2003 AUDI A6 Complaints

THE FIRE STARTED UNDER DASHBOARD AS I WAS DRIVING. I STOPPED THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND QUICKLY JUMPED OUT THE CAR WHEN SAW A FLAME. THIS WAS THE MOST FREIGHTING EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE. *TR

ON MAY 3, 2013, I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 10MPH. SUDDENLY, I BEGAN SMELLING SMOKE. I THOUGHT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM NEARBY TRUCKS. HOWEVER, SOON AFTER, SMOKE WAS PROFUSELY COMING THROUGH MY GLOVE COMPARTMENT. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND EXITED THE CAR. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, THIS VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, BEGINNING WITH THE HOOD! THE WIND SHIELD THEN SHATTERED APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES LATER. BY THIS TIME, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND BATTLED THE FIRE APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS SIGN THAT CAR SERVICE WAS NECESSARY. FURTHERMORE, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER AND DMV, 3 MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A CLEAN EMISSIONS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 AUDI A6 2.7 QUATTRO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,500.

TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHUDDER AND SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GOES TO NEUTRAL WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED, ENGINE REVS AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. PRND DISPLAY ON DASHBOARD IS BLINKING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. FAULT CODE SHOWS FAILURE ON TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *TR

FILLING THANK MORE THAN 2 QUARTERS WILL START SPILLING GAS, THE FUMES ARE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS THANK, DRIVER SIDE, UNDER THE REAR SEAT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 AUDI A6. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHUDDER DECELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V375000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: FUEL PUMP) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000. ...UPDATE 01/20/12 *BF UPDATED 02/03/12*JB

ON DECEMBER 18, 2011 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY VEHICLE STALLED. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL AUDI DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. I CONDUCTED AN INTERNET SEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT MY AUDI HAD BEEN PART OF A RECALL AND I ASKED THE LOCAL DEALER IF THE RECALL REPAIR HAD EVER BEEN CONDUCTED, THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL. THEY TOLD ME THAT ONLY AUDI A-4'S WERE PART OF THE RECALL. HOWEVER, THE NHTSA WEBSITE SHOWS A LETTER DATED JULY 23, 2007 SENT FROM VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. (PARENT COMPANY OF AUDI OF AMERICA, INC.) TO [XXX] OF NHTSA NOTIFYING NHTSA THAT VW OF AMERICA IS RECALLING AND REPLACING FUEL PUMPS ON VW PASSAT'S, AUDI A-4'S AND AUDI A-6'S, ADDITIONALLY, THE LETTER LISTED A RANGE OF VIN'S FOR EFFECTED AUDI A6'S THAT INCLUDED MY VIN. IN THE AFOREMENTIONED LETTER, VW OF AMERICA TOLD NHTSA THAT 'ANY SUBJECT VEHICLE THAT IS PRESENTED FOR SERVICE TO AN AUTHORIZED VOLKSWAGEN/AUDI DEALER WILL BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE ASSIST ME IN CAUSING VW OF AMERICA TO DO WHAT THEY TOLD NHTSA THEY WERE GOING TO DO? VW OF AMERICA NEVER NOTIFIED ME OF THE SAFETY ISSUE OR OF THE RECALL, AND WHEN I PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEALER THEY STILL REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. AUDI ENDANGERED ME AND LIKELY OTHER CONSUMERS BY NEVER INFORMING US OF THE RECALL AND I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PAY OVER $500 TO REPAIR A PART THAT WAS PART OF A RECALL AND WOULD BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. COULD YOU PLEASE ASSIST ME IN COLLECTING MY FUNDS FROM AUDI? ADDITIONALLY, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES AND FINES FOR DECEIVING NHTSA. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE. HAD IT FIXED, BUT THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO BE NOT IN THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH ITSELF, BUT THE WIRING OR SOCKETS TO THE SWITCH. USED SAME SWITCH, BUT SOON AS CAR IS TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON, SWITCH TENDS TO WORK ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND ABS SYSTEM SHOWS UP AGAIN WITH NO BRAKES LIGHTS AT ALL. TOOK TO AUDI DEALER IN WHICH THEY SAID THAT THERE HAS BEEN MANY PROBLEMS WITHIN THIS SYSTEM. BUT TO TOTALLY FIX THE PROBLEM WOULD RUN ANYWHERE FROM 700.00 TO 1200 DOLLARS ON A 35.00 TO 45.00 PART. NO BRAKES COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS NOT KNOWING THAT YOUR BRAKES LIGHTS ARE ACTUALLY OUT. PLEASE PLEASE RECALL THIS ISSUE ON ALL AUDI'S.

