2010 AUDI A4 Complaints

AUDI CARS CONSUME OIL LIKE CRAZY BUT MY A4 TAKES ONE QUART EVERY 200 MILES AND I COMMUTE EVERYDAY TO DIFFERENT CITY'S FOR WORK AND TO SCHOOL. COME TO FIND OUT THAT I HAVE THE OLD AUDI ENGINE, AND YOU MUST GET THE NEW ONE TO NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY FROM THE DEALER IF NOT IM GETTING RID OF THE CAR. *TR

THE OIL WAS CHANGED AT 70,000 MILES. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON TWICE AFTER LESS THAN 2,000 MILES. I ADDED OIL THE FIRST TIME, AND IT'S ON AGAIN AFTER LESS THAN A WEEK. I CHECKED A FEW FORUMS ON LINE AND OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. THE CAR IS NOT LEAKING OIL, SO I'M FIGURING THE ENGINE MUST BE BURNING OIL. A FEW MECHANICS I'VE SPOKEN TO HAVE SAID THAT SOME AUDI A4'S HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM A DEALERSHIP THAT INSPECTED THE CAR FOR ANY DEFECTS. WHILE TEST DRIVING THE CAR, I HAD TO RETURN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE CARS FUEL PUMP WAS FAILING AND CAUSING EXCESSIVE MISFIRES. THEN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER DRIVING THE CAR, IT BEGAN TO USE OIL EXCESSIVELY. I CHECKED FOR ANY LEAKS AND FOUND NONE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT ANYTHING LESS THAN 1QT PER 1000 MILES WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL UNDER AUDI STANDARDS. PERSONALLY I DON'T AGREE! NOW APPROXIMATELY 20000 MILES LATER AND 8 MONTHS, IT BURNS A QT OF OIL EVERY 300 MILES. I KNOW THIS IS EXCESSIVE AS I CAN NOW SEE AND SMELL OIL FROM THE EXHAUST. I CONTACTED AUDI FOR A RESOLUTION SINCE THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXCESSIVE OIL BUT AS EXPECTED, SINCE I DID NOT BUY THE VEHICLE FROM AN AUTHORIZED RESELLER, IT COULDN'T BE COVERED. IF THE ENGINEERS AT AUDI KNOW SOME OF THE CARS PRODUCED WITH THE 2.0 TURBO ENGINE WERE ASSEMBLED WITH PISTONS AND RINGS THAT WERE TOO SMALL, WHY HASN'T A MASS RECALL BEEN ISSUED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE? I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE SOMETHING MORE CATASTROPHIC OCCURS.

PROBLEM ONE THE CAR WAS BURNING THROUGH A QUART OF EXPENSIVE OIL EVERY 300 MILES. TOOK IT IN,DROPPED THE ENGINE,CHANGED ALL PISTONS,REMOVED CRANKSHAFT OIL SEAL,FAULTY HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT,PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE ALL REPLACED. CAR WAS ACCELERATING WITH AND WITHOUT HESITATION,BUT DEALER DUPLICATED THE OCCURRENCE AND SAID THEY FIXED. ONE MONTH LATER,CAR SMELLED LIKE GAS AND WAS TAKING OFF ON IT'S OWN BROUGHT BACK DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. VERY BAD SMELL OF GAS AND RAPID ACCELERATION -DEALER REMOVED ENGINE AGAIN REPLACED ALL VALVES,DIAGNOSIS PURGE VALVE STUCK. SUSPECTED INJECTOR SEAL.REPLACED 4 INJECTOR SEALS, SMELL PERSISTED.REPLACED INTAKE VALVE,REMOVE AND REPLACE PURGE VALVE ASSEMBLY. PISTONS HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED,ENGINE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED TWICE, AND THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL JUMPING AND THE CAR ACCELERATES BY ITSELF.AUDI REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM , I HAVE ONLY 1200 MILES LEFT ON WARRANTY. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR 7 MONTHS AND AM AFRAID TO DRIVE BUT AUDI OFFERS NO OPTIONS-I ASKED FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE ENGINE AND THEY SAID NO. I HAVE THE CAR IN MY POSSESSION WITH THE ACCELERATION ISSUE AND PERIODICALLY SMELLS OF GAS. I DRIVE 3 CHILDREN TO AND FROM . *TR

