Drive System: Malfunction!
03-19-2019, 07:51 AM
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Drive System: Malfunction!
On my way to work today I had a "Drive System: Malfunction! Please contact Service" message pop up on the display. I was coming to a stop at an off ramp preparing to merge into traffic. I stepped on the gas and my Q8 didn't accelerate like it should. At first I thought I was the lag issue but it ended up being something more. The engine started sputtering and the car was lunging and I could not get over 15 mph. Once I found a safe place I pulled over, shut the engine off for about a minute, then restarted and everything seemed fine. I finished my drive to work (about a mile) with no issues but when I got out I smelled a burning smell. Nothing noticeable other than that.
Once get time today I will schedule an appointment for service.
Anybody else experience this?
Once get time today I will schedule an appointment for service.
Anybody else experience this?
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Donna Glaesener (05-02-2021)
03-19-2019, 11:22 AM
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On my way to work today I had a "Drive System: Malfunction! Please contact Service" message pop up on the display. I was coming to a stop at an off ramp preparing to merge into traffic. I stepped on the gas and my Q8 didn't accelerate like it should. At first I thought I was the lag issue but it ended up being something more. The engine started sputtering and the car was lunging and I could not get over 15 mph. Once I found a safe place I pulled over, shut the engine off for about a minute, then restarted and everything seemed fine. I finished my drive to work (about a mile) with no issues but when I got out I smelled a burning smell. Nothing noticeable other than that.
Once get time today I will schedule an appointment for service.
Anybody else experience this?
Once get time today I will schedule an appointment for service.
Anybody else experience this?
03-19-2019, 11:27 AM
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I know someone indirectly who’s a technician at a local Audi dealership. When I first got the car he mentioned there’s a design flaw in the exhaust system of the Q8. He said there’s a plastic component that’s too close to the exhaust and it melts. I don’t have any other details (the info came to me from the techs brother, I don’t know the actual technician), but the burning smell makes me wonder if this could be the issue he was describing. How many miles on your Q8?
03-21-2019, 11:08 PM
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Any updates?
03-22-2019, 04:09 AM
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On my way to work today I had a "Drive System: Malfunction! Please contact Service" message pop up on the display. I was coming to a stop at an off ramp preparing to merge into traffic. I stepped on the gas and my Q8 didn't accelerate like it should. At first I thought I was the lag issue but it ended up being something more. The engine started sputtering and the car was lunging and I could not get over 15 mph. Once I found a safe place I pulled over, shut the engine off for about a minute, then restarted and everything seemed fine. I finished my drive to work (about a mile) with no issues but when I got out I smelled a burning smell. Nothing noticeable other than that.
Once get time today I will schedule an appointment for service.
Anybody else experience this?
Once get time today I will schedule an appointment for service.
Anybody else experience this?
03-22-2019, 07:30 AM
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Everything has been fine since the incident. I contacted my service rep and scheduled an appointment for first week of April. They don't seem to think it's a big deal. I reached out to another dealership and they didn't think it was a big deal either. We shall see...
03-24-2019, 07:51 PM
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I had that exact same error message 4 days into owning the car and with only 200 miles on the car. Except mine didn't go away with turning the car off. I took it into the dealership a month ago and still have not gotten it back. They have no idea what's wrong with it. Makes me think theres a fundamental serious issue with these cars that's going to start showing up....
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03-25-2019, 06:24 AM
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I had that exact same error message 4 days into owning the car and with only 200 miles on the car. Except mine didn't go away with turning the car off. I took it into the dealership a month ago and still have not gotten it back. They have no idea what's wrong with it. Makes me think theres a fundamental serious issue with these cars that's going to start showing up....
03-25-2019, 09:03 AM
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