this weekend. Both times I was backing out of a driveway and no cars/people/etc were approaching from either direction. I was going very slow. Suddenly the car (transmission ) made a grinding noise and the car came to a halt. The first time I chalked it up to me (doing what, I don't know). The second time I would say the car did it on its own. My first thought was Audi Presense Rear but nothing was behind me and I would think the car would just brake, not sound like it is dropping a transmission. Neither time did the dash tell me Audi Presense was active. However, I did see this message one other time, although nothing happened besides the message. Thoughts?
Agree with you on the tech, but then it's what more and more people value. I try and turn as much of it off as I can, whilst still keeping low and high speed autonomous emergency braking. That, I value.
Can't help on phones. I tried CarPlay for 2 minutes to see that it worked, then saw how it worked, and have never used it again. Although I did like the car telling me the phone was still plugged in when I was getting out of the car
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When backing up do you have any "dip" in the driveway where the sensors might think it "sees" something and jams on the brakes?
I have had this happen at the gas station and it thought the man hole covers that rise a few inches from the ground was something to worry about.
I have had this happen at the gas station and it thought the man hole covers that rise a few inches from the ground was something to worry about.
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Ok, not presense, but the rear alert. When it happened to me, I was reversing with nothing in my way. Scared the crap out of me thinking I actually hit something!
Seems the system is very sensitive. I did some research and read of many others with false alerts.
Seems the system is very sensitive. I did some research and read of many others with false alerts.
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When backing up do you have any "dip" in the driveway where the sensors might think it "sees" something and jams on the brakes?
I have had this happen at the gas station and it thought the man hole covers that rise a few inches from the ground was something to worry about.
I have had this happen at the gas station and it thought the man hole covers that rise a few inches from the ground was something to worry about.
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so the "grinding" sound is normal?
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