1998 AUDI A6 Complaints

IN FEB. 2005 A LOCAL AUDI DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THE CONTROL ARM ON ONE SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. 2 MONTHS LATER (<2,400 MILES) WYOMING VALLEY MOTORS INFORMED ME THAT THE CONTOL ARM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I QUESTIONED WHY IT WAS NOT COVERED DUE TO THE RECENT RECALL AND THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS OUT OF THE RECALL PERIOD. I ASKED THEM WHY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONTROL ARM WAS NOT CHECKED IN FEB. AND THE SERVICE REP INFORMED ME THAT THEY INDEED CHECKED IT. IT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED VERBALLY TO ME NOR WAS IT DOCUMENTED ON MY USUALLY DETAILED SERVICE INVOICE. I ASKED SERVICE REP THAT MY ONLY OPTION IS TO ASSUME THAT THEY CHECKED IT SINCE IT WAS NOT DOCUMENT. HE STATED THAT IS CORRECT. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND AM STILL WAITING FOR A REPLY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HANLE A PROBLEM OF THIS NATURE. IF NOT, ANY DIRECTION IN WHOM I NEED TO CONTACT REGRDING THIS FRUSTRATING ISSUE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) CONTROL MODULE IS APPARENTLY FAILING OR HAS FAILED. BOTH THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATE IRREGULARLY ACCOMPANIED BY THREE LOUD WARNING TONES. BOTH LIGHTS LIKEWISE TURN OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER CLAIMS THAT NO CODE IS BEING RETURNED FROM ABS UNIT. ADVISED THAT SOMETIMES ABS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND SOMETIMES NOT. COST TO REPLACE ABS CONTROL MODULE WAS QUOTED AT $2,400. ADVISED TO IGNORE WARNING LIGHTS AND SOUNDS IF COST WAS UNREASONABLE.

THE ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, SLOWING DOWN AND THEN STOPPING. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE MECHANIC PLACED THE VEHICLE ON A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, AND DETERMINED THAT THE ABS CONTROL UNIT MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS LIGHT THAT COMES ON OFTEN.IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO PAY FOR ALL THIS .CAN SOMEBODY DO SOMETHNG ABOUT . THANKS.*AK

ABS COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED. SEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH OTHER OWNERS OF SIMIILAR CARS. *AK

AFTER RECALL 99V248000 CONCERNING TIE ROD FAILURE. AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE THE PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE AGAIN. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S ABS CONTROLLER FAILED AFTER LESS THAN 70000 MILES. *NM THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS DENIED. *NM

I OWN A 1998 AUDI A6. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN APPROX 75 000 MILES. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE ABS CONTROL UNIT (BRAKES) FAILED. I WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $1085 BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE NO USED PARTS AVAILABLE. WHEN I MADE AN APPOITMENT TO HAVE THE UNIT REPLACED I WAS INFORMED THAT AUDI NO LONGER MANUFACTURES THE ORIGIONAL REPLACEMENT PART AT A COST OF $1085. RATHER, AUDI HAS REMANUFACTURED THE REPLACEMENT PART AND THE NEW COST IS APPROX $2000.00. I VERIFIED THE COST OF THE REMANUFACTURED REPLACEMENT PART BY CALLING A FEW DEALERSHIPS. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT AUDI RECOGNIZED THAT THE ORIGINAL PART WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT ONCE THE ABS CONTROL UNIT FAILED IT MADE ABS BRAKING INOPERABLE AND THEREFORE UNSAFE. RATHER THAN RECALL THE 1998 A6 TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ABS CONTROL UNIT, THEY ALLOWED CONSUMERS TO EITHER DRIVE WITH AN UNSAFE CONTROL UNIT THAT COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME OT PAY ALMOST $2000 TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART.*AK

INTERMITTENT ABS/BRAKE LIGHT 1998 AUDI A6 QUATTRO 2.8L, AUDI DEALER SAYS IT HAS FAULTY ABS MODULE WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. COST: $2,148.00 PLUS LABOR. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. DEALER SAYS IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

I OWN A 1998 AUDI A6 QUATTRO (2.8 LITER ENGINE). LAST WINTER DURING A COLD SPELL SOME PART IN THE PCV VALVE FROZE SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO BE STUCK AT ABOUT 4,000 RPM AND THE CAR TURNED INTO A ROCKET. FORTUNATELY, I COULD BRING THE CAR TO A STOP AND NOBODY WAS HURT. IT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE THOUGH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE ROADS WERE SNOWY AND ICY THAT DAY. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE AUDI DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT "IT MAY TAKE A WEEK BECAUSE WE ARE SWAMPED WITH MANY OTHER AUDI A6, ALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF DESIGN FLAW WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL/ENGINE, AND THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN VERY COLD WEATHER. IN APRIL I FOUND A SHORT ARTICLE IN "DER SPIEGEL" (THE GERMAN EQUIVALENT TO NEWSWEEK OR TIME MAGAZINES), REPORTING THAT NHTSA TOOK 16 AUDI A6 IN TO TEST FOR EXACTLY THIS PROBLEM. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO CUSTOMERS? CAN YOU FORCE AUDI TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, SINCE THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE? KINDEST REGARDS AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, HAGEN BLASZYK, MD