500c

thanks. will report back

911eric

rjabend

Do you find that it does not deviate as far from the lane center when set to late? Thanks.

AUDIQSS

Why is it thant nobody would simply tell you to turn off "lane assist"? It is simple! Just push the button on the end of the turn signal stalk. That is if as a "race car driver" you know where the turn signal stalk is located (LOL).

rjabend

That also deletes the Lane Assist function. Kind of like removing the engine to reduce noise

mike95776

I have to admit that I was very disappointed in the lane assist function.... When I turned it on I had to fight it down the freeway to keep the car in the center of the road. I agree with others turning it on while going down the freeway would be a great way to get pulled over for a DUI... I will try the early / late setting function.... My daughters Escalade has the same problem. I really do like the auto pilot breaking function... It works really well ... except when someone does a lane change right in front of you... It seems to have a 1 second delay in the breaking response time.

Regarding the steering; I traded my 2008 A6 (and a 2000 A6 before that ) for the 2018 Q7 and the first thing I noticed was the difference in the steering between the two cars... With the A6 I almost did not have to think about driving the car down the freeway. The steering feedback was so precise that I could feel every minor directional movement and could almost drive with muscle memory. With the Q7 I don't get the steering feedback it is like I am driving a video game... Guess I will get use to it...

rjabend

After a number of my complaints, Audi and the dealer performed a wheel alignment, sensor alignment and apparently changed some constants in the driver assist system. That made a marked improvement in the lane assist performance.

500c

i'm replying to a few of the posts regarding this wandering. i tried changing to dynamic mode and turning off pre-sense. i did NOT yet try turning off lane-assist...i will do that too....the result?

. dynamic mode does exactly what it says it should...tightens everything up, both steering and suspension, etc. This give the illusion that this wandering is under tighter control. but, unfortunatley, it's still there, just communicated differently. i like this mode but, as always, it's the compromise between wanting a softer ride with the other benefits of the 'dynamic', a mix not possible (i have this on a ferrarri too, where it's a 'package' deal)
. i can't tell any difference by turning off pre-sense

i will persue the lane-assist idea tomorrow and report back. thanks to all

500c

OK, here's what i've found. there is no way to turn off 'lane assist' at all. you can only change it's sensitivity. so that function is always 'enabled' but i have it 'disengaged' so i believe it should not be a factor in the wandering dilemma (however, the audi service manager says that three 'systems' are operative all the time. i WAS able to turn off pre-sense completely, but that's about it. so i don't really know what else is actually funtioning that may affect steering).

in Dynamic mode, the overall tightening-up brings a level of illusion to the control aspects of the steering, but fundamentally, i don't think actually affects tracking precision.

so, bottom line: with all the sytems calibrated, and alignment performed, and nannies turned off where possible, it still has this imprecise tracking i'm calling wandering. i'm concluding, also based on the lack of forum input re ppl having similar problems, that this is endemic to q7's and that folks in general don't regard it as a problem.

thanks all

RJC 1

Paying $$$$ for systems that don't work well and/or having to disable them is not right...I was hoping they would have, at the very least, been improved in the Q8 but they have not.