1999 AUDI A6 Complaints

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE WE CAUSED THE LIGHTS, TURNSIGNLA, HORN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHERS AND HEAT IN THE CAR TO NO WORK. VERY DANGEROUS. THIS WAS CAUSED BY IGNITION SWITCH MELTED WIRES FROM THE HEATED STEERING WHEEL.

THE FLEX JOINT WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER RUNNING INTO THE ENGINE HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK.

MY 1999 AUDI A6 AVANT'S HEATED STEERING WHEEL WOULD OVERHEAT TO THE POINT I COULD NOT TOUCH IT. IT CAUSED THE IGNITION SWITH'S WIRES TO MELT AND I HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED BY AUDI AND THE HEATED WHEEL DEACTIVATED. THE FAILED IGNITION SWITCH CAUSED MY HEADLIGHTS, HORN, WINDSHIELDWIPERS TO NOT WORK. EVERYTHING NOW WORKS AFTER THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE STEERING WHEEL HEATER DEAVCTIVATED BY MY AUDI DEALER.

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 AUDI A6 ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD SON IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT, THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD STARTS TO SMOKE . THEN IN LESS THAN A MINUTE FLAMES WERE COMING OUT, BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, MY DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY ON FIRE,WHILE TAKING MY SON OUT THE AIRBAG BLEW, SCARING HIM EVEN MORE, AND NOT TO MENTION ALL THE TOXIC FUMES WE INHALED. THE INSURANCE TELLS ME THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS, AND IF THAT AIRBAG WAS ACTIVATED WHILE I WAS STILL DRIVING, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *JB

INTERMITTENT ABS LIGHT DISPLAYED ON DRIVER'S DISPLAY. PROBLEM IS NOW CONTINUOUS. AUDI DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND DETERMINED THAT ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. RELAYED THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE ITEM AND UNFORTUNATELY THE COST FOR REPLACEMENT IS NEARLY $1000. RESEARCH ON INTERNET CONFIRMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE ITEM FOR LATE 90'S AND EARLY 00'S AUDI A6 MODELS. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION ON A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS COMPONENT? *JB

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK IN MY 99 AUDI A6 QUATTRO PRESSURE BUILDS INSIDE THE TANK AND SPRAYS BACK AT ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED EACH TIME I PUT GAS IN IT FULL OR NOT. A RECALL WAS MADE BUT, NOT FOR MY VIN. I SPOKE WITH A AUDI REP. AND A DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. I WOULD BUT, THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL MADE FOR THAT CAR JUST NOT THAT VIN. IT'S A HAZARD AND I'VE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS THAT I PAID FOR. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! *NM

HEATED STEERING WHEEL BURNS HANDS, SMOKES. DOESN'T VARY WITH SETTINGS. DID NOT ALLOW IT TO GET TO A FIRE CONDITION. *JB

IT HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN THAT THE BOSCH 5.3 ABS CONTROL MODULE ON AUDI CARS AND OTHER MAKES ARE DEFECTIVE AND NEED TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALS THIS FACT. THE CONTROL MODULE ON MY 1999 AUDI A6 RECENTLY MALFUNCTIONED REPEATEDLY, MEANING THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO PROTECTION OF THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED. *NM

TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER BROKE WHILE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. SHOP WHICH REPAIRED CAR TRIED TO FIND A USED COMPUTER OUT OF 3 OTHER AUDIS AND ALL WERE RUSTY. MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT WATER SEEPED BEHIND DASHBOARD AND UNDER DRIVER'S FLOORBOARD, RUSTING OUT COMPUTER ,AND RUINING TRANSMISSION. EVIDENTLY, ALL OTHER AUDIS SHOWED THE SAME WATER DAMAGE IN THE SAME AREA. COMPUTER FAILED TO SEND A SIGNAL TO THE DASHBOARD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK AND NOT WHILE WE WERE ON THE ROAD. WE INSTALLED A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND NEW COMPUTER. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I DROVE A VEHICLE ONCE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROAD, COMING TO A DEAD STOP. I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS WHEN BRAKING HARD AFTER ROUND 47-80K MILES. THIS IS COMMON IN AUDI'S AS I HAVE SEARCHED AUDI FORUMS AND MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. PROBLEM CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO EASILY BROKEN WELDS IN SEAT FRAME. WWW.AUDIWORLD.COM/SEARCH "DRIVER SEAT ROCKING". *JB