2004 AUDI A6 Complaints

PASSENGER SIDE MECHANICAL VERTICAL ADJUSTER DOES NOT FUNCTION IS LAMP POINT TO ABOUT 10 FEET TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. DIVER SIDE ADJUSTER APPEAR TO FUNCTION OK. ONLINE BLOGS CONFER MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH AUDI HEADLIGHT ADJUSTERS AS COMMON, RECURRENT, AND COSTLY TO FIX. DRIVING WITH POORLY AIMED LIGHTS IS OBVIOUSLY SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE OVER THE THREE QUARTER CAPACITY LEVEL, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL WOULD LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVE WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2004 AUDI A6 SEDAN, 3.0 ENGINE DEVELOPED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER JUST BEFORE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A6 AVANT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THE LIGHT. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT SWERVED TO MISS A DEER AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT BEGAN TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH AND THE BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. THE CONTACT HIT GUARDRAILS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THE VEHICLE THEN TIPPED ON ITS SIDE AND WENT INTO A RAVINE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND THE WHEELS WERE STILL SPINNING. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE COLLAR BONE, RIBS, A CONCUSSION, AND LOST TEETH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 190,000. UPDATED 04/08/11

CAR'S ENGINE STOPPED WHILE AT A RED LIGHT. WOULD NOT START AFTER FAILURE. ULTIMATELY, CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FAILED FUEL PUMP. I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP FOR 2003 A6 MODELS INCLUDING 3L VEHICLES, BUT NOT FOR 2004 MODELS.]

I AM WRITING ABOUT MY 2004 A6 AVANT, WHICH HAS 78,000 MILES. AT A RECENT OIL SERVICE AT AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. EXHAUST WAS LEAKING FROM BOTH SIDES, I WAS TOLD. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY AUDI DEALER, WHERE THEY CHECKED THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE CAR CONCURRED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UNDER A FEDERALLY MANDATED WARRANTY, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE COVERED FOR EIGHT YEARS OR 80,000 MILES. YET THE DEALER HAS DECLINED TO COVER REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I WAS GIVEN A REPAIR ESTIMATE OF $2,400. *TR

I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2004 AUDI A6 IN DEC OF 2009. I REPORTED THAT MY BACK PASSENGER SEAT HAD ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE, AND WAS BURNT. BOTH MY SEAT CUSHION AND UPPER BACK CUSHION WERE BURNED. AT THE TIME I HAD NOT CONTACTED AUDI, YET FILED A COMPLAINT, BECAUSE I FELT AND STILL DO THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. SINCE MY LAST COMPLAINT I DID CONTACT BOTH MY DEALERSHIP (ROTH AUDI IN ERIE, PA) AND AUDI HEADQUARTERS AKA: AUDI CUSTOMER RELATIONS. THEY WERE VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH ME, SEEMED EXTREMELY CONCERNED AND SAID NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE I STILL HAD A WARRANTY LEFT ON MY CAR. WELL AFTER THE CAR RETURNED HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP THEY ONLY FIXED HALF OF THE PROBLEM! THE DEALERSHIP SAID AUDI TOLD THEM TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM CUSHION ONLY. THE DEALERSHIP PAINTED OVER THE TOP CUSHION AND I FOUND THIS OUT AFTER I BEGAN WIPING MY SEAT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD SMUDGE MARKS ON IT... NOPE PAINT WAS COMING OFF AND COULD SEE THE BURNED SEAT UNDERNEATH THE PAINT. I CALLED AUDI BACK, AND THEY HAD ME TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO BE ASSESSED AGAIN. AFTER 6 DAYS OR SO THE PERSON I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH FROM AUDI CUSTOMER RELATIONS CALLED TO SAY WE CANT REPLACE THAT PART OF THE SEAT BECAUSE THEY FOUND NO DEFECT IN THE HEATING ELEMENT. SO IN ESSENCE, THEY ONLY DID HALF OF THEIR JOB SINCE THE SEAT BURNED FROM ONE INCIDENT! I HAVE SINCE CONTACTED THE FTC, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: THIS ISSUE. I WILL NOT STOP THERE IF I DO NOT GET THIS RESOLVED. THE ENTIRE SEAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. CONSIDERING VW RECALLED MANY OF THEIR CARS FOR THE SAME REASON, AND AUDI IS OWNED BY VW I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE A BIT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS. I HAVE VIEWED MANY FORUMS, AND FOUND THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE WITH REGARDS TO THE HEATED SEATING EITHER CATCHING ON FIRE OF BURNING THE SEAT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF NHTSA IS HONESTLY LOOKING INTO THIS? THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A6. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED THE THROTTLE FLUCTUATES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER CHANGE THE MASS AIR FLOW METER. THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE THROTTLE FLUCTUATION SO THE DEALER REMOVED THE MASS AIR FLOW METER. THE DEALER THEN RESET THE COMPUTER FOR THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE AS WELL. THE DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO FLUCTUATE. THE CONTACT STATED THE THROTTLE FLUCTUATION IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IDLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,500.

SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING A 2004 AUDI A6 AVANT ON HIGHWAY 280 SOUTH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL ENGINE POWER AND STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR STOPPED BEFORE REACHING THE HIGHWAY CURB. THE HIGHWAY POLICE WHO CAME BY SEEING THE FLASHERS ON THE CAR ASSISTED IS PUSHING THE CAR SAFELY INTO THE HIGHWAY CURB AREA. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIRS. THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. *TR

MY AUDI DEALER INFORMED ME OF A FAILURE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $931.99, I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE NEW AND IT IS ACCIDENT FEE. THIS IS FAILURE OF A MAJOR SAFETY ITEM AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. *TR