2001 AUDI A6 Complaints

CONSUMER IS UPSET BECAUSE HE HAD TO HAVE A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION REPLACED. AFTER TAKING TRANSMISSION TO MECHANIC, HE WAS TOLD THAT HE NEEDED TRANSMISSION REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ALSO, IT WAS HESITATING AT SLOW SPEEDS, CLUMPING WHEN IT WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE WAS REVVING AT 6000 RPMS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR.*AK

THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET BROKE AT 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH RESULTING LOSS OF VBELT MECHANISM AND POWER STEERING. THIS OCCURRED ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. THE RESULTING STEERING DIFFICULTY ON A CURVED ROAD WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH EVEN AT 30 MILES PER HOUR..*AK

FOLLOW-UP INFO TO ODI NUMBER: 756137 - I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE PART REQUIRED TO FIX THIS DEFECT IS ON NATIONWIDE BACKORDER - THIS SUGGEST THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD - THE CAR WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO THE OWNER UNTIL THE REPAIR IS MADE SUGGESTING THAT THE MFR UNDERSTANDS THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE - THIS IS A BASIC SAFETY COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE AND VEHCILES ARE APPARENTLY SHIPPING WITH THE AIRBAG INOPERATIVE!!! NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

SINCE PURCHASED, AIR BAG LIGHT HAS INTERMITTENLY FLASHED INDICATING AN AIR BAG RELATED PROBLEM - DEALER INDICATES AIR BAG CONTROLLER MUST BE REPLACED AND THAT AIR BAG HAS BEEN NON-FIUNCTIONAL ALL THIS TIME (SINCE PURCHASE) - AIRBAG CONTROLLER PART IS NOT STOCKED AT DEALER AND REQUIRES 7 DAYS TO OBTAIN - THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM AS THEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE WHEN CAR IS RETURNED FOR SERVICE - AS IT IS, CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN (NO AIRBAG) SO MUST BE LEFT AT DEALER - SERVICE TECH MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER AUDI'S SUGGESTING THIS COULD BE WIDESPREAD AND VERY DANGEROUS AS OCCUPANT HAS NO IDEA AIRBAG IS NOT FUNCTIONAL. *AK

AUTOMOBILE SLOWS UP WHEN GOING UP A HILL, IT SEEM AS IF TURBO IS NOT FUNCTIONING. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS TRANSMISSION OR TURBO HAD A HOLE IN IT. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION IS INOPERATIVE, WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN DRIVE IT WILL MOVE 15 - 20 FEET THEN IT WILL STOP FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS, THEN VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO DEALER, THE VEHICLE IS NOT CONSISTENT IN SELECTING THE STARTING GEAR, SOMETIMES STARTING FAST AT OTHER TIMES, SLOW, THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT VISIBLE IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT, EVEN WITH SUNSHDES ON, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE STALLS. *JG *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A LOW SCREECHING NOISE, THIS IS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN A STOPPING POSITION, AND GOING AT LOW SPEED, CONTACT DEALER AND HAD NO RESPONSE.*AK ACCELERATOR PEDAL NEEDS TO BE PUSHED DOWN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES TO GET ANY RESPONSE, EXTREME PRESSURE NEEDED WHEN USING HORN. *TT *SLC

WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING PLACE BUMPER WENT OVER THE RAIL AND GOT CAUGHT, WHEN CONSUMER BACKED UP BUMPER FEEL OFF.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL #LH, HOWEVER WAS INFORMED THAT AN APPOINTMENT COULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL PARTS CAME, WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WHEN PARTS BECAME AVAILABLE, DELAER STATED NO APPOINTMETS WERE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT HEARD FROM DEALER WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN TWO WEEKS AND VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.*YD

VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY HESITATE AT LOW SPEED; VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK