2026 Volkswagen Golf R Forward collision avoidance Problems

“3 occasions, the car went into emergency brake mode. once on hiway at 70mph warning came up and told me to grab the wheel and take control and prepare for impact. Nothing was in front of me to trigger this scenario. On hiway I was nearly rear ended but driver slid around me and didn't hit. This could have been a serious accident or death. The other two times it was at 45 mph and locked them up for no reason. …”

“Emergency braking system has applied itself on four different occasions where nothing was in front of me and one time was it highway speeds doing 70 mph The brakes completely locked up on the highway making people behind me have to take evasive action and not hit me while I'm stopped on the highway with my car parked and the emergency brake on The other time it happened just rolling through an intersection nobody in front of me just locked them up at about 45 mph The other two times were fairly minor I was doing 30 miles an hour through an intersection and it locked up my brakes nobody in…”

“Vehicle randomly suspects there's something in front of my car and will apply emergency braking to a complete stop putting the car in park with the e-brake on anywhere it happens at high speeds it's done this at 70 mph it's done at it 45 miles an hour and it's done it at 15 miles an hour multiple instances probably six dealership is not helpful can't fix it without evaluating the problem no codes have been set but it does happen they see that it did happen but they don't know if there is anything in front of me or not cuz it doesn't take a picture of it and I don't know what to do there's no…”

“The contact owns a 2026 Volkswagen Golf R. The contact stated that while reversing, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. The parking brake engaged with an audible alert. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who changed the vehicle settings, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure by phone and a case was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 900.”