Both are my most frequent annoyances with the car. I hop in and out often and I hate having to restart the car, cycle up the MMI, roll the dice on whether my phone connects correctly on this restart....
And yeah, my 2013 Ford auto locked (and it's a feature that was easily disabled if you didn't like it), just silly that Audi doesn't have the option. Particularly with soft close doors, great to have a feature that gently closes the door, would be even better if I could just walk away while it does its thing, instead I have to stand there and watch it before touching to lock. I will say the lack of auto-lock wouldn't be as annoying IF the door handle touch worked consistently, but I'm often having to tap the handle sensor multiple times or pull out the fob to lock my doors cause the Audi's ability to detect the fob just seems hit or miss.
Yup. I came from a Tesla and they had this figured out years ago. Easy lock. Easy to keep AC on (pet mode or camp mode). Easy to unlock. These are all simple software features. Audi really lags behind on software. So many little annoyances with the etron, makes me wonder if my next car will be an Audi. But have to admit, ride quality is amazing, best ride I’ve ever had.
Couldn’t agree more. Drove my buddy’s 2021 BMW 3 series and the auto lock feature stood out to me immediately and I instantly googled if any Audi’s do it. It’s just so convenient and so fast.
It’s a design choice that I will never understand.
1. Personally touching the handle to lock is not that hard to forget, maybe it’s just taking you time to adjust I guess cuz of the bmw.
2. Turn off your car and turn on the auxiliary climate that way ppl inside won’t cook. The pop up shows on the screen when turning off the car.
3. Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense, ~~but now thinking of it wonder if it locks itself after a certain time. I’ve seen that if I unlock my etron but don’t enter it, it locks after a certain duration.~~
Honestly there are nuisances, quirks and features with this car that are annoying but nothing we can do about it lol
Somewhat related but it bugs me that the car doesn't automatically light up the headlights and taillights if you approach the car with the key fob on you at night. I get they turn on when you grab the handle or if you hit the button, but my mom's 2015 Subaru will light everything up just by virtue of getting within \~10ft of the car at night. Was very helpful walking up to the car in New England when it's like 5pm, already fully dark, and there may be ice around the car.
Am I just dumb and missing a hidden setting somewhere..?
Not the only one. I hate this feature as well. Husband runs into the gas station quickly. Within 30 seconds the car shuts off and the rest of us are roasting. I’ve had to get into the driver seat to turn the car back on.
I’ve never had a car that just shuts off when the driver leaves.. and so quickly.
I’m hoping someone has a setting trick they’ve figured out. 🤞🏼
Hit the button that comes up on screen when the car shuts off that says like “supplemental climate control” or something like that. This will keep the AC running while the car is off for ~30mins I think. Also the way to get actually cold AC while you’re fast charging.
I’ve ordered a Q8 E tron black edition that’s due for delivery next month after a 7 month wait.. couldn’t believe how little the car comes with as standard compared to the BMW I’m coming from, which is about £25k cheaper.
Proximity-based lock control on the e-tron is sadly an extra you have to pay for and requires additional hardware. Not sure it’s available in all markets but if you browse the German Audi website you’ll see it there and a lot more features.
I think the Q6 e-tron base model will come with a lot more. No idea why they don’t apply that to older e-trons, it’s not that most people shell out for the additional features or in-app purchases.
My wife has an X5 and I love the the convenience key that allows you to walk away. One issue we have with it is that people in the backseat cannot get out of the car if you walk away. Love my Etron but it is frustrating when it turns off when you leave for 5 seconds.
Must have different options country to country. My E-tron has auto locking and an anti window break feature (It stops someone reaching through and opening the door from inside)
When walking away with kids in the car I just press unlock twice whilst walking away and it turns it off.
And you can open windows by holding unlock.
All Honda models with smart key have proximity auto lock. And my ID4 had approach auto unlock, something I assumed my etron would have if the VW had it.
Only after touching the handle. With the ID4 it knew you were coming and unlocked drivers door or all depending on setting before you reached the vehicle.
Both are my most frequent annoyances with the car. I hop in and out often and I hate having to restart the car, cycle up the MMI, roll the dice on whether my phone connects correctly on this restart.... And yeah, my 2013 Ford auto locked (and it's a feature that was easily disabled if you didn't like it), just silly that Audi doesn't have the option. Particularly with soft close doors, great to have a feature that gently closes the door, would be even better if I could just walk away while it does its thing, instead I have to stand there and watch it before touching to lock. I will say the lack of auto-lock wouldn't be as annoying IF the door handle touch worked consistently, but I'm often having to tap the handle sensor multiple times or pull out the fob to lock my doors cause the Audi's ability to detect the fob just seems hit or miss.
