1999 AUDI A6 Complaints

CENTER DISPLAY FADED OUT AT 55000 MILES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $900. *AK

CAM SEALS AND MAIN SEAL BOTH FAILED AND COST OVER $2000 TO REPAIR OUT OF WARRANTY. VERY UPSET SINCE THE CAR ONLY HAD 58000 MILES ON IT.*AK

CONSUMER'S WIFE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE LAST MONTH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. SHE HAD THE CRUISE SET AT 75 MPH AND HIT THE BRAKES TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. SHE TURNED OFF THE SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN, AND THAT DID NOT STOP THE CRUISE CONTROL. SHE PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES AND TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. FORTUNATELY, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO POWER BRAKE THE VEHICLE, AND BRING IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THEN, BROUGHT THE SPEED DOWN ENOUGH TO SLAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, AND ABRUPTLY STOP THE VEHICLE'S MOTION. ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE SMOKING, AND SHE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. SHE CALLED THE MAPLEWOOD AUDI DEALER, WHERE CONSUMER HAD THE CAR IN FOR FULL SERVICE AND SCHEDULED A CHECKUP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND KEPT FOR DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION BY THE TECHNICIAN. WHEN THE TECHNICIAN TURNED THE VEHICLE ON ENGINE REVVED AND RPMS WENT BACK UP. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PULLED THE THROTTLE CABLE FROM VEHICLE. AND DISCOVERED CRACKS IN THE HOUSING OF THE CABLE. BUT WERE NOT CERTAIN THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. IT WAS TECHNICIAN'S GUESS. CONSUMER'S WIFE QUESTIONED THIS BECAUSE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL WHICH WAS NOT CABLE RELATED. *AK

I OWN A 1999 AUDI AND I RECENTLY STARTED TO HEAR A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONTEND. DURING AN OIL CHANGE THE AUDI DEALER TOLD ME THAT MY CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE GOING BAD. I DID NOT GET THEM REPLACED AT THAT TIME. AFEW WEEKS LATER I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND READ ABOUT A CONTROLARM BUSHING RECALL FOR THE 1999 AUDI. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY HAD HEARD OF THE UPCOMING RECALL BUT HAS NO PAPERWORK ON IT. THEN I CALLED THE AUDI HEADQUARTERS THEY TOLD ME THAT IT THE RECALL WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION. I AM SURE MY CAR IS PART OF THIS RECALL. I ALSO READ THAT AT LOW SPEEDS THE EFFECTED PART CAN COME LOOSE AND MAKE MY TIRE FALL OF THE CAR. I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND THE $1000 TO GET THIS FIXED IF IT IS A RECALL. I HAVE RECIVED NO HELP FROM AUDI TO SEE WETHER MY CAR WILL BE IN THE RECALL OR NOT. *AK

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM IS MAKING NOISE WHEN CAR IS ROLLING. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IT SINCE I HEARD ON YOUR WEB SITE THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO THE FALL OF FRONT WHEELS. THE CAR IS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.*AK

IN EARLY MARCH 2004 MR GROZA WAS DRIVING IN CLEAVLAND, OHIO ON THE HIGHWAY DOING ABOUT 65 MPH. WHEN HE TOOK FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. MR GROZA SAID THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. MR GROZA WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY BY HITTING THE BRAKES AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, AND PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE WENT TO REDLINE. MR GROZA PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. ON MARCH 16, A FEW DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT MR. GROZA TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR.*AK

CONSUMER STATED CAR JUST TOOK OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND IT ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR, AND SON WAS NEARLY KILLED. IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE UNTIL CONSUMER DROVE THE CAR 3 WEEKS AGO IN TEMPERATURE OF 12 DEGREES. CONSUMER WAS PULLING OFF THE NORTHWAY ONTO ROUTE HEADED WEST WHEN THE CAR JUST TOOK OFF BY ITSELF. CONSUMER CHECKED CRUISE CONTROL TO SEE IF IT WAS ON, IT WAS NOT ON. *AK *NM

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION -- CAR ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. WOULD NOT SLOW EVEN WHEN DRIVER'S FOOT WAS NOT ON THE GAS. ENGINE REVVED RAPIDLY AND WOULD NOT RETURN TO NORMAL IDLE SPEED.

THE CENTRAL DASH CLUSTER, DRIVERS INFORMATION DISPLAY FADES TO ILLEGIBLE AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF OPERATION. *AK

THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL BECAME TOO HOT WHILE BEING USED AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE SYSTEM OFF THE HEAT SUBSIDED. THE DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN INSTEAD OF DISCONNECTING THE HEATING DEVICE. *JB