|
How is your A5/S5/RS5 Holding Up?
Thought it would be nice to share your model, how many miles is on the dash and how it is holding up since you purchased it!
|
Originally Posted by chicago_marketing
(Post 25273249)
Thought it would be nice to share your model, how many miles is on the dash and how it is holding up since you purchased it!
2,943 miles - purchased 9/15/18, picked up 9/19/18 |
I'm little over 10 months of ownership. 7,500 miles. No trips to the dealer since I've owned it. No complaints or regrets about buying this car, love it. If I needed to be picky, these are the worst issues I've experienced:
(2) presense 'scare the crap out of you hard-braking intervention' - once at a gas station (backing up) and one backing into my garage I've had to reteach the windows about 3 separate times. |
Originally Posted by Trade_it_all_4_more
(Post 25273257)
I'm little over 10 months of ownership. 7,500 miles. No trips to the dealer since I've owned it. No complaints or regrets about buying this car, love it. If I needed to be picky, these are the worst issues I've experienced:
(2) presense 'scare the crap out of you hard-braking intervention' - once at a gas station (backing up) and one backing into my garage I've had to reteach the windows about 3 separate times. |
'18A5 Sportback - purchased end of July '17 and just went over 19k on it.
Have a few hick-ups with the Audi pre-sense sensors going off a few times. I did have a 'freak' alert last night driving home.... all of a sudden a Red Triangle with the ! symbol in the middle came up big on the center screen (Virtual cockpit) and the car and about a second later the brakes suddenly applied /locked and then released - i was doing around 75mph on the highway. Lucky no one was on my tail but it did freak me out a bit because there was nothing on the highway in front of me or around me to 'trigger' the system. |
'18 RS5, 11,000 miles, zero issues.
|
2018 S5 Coupe, Delivered early June, 2018, 3,400 miles (1) issue with driver’s side seat belt presenter that stopped presenting. Quick trip to dealer / FW update and have never seen the problem again. |
'18 S5 SB: 6 months, 5700 miles. Had an issue with the Homelink buttons but was easily fixed by the dealer. A few minor rattles, creaks. No major issues.
|
2018 RS5 Daytona Grey-Fully loaded
Picked him up in June '18 and only have put 1,052km on the odo in six months.. Its a shame really.. That being said, no issues...love it to pieces. I also have a 2005 Mazda 3 that I use as a daily with the RS5 limited to weekend work. However, I have not driven the RS5 since October/November....I was too cheap to invest in the unbelievably expensive Audi winter wheel/tire package and decided to instead just use the Mazda for this winter. It's actually a nice piece of mind knowing that it is the Mazda taking the beating from the salt, snow and ice in Toronto! My RS5 is my garage, parked on top of thick rubber mats, with an Audi charger attached to the battery and an Audi Car cover keeping him warm and snuggy until spring time. Hopefully will be able to put much more KM's on him! |
2019 S5 SB, took delivery 2 weeks at on 1/28. Only ~340 miles on it and no issues so far! Love driving it and learning about it. Only minor gripe is the sluggish shift changes at low speeds on D mode but I usually drive in S mode in the city and switch to D on long highway drives and it's not as bad.
|
2019 S5 SB here too. A full month today.
If I have to mention a gripe, it is about the creaks and rattles in cold weather. Never heard that... in my Acura (was like a tank) For the rest - *all want*. |
'18A5
May '18 18,000 mil After I got that rattle fixed, it's been flawless. I even drove Portland to Pittsburgh in a 45 hour marathon. Love the seats. |
Originally Posted by Nikon1
(Post 25273362)
2018 S5 Coupe, Delivered early June, 2018, 3,400 miles (1) issue with driver’s side seat belt presenter that stopped presenting. Quick trip to dealer / FW update and have never seen the problem again. |
Picked my coupe up in April of 2017 and have about 17500 miles. There has been a very minor fixes needed like a few sensors needing to be replaced. But two major issues for me is there are a ton of rattles the dealer can't fix such as the sunroof and along the passenger side. Also, the virtual cockpit will not pull up music information from car play and sometimes if the parking sensors come on, I can't bring up car play without unplugging my phone. Also had to get a voltage meter once I got the iPhone XS since it would randomly disconnect.