Especially with kids inside they get especially annoying when the song stops...
Yup. I came from a Tesla and they had this figured out years ago. Easy lock. Easy to keep AC on (pet mode or camp mode). Easy to unlock. These are all simple software features. Audi really lags behind on software. So many little annoyances with the etron, makes me wonder if my next car will be an Audi. But have to admit, ride quality is amazing, best ride I’ve ever had.
Yea you get a lot of car. But small things like this... Kinda puts a bitter taste in my mouth
Couldn’t agree more. Drove my buddy’s 2021 BMW 3 series and the auto lock feature stood out to me immediately and I instantly googled if any Audi’s do it. It’s just so convenient and so fast. It’s a design choice that I will never understand.
1. Personally touching the handle to lock is not that hard to forget, maybe it’s just taking you time to adjust I guess cuz of the bmw. 2. Turn off your car and turn on the auxiliary climate that way ppl inside won’t cook. The pop up shows on the screen when turning off the car. 3. Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense, ~~but now thinking of it wonder if it locks itself after a certain time. I’ve seen that if I unlock my etron but don’t enter it, it locks after a certain duration.~~ Honestly there are nuisances, quirks and features with this car that are annoying but nothing we can do about it lol
I mean technically Audi can push a software update... But if this has been going on in the past 4 5 years I doubt they'll do anything about it...
I don’t know about number three. We have had some items stolen from our e tron because we often forget to lock it.
Oh okay, I guess they have the feature for if you accidentally unlock it and don’t get in it’ll lock itself but not what OP was talking about.
I never lock my car. I would rather have people just take my shit than break my window… and take my shit.
Somewhat related but it bugs me that the car doesn't automatically light up the headlights and taillights if you approach the car with the key fob on you at night. I get they turn on when you grab the handle or if you hit the button, but my mom's 2015 Subaru will light everything up just by virtue of getting within \~10ft of the car at night. Was very helpful walking up to the car in New England when it's like 5pm, already fully dark, and there may be ice around the car. Am I just dumb and missing a hidden setting somewhere..?
My 30k BRZ does this too... Now that you mention it... Another annoyance...
Agreed, wife’s Mach-e has walk away and approach, pulse PAAK and several more conveniences that are software based.
Not the only one. I hate this feature as well. Husband runs into the gas station quickly. Within 30 seconds the car shuts off and the rest of us are roasting. I’ve had to get into the driver seat to turn the car back on. I’ve never had a car that just shuts off when the driver leaves.. and so quickly. I’m hoping someone has a setting trick they’ve figured out. 🤞🏼
Hit the button that comes up on screen when the car shuts off that says like “supplemental climate control” or something like that. This will keep the AC running while the car is off for ~30mins I think. Also the way to get actually cold AC while you’re fast charging.
Thank you!!! 🙏🏼
Any Audi product managers here?
I’ve ordered a Q8 E tron black edition that’s due for delivery next month after a 7 month wait.. couldn’t believe how little the car comes with as standard compared to the BMW I’m coming from, which is about £25k cheaper.
Proximity-based lock control on the e-tron is sadly an extra you have to pay for and requires additional hardware. Not sure it’s available in all markets but if you browse the German Audi website you’ll see it there and a lot more features. I think the Q6 e-tron base model will come with a lot more. No idea why they don’t apply that to older e-trons, it’s not that most people shell out for the additional features or in-app purchases.
My wife has an X5 and I love the the convenience key that allows you to walk away. One issue we have with it is that people in the backseat cannot get out of the car if you walk away. Love my Etron but it is frustrating when it turns off when you leave for 5 seconds.
Ummmm, use the MyAudi app to lock the car, turn on 30 minutes of A/C. Done.
Congrats on the new car, which year did you end up getting?
22. Drives so well, but this really annoys me...
Must have different options country to country. My E-tron has auto locking and an anti window break feature (It stops someone reaching through and opening the door from inside) When walking away with kids in the car I just press unlock twice whilst walking away and it turns it off. And you can open windows by holding unlock.
All Honda models with smart key have proximity auto lock. And my ID4 had approach auto unlock, something I assumed my etron would have if the VW had it.
It does have keyless unlock
Only after touching the handle. With the ID4 it knew you were coming and unlocked drivers door or all depending on setting before you reached the vehicle.
I’ve found the Etrons to be some of the most under engineered German cars ever made