1998 AUDI A6 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG. CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND OUT, AND WITHIN TWO MINUTES VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 0 ACCELERATOR STUCK. CONSUMER CONTACTED AUDI, THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT HAD NO SOLUTION. THEN, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP IN JANUARY 2004, THEY HAD IT REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

LOWER LEFT CONTROL ARM BOLTS BROKE FREE FROM SUBFRAME, DAMAGING BOTH FRONT AXLES, BENDING SUBFRAME AND FLATTENING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET THE VEHICLE FROM THE TRAVEL LANE WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR PART AND SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED.*AK

THE THROTTLE STICKS OPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, THE DRIVER HAS TO SHUT OFF ENGINE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE AN AUDI A6 2.8 1998 DURING THE WINTER 2003 I WAS DRIVING DURING THE MORNING THE CAR WAS ON FOR 20 MINUTES AND TEMP WAS 14 DEGREES F. SPEED WAS 65 MPH AS I APPROACHED MY EXIT. I LET OFF GAS AN CAR ACCELERATED PUSHED BRAKE DOWN. CAR CAME TO STOP BUT IDLE WAS AT 1800 RPM AND CAR WANTED TO LURCH FORWARD. MADE IT TO WORK 1 MILE AWAY BROUGHT TO MECHANIC AND HE FOUND NO PROBLEM BUT HE DID CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY. NO PROBLEMS , FOR 3 WEEKS. EVENT TWO: GOING HOME 6:30PM TEMP 15 F SPEED APPROX 60 MPH GOING UP HILL. CAR STARTED PULLING FASTER. DECIDED TO PUMP GAS PEDAL FIGURING STUCK CABLE JUST WENT FASTER. DECIDED TO SEE IF WOULD STOP AT SPECIFIC SPEED APPROACHED 95 MPH REALIZED CAR WOULD KEEP GOING. STEPPED ON BREAK, PULLED TO SIDE FINALLY CAME TO STOP. TURNED CAR OFF , WAITED 30 SECS STARTED CAR. RPM OUT OF CONTROL. TURNED OFF CAR AND WAITED 5 MINUTES. TURNED CAR ON, NO PROBLEMS. WENT BACK ON MY WAY HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES THAT WINTER. TEMP IS ALWAYS BETWEEN 14-17 F CAR IS ALWAYS WARMED UP. NO PROBLEM DURING SPRING, SUMMER, OR FALL YEAR 2004. MOVED CLOSER TO WORK, CAR RIDE NEVER LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES. ONE TIME CAR ON HILL DOING 65 MPH SPEEDED UP PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF WAITED 6 MINUTES (TIMED) TURNED ON CAR NO PROBLEM FROM MY RESULTS CAR PROBLEM ALWAYS OCCURS WHEN TEMP 13-17 F CAR IS WARMED UP IF PROBLEM OCCURS PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD CAR IS STOPPED BUT RPM 1800+ TURN CAR OFF WAIT 5+ MINUTES START CAR NO PROBLEMS. *NM

CAR WAS PURCHASED USED (1998 - 90K MILES-ONE OWNER-VERY WELL MAINTAINED) FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER 2003. INCIDENT HAPPENED APPROX. FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY 2004. AUDI HAS BEEN CONTACTED WITH NO REPLY RECEIVED TO DATE. INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY APPROX. 50 MPH, WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND VERY COLD (APPROX. 25F). AS AUTO WAS CRESTING INCLINE, IT BEGAN TO GATHER SPEED. ACCELERATOR WAS BACKED OFF BUT CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT AN ALARMING PACE. BRAKES WERE APPLIED SEVERAL TIMES AND AS I WAS PREPARING TO CUT IGNITION CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. THIS HAPPENED IS A MATTER OF SECONDS, BUT WAS DEFINITELY A PANIC SITUATION. CAR HAS NOT REPEATED THIS CONDITION. I WAS REFERRED TO YOUR SITE BY AUDIWORLD FORUM MEMBERS, WHERE I TURNED FOR ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION AND READ OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *NM

I REPLACED A RIGHT FRONT TIE-ROD IN 7/03 AND WAS JUST TOLD MY LEFT FRONT TIE-ROD ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED AUDI AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR MY SPECIFIC MODEL, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR OTHER 1998 AUDI A6 MODELS. CHECKING THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL AUDI HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STARTED MISSING. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME OUT OF THE SHIFTER AND DASHBOARD. THE DASHBOARD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

THE THROTTLE STICKS IN COLD WEATHER CAUSIG THE AUDI A6 WEHICLE TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS. THIS HAS HAPPENNED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES THIS WINTER AND LAST WINTER. I REPORTED THIS LAST YEAR WITH NO SATISFACTION. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND AUDI SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM. I KNOW OF AT LEAST TWENTY OTHER VEHICLES OF THIS MAKE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

1998 AUDI A6: REVERSE LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN DRIVING FORWARD. MANY DRIVERS BEHIND ME WERE CONCERNED I WAS BACKING UP. AT NIGHT, IT IS DANGEROUS. FUSES ARE OKAY. *LA