2002 AUDI A6 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN, AND THE STEERING WILL LOCK UP. THIS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES.*AK

WET ROADS, ACCELERATION UP HILL, CAR SLID OVER HILL CRASHED INTO SEVERAL TREES, RESTRAINED FS PASSENGER WITH SEVERE BONE, SOFT TISSUE AND NERVE DAMAGE. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, QUESTION OF SEATBELT FAILURE. STATUTE SOON TO EXPIRE, MANUFACTURER WILL NOT RESPOND RE:TESTING POSSIBLE FAULTY PARTS. *JB

WET ROADS, LARGE HILL CAR OVER CLIFF T BONE TREE, NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, QUESTION OF SEAT BELT FAILURE. *JB

AUDI A-6, 2000, WET ROAD CONDITIONS, APROXIMATELY 36 DEGREES, STEEP HILL CAR SLID OFF ROAD, DOWN EMBANKMENT FRONT/SIDE CRASH NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND QUESTION OF SEATBELT FAILURE RESTRAINED FS PASSENGER WITH COMMINUTED, SEGMENTAL HUMERUS FRACTURE, NERVE AND SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE CAR SAT IN GARAGE FOR 10 MONTHS, AUDI REFUSED TO RESPOND TO CORRESPONDANCE ABOUT POSSIBLE FAILURE OF VEHICLE. *AK

2002 AUDI A6 WAS TAKEN TO SUNSET AUDI IN PORTLAND OR IN DEC.2003 BECAUSE APPEARED TIRES WERE WEARING-SHAVING ON EDGES AND MIDDLE,THEY ALIGNED THE CAR. ON AUGUST 11TH ONE OF THE TIRES WENT FLAT. ON THE NEXT FRIDAY THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO LES SCHWAB WHICH IS THE WARRANTY AGENT FOR PIRELLI.LES SCHWAB TIRE STORE SAID THAT THEY JUST HAD ANOTHER AUDI IN THE SAME THING ON THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF CAR AND THEY HAD SEE MANY OTHERS THAT HAD BEEN COMING IN FORTHE SAME PROBLEM. PIRELLI HAS THEM SEND BACK THE TIRES AND WOULD DETERMINE IF ANY MONEYWOULD BE RETURNED. BESIDES THE FLAT TIRE ALL THE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED.LES SCHWAB SAID THAT IT DID NOT IN ANY WAY LOOK LIKE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM THAT INSTEAD THEY THOUGHT THAT THE RUBBER COMPOUND WAS NOT ADEQUATE. MY CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 10,000 MI AUDI SAYS THEY HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIRES AS THAT IS A WARRANTY WITH PIRELLI HOWEVER SINCE IT MAY BE THAT EITHER AUDI DID NOT SPECIFY THE RIGHT TIRE OR PIRELLI GAVE TIRES IN ADEQUATE IN THE THICKNESS OF THE RUBBER. THE BOTTOM LINE WAS THAT I A 77 YEAR OLD FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN TAKEN,I HAD TO PAYOUT A LITTLE OVER $400 FOR FOUR NEW TIRES ON MY LOW MILEAGE CAR. IN ADDITION I ONLY DRIVE ON WELL PAVED ROADS AND NO FREEWAYS. I FEE THAT SOMEONE IS NOT BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFEY OF MYSELF AND OTHERS. SINCE AUDI SENDS ALL THE TIRE PROBLEMS TO PERRILE THEY NEVER HEAR BACK IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS. MY CONCERN IS THAT NOT ONLY ONE TIRE BLEW OUT BUT ALL F OUR COULD HAVE GONE OUT AT ONCE--HOW MANY OTHER AUDI OWNERS ARE OUT THERE WITH TIRES SHREDDING. I HAVE ASKED AUDI TO FIND OUT IF THE TIRE COMPANY WILL BE GIVING ME MY MONEYBACK--THEY TOLDME AT THE DEALER THAT THE ONLY MONEY THE TIRE COMPANY GIVES BACK IS IF THERE IS A DEFECT AND THEY HAVE NEVER KNOW THIS TIRE COMPANY TO FIND DEFECTS--THUS AUDI DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR TIRES AND NEITHER WILL THE TIRE CO. *AK

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF THE GARAGE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID INTO THE BACK WALL OF THE CONSUMERS HOME. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK *SC *JB

WHENEVER I ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE IMMEDIATELY AFTER USING THE BRAKES, NOTHING HAPPENS. THE CAR'S THROTTLE APPEARS TO HAVE NO EFFECT FOR 2+ SECONDS, EVEN WHEN PRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ON SEVERAL SEPARATE OCCAISIONS, WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, I HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE WHILE WAITING FOR MY CAR TO UNDERSTAND THAT I INTENDED TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS NOT TURBO LAG; IT IS COMPUTER-INDUCED THROTTLE LAG. (THE ENGINE RPMS DO NOT CHANGE DURING THESE OCCURRENCES.) THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE THAT AUDI MUST ADDRESS. (A REPRESENTATIVE OF MY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME HE IS QUITE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IT. BUT AUDI INFORMED HIM IT DOES NOT SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM.) *AK

WIPER BLADES NOT FUNCTIONAL IN WINTRY CONDITIONS. BLADE DOES NOT REMOVE SNOW AND THUS FREEZES AND BECOMES A LAYER OF ICE. CAN'T SEE. VERY DANGEROUS. DEFROSTER MELTS THE SNOW HOWEVER THE OEM BLADE ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO REMOVE & THUS MORE ICE. NO WINTER BLADES ARE AVAILABLE AS THE MANUFACTURER - AUDI- HAS REDESIGNED THE BLADE CONNECTION. *JB

THERE IS A SOUND OF METAL RATTLING TOWARDS THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. SOUNDS AS IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO FALL OFF THE CAR. AUDI COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM FOR 10 DAYS AND THEN SAID THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS FRONT BREAK PADS COMING LOOSE. THEY REPAIRED WHAT THEY THOUGHT TO BE THE PROBLEM. WE RETURNED TO CAR TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER 5 WEEKS LATER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY CAN NOT IDENTIFY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND WILL NOT GIVE US A GUARANTEE IN WRITING THAT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. MY WIFE IS 4 MONTHS PREGNANT AND WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE HAVING HER DRIVE A CAR WITH A FRONT BRAKE PROBLEM. AUDI IS REFUSING TO BUY THE CAR BACK.

THE IGNITION COIL SPRING FAILED AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS SERVICE TWICE UNDER THE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. RECALL NOT FOUND. *AK