On January 27, 2022, FAW-Volkswagen announced a recall 453791 some Audi Q5Ls produced between March 1, 2018 and December 4, 2021. The reason is that when the liquid accidentally spills in the rear seats, or when driving in the rain, it will cause a short circuit inside the gateway control module, causing the transmission clutch to be disconnected, resulting in power interruption during the vehicle.
In fact, there were car owners in the forum to protect rights a long time ago, has not been paid attention to by manufacturers, do not know the early rights of the owners, see Audi today to admit, what is a mood. The time node when Audi chose to recall is also very chicken thief, the month before the Lunar New Year is the growth point of sales, releasing the last wave of sales before the recall announcement.
Although Audi has maximized sales, it is too unfair for consumers who buy a car before the Spring Festival. No one can imagine that the front foot just picked up the car from the 4S shop, and the back foot received a recall announcement, psychologically speaking, it is a great blow to more than 10,000 car owners.
In 2021, the cumulative sales of Audi Q5L 139909, down 6.2% year-on-year; bmw X3 cumulative sales of 149742 units, an increase of 11.6%; Mercedes-Benz GLC cumulative sales of 135884 units, down 17.7% year-on-year, the biggest decline. In the BBA, Audi gives the impression that the discount margin is large and the high-end brand power is slightly weaker. Even so, the price for volume still failed to achieve a sales surplus.
Many consumers choose Audi Q5L, on the one hand, mainly compared to Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3 in terms of price advantages, and mercedes-Benz, BMW on the same level, although the perennial bottom of the situation, but in the face of the reasonable.
To be honest, since the Audi Q5 gave up the Towson differential and the 8AT gearbox in 2018, there has been no advantage in the BBA except for cheap. Moreover, there is less and less voice in product strength, and the gap with Mercedes-Benz GRC and BMW X3 is gradually widening.
To this day, many netizens regret the reduction of the Audi Q5, lengthening the body length by 15 centimeters, but without the Towson differential and the more reliable 8AT transmission. For manufacturers, cost savings, for consumers, driving texture has dropped a lot.
It can be said that if the current model still retains the Towson differential and 8AT transmission, in terms of driving texture and product performance, the Audi Q5L can definitely lift the Mercedes-Benz GRC and BMW X3.
After downloading the core configuration, the Audi Q5L has a quality problem, and a glass of water can make the vehicle lose power. Although the probability is small, such a quality problem is enough to cause a serious accident.
Conclusion: In recent years, cheap has almost become synonymous with Audi in BBA, but it cannot relax the control of product quality. Audi Q5L in the control is not as good as bmw X3, luxury comfort is not as good as Mercedes-Benz GLC, if the quality of products can no longer be guaranteed, then Audi Q5L really has to fall into the second-line camp. Now that SAIC Audi has entered the game, it is not impossible for the position in the BBA to be replaced by SAIC Audi.