AudiAlan

Thanks for the advice. just ordered a new battery!

I have an eight year old Q5. It has done a low mileage of almost 14k miles and does a lot of short journeys. I've never had any (obvious) problems with the battery but have read that as batteries deteriorate they can cause electrical problems. It's in for a service next week and just wondered about getting a new battery at the same time. I'm not bothered by the cost, just don't want any problems with the car.

Hi Steve I think that I have found out what it is. Someone suggested the ABS emergency braking system and it felt just like it. I'd never have thought of this as both times it happened I was on a dry road doing less than 30 mph! It happened to others: https://www.myaudiq5.com/threads/emergency-brakes-engage-while-driving-why-is-this-happening.80673/ A

I've a petrol Q5 (latest version) that I have owned since 2018. The other day I was driving in offroad mode (on a normal road) when the wheels felt like they were restricted, there was a rather 'mechanical' sound, vibration up the steering column and a red triangular warning sign on the display. The noise was quite loud and a pedestrian turned round to look. This all vanished after a few seconds when everything returned to normal. This happened about three years ago. I've had my local garage run diagnostics on the car and no faults were found. The garage owner said it may have been the four wheel drive which sometimes gets a bit 'confused'. Anyone had similar?