Otherwise, I do not recommend going with the AWE track exhaust (too loud and causes vibrations) and I do recommend getting a rear sway bar and a piggeyback tune like DTUK/DTE. |
2018 S5 Cabriolet
Purchased Dec 2017 11,425 miles So far....these are all "newish" issues....
When I bought this car, I was cross-shopping this S5 and a Boxster S. Because I don't really use all the tech, lately I've really been considering that I made the wrong decision. Don't misunderstand...I still love the car, but there's been enough little things going on to make me wonder what that P-car would have been like. |
Originally Posted by emacS5
(Post 25273523)
Adaptive cruise works great overall, but I can't stand how traffic sign recognition will dramatically slow the car when entering a slower speed limit zone.
|
Had mine three weeks, maybe 700 miles or so on it? No complaints, really, other than I think when I swap the tires in April I'll have them look at the steering wheel, which seems to be in need of adjustment; if I keep the flat bottom of the wheel parallel with the ground, wheel pointed straight ahead, the car goes a bit to the right. I have to cant the wheel a tad to the left in low speed normal driving to keep the car pointed straight. Annoying, if somewhat minor.
Other than that, despite many days of sub-zero (F) degree weather, much snow and ice, and really bad roads, no rattles or creaks, etc. The fancy Google maps don't initialize, usually, because our cell coverage sucks, and I still have no idea of pre-sense really does anything. It seems totally random, and I've never had it apply the brakes in any circumstance. |
Almost 10K miles. Main thing -- Can't get from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds.
No other major issues, just small things:
|
Originally Posted by bluaudi
(Post 25273267)
'18A5 Sportback - purchased end of July '17 and just went over 19k on it.
Have a few hick-ups with the Audi pre-sense sensors going off a few times. I did have a 'freak' alert last night driving home.... all of a sudden a Red Triangle with the ! symbol in the middle came up big on the center screen (Virtual cockpit) and the car and about a second later the brakes suddenly applied /locked and then released - i was doing around 75mph on the highway. Lucky no one was on my tail but it did freak me out a bit because there was nothing on the highway in front of me or around me to 'trigger' the system. |
Originally Posted by MH62
(Post 25273533)
You can turn off the sign based speed adjustment.
|
2018 S5 SB with 4,500 miles. One issue that has come up is with lane assist, where it will tell me to keep my hands on the wheel when I already have them on the wheel, Only seems to happen on highway straights.
|
Originally Posted by luder888
(Post 25273579)
|
I find it interesting that we all bought a high end luxury car and put up with issues and fluff it off.
My wife is on her 8th Nissan vehicle and in all those years, I've had to take a Murano in ONCE for a repair. I for one will never buy another Audi. This is my 4th. Biggest disappointment I've ever owned. My first service list was 5 pages long with complaints. |
Bought mine on April ‘17 and 30k so far, so good. No problems except a couple of usual firmware bugs. Mechanically it has been very reliable so far. Recently I found that the driver’s window was not operating properly, and by my dismay, replacing the keyfob battery solved that issue! |
It seems like many of complaints are related to DAP. To those who have Prestige, if you had to do it again, would you purchase DAP? I am asking because I currently have an S5 Premium Plus on order (no DAP). However, another dealership recently received the same color combination and options, except Prestige. I may consider that car if i can negotiate a good deal, but I really don't care much about the additional items included in Prestige and DAP is now bundled with Prestige.
|
Originally Posted by JD15
(Post 25273766)
It seems like many of complaints are related to DAP. To those who have Prestige, if you had to do it again, would you purchase DAP? I am asking because I currently have an S5 Premium Plus on order (no DAP). However, another dealership recently received the same color combination and options, except Prestige. I may consider that car if i can negotiate a good deal, but I really don't care much about the additional items included in Prestige and DAP is now bundled with Prestige.
|
Originally Posted by JD15
(Post 25273766)
It seems like many of complaints are related to DAP. To those who have Prestige, if you had to do it again, would you purchase DAP? I am asking because I currently have an S5 Premium Plus on order (no DAP). However, another dealership recently received the same color combination and options, except Prestige. I may consider that car if i can negotiate a good deal, but I really don't care much about the additional items included in Prestige and DAP is now bundled with Prestige.