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE LEFT PARKED [XXX]. SINCE MONDAY 3/4/2013. ALL [XXX] DO NOT KNOW OWNER OF CAR. CALLED POLICE WAS TOLD REGISTERED OWNER HAS A ILLINOIS ADDRESS AND MAY BE A COLLEGE STUDENT AT LMU. TOLD ME TO CALL DOT FOR TICKET/TOW IF OWNER OF AUTO DOES NOT APPEAR 78 HOURS. WELL IT'S BEEN 6 DAYS. PLEASE HELP! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DURING AN ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR (AUDI A4 '10) AND REMAINED STUCK TO THE FLOOR EVEN AFTER THE FOOT WAS REMOVED. THE CAR HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AT THIS TIME. THE TACHOMETER INDICATED THE ENGINE WAS REDLINING IN NEUTRAL WHILE THE FOOT WAS STILL OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS ENGINE SPEED LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS THEN THE ACCELERATOR APPEARED TO BECOME UNSTUCK AND CAR OPERATION RETURNED TO NORMAL. AN AFTERMARKET FLOOR MAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HOWEVER, THE MAT WAS "ZIP TIED" BACK TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOUNT SO IT WOULD NOT SHIFT FORWARD AND POSSIBLY INTERFERE IN CLUTCH, BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR OPERATION. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, THE SAME DAY, THE DRIVER CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE FLOOR MAT WAS PROPERLY PLACED AND STILL ZIP TIED AND IT WAS. THE FLOOR MAT WAS ZIP TIED TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE OTHER EPISODE OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO THAT THE DRIVER THOUGH MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO SLIPPAGE OF THE FLOOR MAT. OBVIOUSLY THIS INITIAL EVENT A YEAR AGO COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO CAUSES OTHER THAN THE FLOOR MAT. *TR

CAR BROUGHT IN FOR MISFIRE CONDITION THAT RESULTED IN POWER REDUCTION/HESITATION WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DETECTED FAULTY INJECTOR. REPLACED INJECTOR AND ENGINE WAS STILL MALFUNCTIONING. DEALER THEN REMOVED CYLINDER AND OBSERVED PISTON RINGLAND DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS STARTING TO EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS. EITHER FAULTY INJECTOR OR PISTON RING DEFECT IS SUSPECTED TO CAUSE DAMAGE. LOOKING INTO REMEDIES THROUGH ARBITRATION OR OTHER MEANS AS AUDI IS AWARE ABOUT (I.E. UNDERSIZED RINGS / PISTONS). I WILL RETAIN ALL SUSPECT PARTS AS AUDI WILL NOT HONOR UNDER WARRANTY TERMS AND INDEPENDENT SHOP WILL BE PERFORMING REPAIRS, AND CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH AUDI USA. THE MANUAL STATES THAT NORMAL CONSUMPTION IS UP TO 1 QUART FOR EVERY 1000 MILES. PER AUDI'S RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU WILL BURN 10 QUARTS OF OIL BEFORE YOU NEED AN OIL CHANGE. THAT ENGINE HOLDS 5 QUARTS WHEN NOT LEAKING IT THROUGH RINGS, REDUCING ANTI-KNOCK RATING OF FUEL DURING COMBUSTION. I BELIEVE THIS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD AS ENGINE SEIZING COULD UNEXPECTEDLY OCCUR DUE TO DEFECTIVE COMPONENTS. I BELIEVE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS INEVITABLE. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK ON A COUNTRY ROADWAY, PASSED A VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO PULL BACK INTO MY LANE, RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE AUDI 2010 A4 CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER BRAKING, SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 85-90 MPH. BRAKES FUNCTIONED, PULLED OVER, STOPPED CAR. LOOKED DOWN, NOTHING INTERFERING WITH THE GAS PEDAL. RESTARTED CAR, SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPED TO 7000-8000 RPM, CAR REVVED. NEEDED TO GET THE CAR TO A SAFE LOCATION, PROCEEDED TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, BRAKES BEGAN SMOKING BUT MADE IT TO A MINI MART, PARKED AND STOPPED CAR. CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. CONTACTED AUDI OF AMERICA, THEY REVIEWED THE RECORDS AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGH RATE OF SPEED DESPITE DRIVER'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE SPEED. HAVE NOT DRIVEN VEHICLE SINCE THIS INCIDENT ON 7/7/11. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS, BUT SINCE I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE GAS PEDAL, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE WAY WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. DEALERSHIP STATES NO CODES WERE THROWN AND NOTHING SHOWS UP. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD INVOLVED WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING AND POSSIBLY CAUSING A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 AUDI A4 QUATTRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUAL WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHICH WAS ALSO LISTED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. THE DEALER SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED AND THERE WAS NO OVERRIDE OR UPGRADE AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 3/21/11 *CN UPDATED 08/04/11