2003 A6 QUATTRO AVANT 3.0 CAR RAN FINE DRIVING TO WORK. WHEN LEAVING AT END OF DAY, STARTED CAR AND IT RAN VERY ROUGH I DECIDED TO REVERSE BACK INTO PARKING SPACE AND AT THAT POINT NOTED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD (CAR HAD RUN FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS). TURNED OFF ENGINE, OPENED HOOD, AND FOUND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR COIL PACK BURNING. EXTINGUISHED FLAME USING A BASEBALL CAP TO SMOTHER IT OUT. COIL PACK CONTINUED TO SMOKE AND REIGNITE DUE TO BURNING INSIDE COIL PACK. JAMMED SCREWDRIVER INTO PACK TO ROOT OUT FLAME. HAD CAR TOWED TO AUDI DEALER - AWAITING REPAIR. THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR BAD COIL PACKS (28F2 / J1) - RECALL STATES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT MAY COME ON AND CAR WILL RUN ROUGH, FURTHER RECOMMENDS RETURING VEHICLE TO DEALER AT THAT TIME. THERE IS APPARENTLY TWO WAYS THE PACK CAN FAIL - A FAULT ON THE HIGH VOLTAGE END JUST BYPASSES THE SPARK TO THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING A MISFIRE. A FAULT AT THE LOW VOLTAGE END RESULTS IN A SHORT AND MOST LIKELY A FIRE. THIS POTENTIAL FOR FIRE IS UNDERSTATED BY AUDI AND SHOUD BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THE RIGHT URGENCY IS PLACED ON THIS ISSUE. THE FACT IS, I WAS ABLE TO REACT AND EXTIGUISH THE FIRE, HAD THIS OCCURED IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THE CAR WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE COMPLETELY BURNED. *TR

JANUARY 15, 2011 RE: DEFECTIVE INVESTIGATION PE08008 AUDI 2003 A6 LEAKING FUEL FROM GAS TANK ASSEMBLY ATTACHED, PLEASE FIND EVIDENCE I REPORTED MY FUEL TANK LEAKED FUEL TO A LOS ANGELES AUDI DEALER. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2006 WITH 66,000 MILES AND REMAINS WITH NO DAMAGE HISTORY. IN 2008, FUEL BEGAN DRIPPING AT THE LOWER DRIVER SIDE VACUUM NIPPLE FLANGE WHICH SHIFTED OFF THE RIM OF THE FUEL TANK. WHEN THE TANK WAS FILLED PASSED HALF FULL, IT WOULD DRIP ONTO THE GROUND. THERE IS A VALID RECALL FOR MOST 2003 SEDAN MODELS AND THE 4.2L OFF-ROAD QUATTRO. THIS MODEL IS A 2003 SEDAN WITH THE 4.2L ENGINE SIZE AND SHOULD CERTAINLY BE INCLUDED IN THESE TWO RELATED RECALLS. DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN, THE NATURE AND SEVERITY OF THE DEFECT, I QUESTIONED THE PROBLEM WAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT WARRANTING REPAIR AND POTENTIAL RECALL. THEY DISAGREED, SAID IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND QUOTED ME A REPAIR. VALENTINE ASSERTED THE CONDITION WAS NOTED TO MY VIN IN THEIR SYSTEM. LATER THAT YEAR, LA AUDI MADE DIFFERENT REPAIRS AND THE FUEL LEAK CONDITION WAS AGAIN PUT ON THE WORK ORDER. FINALLY IN JUNE 2010, A NEIGHBOR WROTE NOTE THE CAR WAS LEAKING FUEL. IT TANK WAS POURING FUEL AFTER FILLING TO THE THREE-QUARTERS MARK AND PARKING IN OUR SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE. REPAIR COULD NOT BE AVOIDED. BASED ON LA AUDI'S POSITION, A LOCAL MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENTIRE TANK WITH A SALVAGE ONE HE FOUND. ATTACHED ARE PHOTOS, WORK REPAIR ORDERS, A HAZARD NOTE FROM NEIGHBOR OF THE FUEL LEAK, AND SIGNED DECLARATION THESE ITEM AS AUTHENTIC AND ALL ASSERTIONS ABOVE ARE TRUTHFUL. I APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE OBTAINING RECOVERY FROM AUDI FOR THE REPAIRS AS THEY REFUSED TO WHEN PRESENTED TWICE. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER IS APPRECIATED. UPDATED PORTABLE 02/18/11