I think that people like me, just like it and won’t post about it. On the other hand, If I didn’t like like it... |
Originally Posted by JD15
(Post 25273766)
It seems like many of complaints are related to DAP. To those who have Prestige, if you had to do it again, would you purchase DAP? I am asking because I currently have an S5 Premium Plus on order (no DAP). However, another dealership recently received the same color combination and options, except Prestige. I may consider that car if i can negotiate a good deal, but I really don't care much about the additional items included in Prestige and DAP is now bundled with Prestige.
|
I would not order a car without the DAP now that i’ve Used it for 9 months. |
DAP is fine but I just can't get myself to use it in heavy traffic, where I'm sure it will be very useful. Just can't fully trust it.
|
Originally Posted by Slides
(Post 25273788)
Just can't fully trust it.
|
...exactly, it is intended as an aid to the driver, not yet as a substitute. In heavy traffic the dap is helpful to keep stress low. On highway on long trips really shines for me, I can drive longer periods of time because I’m not as much stressed |
Originally Posted by Abtpl
(Post 25273797)
In heavy traffic the dap is helpful to keep stress low. |
...It depends how fast you want to go, I suppose. If I stick on not changing lanes as often, and I’m not late, sure I’m ok with it. I use it in dynamic mode thou... |
Thanks for the feedback. I'm leaning towards staying with my Premium Plus order, as I test drove a couple of vehicles with DAP and didn't feel like I would use it much. I would consider ACC as a standalone option, but was not particularly impressed with the other features, particularly lane keep assist. Too much of my driving is on 40 - 50 mph urban roads with clueless or overly aggressive drivers and I would not be able to fully trust DAP in those circumstances. I doubt that DAP has a pothole mitigation algorithm either, and without it, I would have to replace wheels and tires too often.
|
I got prestige for the HUD and the top view camera... didn't get the DAP.
|
Originally Posted by Slides
(Post 25273799)
Really? It increases my stress with it turned on as I have to be extra vigilant to make sure the car doesn't rearend someone.
|
Originally Posted by JD15
(Post 25273812)
Thanks for the feedback. I'm leaning towards staying with my Premium Plus order, as I test drove a couple of vehicles with DAP and didn't feel like I would use it much. I would consider ACC as a standalone option, but was not particularly impressed with the other features, particularly lane keep assist. Too much of my driving is on 40 - 50 mph urban roads with clueless or overly aggressive drivers and I would not be able to fully trust DAP in those circumstances. I doubt that DAP has a pothole mitigation algorithm either, and without it, I would have to replace wheels and tires too often.
|
Originally Posted by Slides
(Post 25273799)
Really? It increases my stress with it turned on as I have to be extra vigilant to make sure the car doesn't rearend someone.
I commute 30mi each way most on highway and it is now a must have in every car moving forward. |
Originally Posted by arrtewwx
(Post 25273822)
You’ll save money too! DAP in DFW hasn’t been a negative experience for me. I actually like the lane assist, when driving fast on 635 or The Bush, etc. it keeps me “within” the lines, but as others have noted it can sometimes try to fight you when you want to exit. Using the turn signal solves that issue for me (yes- terrible to use such a thing in DFW). Traffic assist is nice (just ACC at slow speeds) and useful but it leaves too much of a gap between you and the other car allowing for “jackies” to swoop in and then hit their bloody brakes. I use it occasionally. |
| All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:35 PM. |
© 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands