In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Upon start up the screen would be blank. Turning off the ignition and restarting would usually resolve the issue. The problem could not be replicated the one time I took it to the dealer. It has not done it in a long time so it may have resolved itself."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Audi Q5 3.0T 3.0-L V6 supercharged)"Apparently there was a software update needed. I was not informed until I had the problem"
Anonymous, IL (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The whole center unit that displays the backup camera, the radio, the CD player and the MMI unit went blank. I took it to the Dealer and they had to replace the control module 5F"
Anonymous, MI (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"It sucks and very difficult to use."
Stanley M., MO (2016 Audi Q5 3.0T 3.0-L V6 supercharged)"Faulty MMI caused battery drain which led to 2 car battery replacements"
Anonymous, IL (2016 Audi Q5 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Continuing problem of the GPS not being able to find the correct destination. System will find a similar location in another city or state for some addresses. I just left the Q5 with the dealer again today to fix the problem."
Anonymous, TX (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Slow to boot up."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl hybrid)"the in dash navigation system does a poor job of recognizing the spoken destination also the maps a very out of date, in fact they were probably out of date when the car was manufactured."
Anonymous, TX (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Inaccuracies of some maps. Sporadic system (MMI) reboots fix problems."
Anonymous, NC (2016 Audi Q5 3.0T 3.0-L V6 supercharged)"In dash Nav systems, in general are poor, and certainly too expensive. Twice in a city it took me around in circles and couldn't find the destination. Putting in a new destination is a PITA. At least this Nav system isn't a &*$# touchscreen so I can operate it with the controller without taking my eyes off the road."
Anonymous, MD (2016 Audi Q5 Unsure Unsure)"Voice commands are worthless. It can't even tell the difference between Houston and Austin. Dealer says problem not covered by warranty."
Anonymous, TX (2016 Audi Q5 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The Audi SW often doesn't engage the BT radio and no error codes are registered so unless I can get to the dealer while the BT radio is off, they can't reproduce the issue to fix it."
Anonymous, CA (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Phone becomes unpaired momentarily frequently"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"MMI requires reboot several times a month, for radio, phone, or Nav issues"
Anonymous, NC (2016 Audi Q5 3.0T 3.0-L V6 supercharged)"Volume control on console becomes intermittently inoperable"
Anonymous, CA (2016 Audi Q5 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Does not display song and artist information on MMI display"
Anonymous, IL (2016 Audi Q5 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Voice commands are worthless when using the navigation system. System does not identify correct city of trip or street."
Anonymous, TX (2016 Audi Q5 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Despite speaking carefully the voice recognition system works only about 10% of the time. Sometimes I ask for an address in a local community and the suggested address is across the country. And it is cumbersome to correct. Easier to use the manual input then, but dangerous if you are driving. Needs a lot of work!"
G M., FL (2016 Audi Q5 SQ5 3.0-L V6 supercharged)
"When a problem takes place, rebooting the system will usually fix the problem."
Anonymous, NC (2016 Audi Q5 3.0T 3.0-L V6 supercharged)