1998 AUDI A6 Complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED REPAIRS ON VEHICLE DUE TO RECALL 00V137, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR RENTAL EXPENSES, NOW THAT THE RECALL KIT HAS BEEN INSTALLED, THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL OCCURRING. *SLC

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE SMOKE CAME OUT OF A HOLE AT THE BASE OF THE STEERING WHEEL, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE STEERING WHEEL HEATER CAUGHT FIRE. NLM

FRONT DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS NOT WORKING AS THEY SHOULD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 6 TIMES, REPLACED SOCKET 4 TIMES. WILL WORK FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ,THEN WORK INTERMITTENTLY ONLY. *AK

AIR PRESSURE BUILDS UP INSIDE THE GAS TANK CAUSING GASOLINE TO SPRAY OUT OF THE TANK ONTO THE CONSUMER, VEHICLE, AND GROUND, THE GAS WILL CONTINUE TO SPRAY OUT UNDER PRESSURE AFTER THE NOZZLE IS REMOVED FROM THE TANK FILLER NECK. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING. BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK TO GAIN CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL 00V137000. CONSUMER HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER ABOUT RECALL, AND PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO HAVE RECALL 00V-137 FOR THE FUEL TANK PERFORMED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS, FOUR MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. NLM

RECALL 00V137000/ FUEL SENDING UNITS. CONTACTED DEALER, BIENER AUDI OF GREAT NECK, NORTHERN BLVD, MANHASSET, NY, (516)8292834 IN JUNE 2000, BUT DEAELR HAS NO PARTS AND COULD NOT REMEDY RECALL.*AK

ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S EQUIPMENT ON AN AUDI A6, 1998. DOTMGOFBEDR. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TIRE BLEWOUT. *AK THE TIRES WAS GOODYEAR EAGLE BLOW OUT WAS SIDEWALL AREA. *YH

THIS AUTOMOBILE HAS PERFORMED POORLY SINCE ITS PURCHASE. WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF PURCHASE THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. 6 MONTHS LATER THE FUEL SENDING GAUGE FAILED WHEN THE AUTO RAN OUT OF GAS. THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED 2 TIMES AND I WAS TOLD THE NEW ONES WERE NOT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL. THE 3RD TIME THIS OCCURED THE DEALERSHIP FILED DOWN THE CONTACT POINTS. FINALLY A YEAR LATER AN OFFICIAL RECALL CAME OUT FROM AUDI CORPORATION TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT.THE CAR HAS NOT PERFORMED WELL SINCE ITS PURCHASE AND GETS VERY POOR GAS MILAGE. THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARE NOT SENDING PROPER SIGNALS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CAR AND IT HESITATES ON START UP AND HAS DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, RESULTING IN EXTREMEMY POOR GAS MILEAGE. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT AUDI MADE SOME SOFTWARE CHANGES AT SOME POINT BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN NOR IF THERE WERE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS CAR'S PROBLEMS. I HAVE DRIVEN A 1999 A6 AND THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CARS. NEITHER THE 22K NOR 30K MAINTENANCE SERVICE HAS MADE ANY CHANGE TO THIS CAR'S POOR PERFORMANCE. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DISPOSE OF THE AUTO IN ORDER TO FEEL THE SAFETY AND SECURITY I DESIRED FROM AUDI. I AM HOPING AUDI WILL MAKE PROPER AMENDS TO TAKE THIS CAR BACK AND REPLACE IT WITH A PROPERLY WORKING MODEL.