2001 AUDI A6 Complaints

ALL FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES WERE REPLACED BY THE CONSUMER AT 14,500 MILES. THE TIRE DEALER PROVIDED 50% ON THE SECOND SET OF TIRES AND AT 25,000 MILES, THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. PIRELLI, SIZE# P225/55R17. *AK THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE NEARLY WORN WITH HARDLY ENOUGH TREAD REMAINING. (MODEL/ALLROAD) *SCC *JB

OWNER IS VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT AUDI IS MAKING IN REFERENCE TO A RECALL INVOLVING TIRES WHICH ARE THE WRONG SIZE. DEALERSHIP IS ASKING OWNERS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FIRST, COME IN AND LET THE DEALERSHIP VIEW THE TIRES, THEN ASK THEM TO LEAVE THE CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHILE THEY ORDER THE TIRES TO REPLACE THOSE THAT WARRANT AN EXCHANGE. THERE IS NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. HOWEVER, TIME WISE IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE. *AK THE TIRES WERE BEING REPLACED. *SCC *JB

AUDI 2001 A6 2.7T TIPTRONIC WHILE IN D TRANSMISSION MODE, CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE PER ACCELERATOR INPUT AFTER USING THE BRAKES. THERE IS A DELAY OF ABOUT A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE CAR ACCELERATES. THIS HAPPENS AFTER BRAKING FROM LOW SPEEDS FOLLOWED BY GENTLE ACCELERATION AND ALSO WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHER SPEEDS FOLLOWED BY EITHER GENTLE OR AGGRESSIVE ACCELERATION. OFTEN THERE WILL BE A PRONOUNCED JERK WHEN THE CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE DELAY. *LA SAFETY ISSUE TYPICAL SITUATION: WHEN CROSSING MEDIANS TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAVE TO BRAKE HEAVILY TO AVOID A COLLISION BECAUSE THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE SMARTLY AFTER BRAKING. THE SAME CROSSING IN PREVIOUSLY OWNED AUDI A4 1.8T AND AUDI A4 2.8 (BOTH WITHOUT FLY BY WIRE THROTTLE) COULD BE SAFELY NEGOTIATED WITHOUT ANY ACCELERATION DELAY. THIS SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS IN NORMAL EVERYDAY DRIVING. REFERENCES FROM AUDIWORLD.COM FORUMS IT IS APPARENT THAT THERE ARE MANY OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. ALL HAVE THE AUDI TIPTRONIC TRANSMISSION AND FLY BY WIRE THROTTLE SYSTEM, NOT LIMITED TO THE 2.7T MODEL. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE LATEST MESSAGES HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/A6/MSGS/304185.PHTML ALSO, CONSUMER REPORTS HAVE NOTED THE DELAY IN ACCELERATION WHEN TESTING THIS CAR. HERE IS THE LINK. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERREPORTS.ORG/MAIN/DETAILV2.JSP?CONTENT%3C%3ECNT_ID=302773&FOLDER%3C%3EFOLDER_ID=97851&ASSORTMENT%3C%3EAST_ID=333137&BMUID=1066370138539 SEVERAL OTHER REVIEWS IN THE U.S. AUTOMOBILE PRESS HAVE ALSO NOTED THE DELAY. REPAIR LOCAL AUDI DEALER IS UNABLE TO OFFER A SOLUTION SINCE THEIR TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNIQUES ONLY INDICATE A "NO FAULT FOUND" OR "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE" SITUATION (SEVERAL VISITS). ESCALATION TO AUDI HEADQUARTERS ELICITS STATEMENTS SUCH AS "WORKING AS PER DESIGN, "SAFETY FEATURE (PREVENT OVER REVVING DAMAGE TO ENGINE/TRANSMISSION)", AND "SYSTEM HAS TO PROCESS A LOT OF DATA". *LA

DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER DRIVER MUST PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE BRAKES GRAB IN THE REAR. DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES FOUR TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 AUDI A6 2.7T AND IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO SEVERE ACCIDENTS WHERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IN A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION. THE CULPRIT IS THIS: IF YOU DEPRESS THE BRAKE (AS IF YOU WERE STOPPING OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP) AND TRY TO REACCELERATE, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ACCELERATION. THIS "HESITATION" HAS ALMOST GOT ME KILLED SEVERAL TIMES. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER AUDI A6 CONSUMERS REGARDLESS OF MODEL ENGINE (2.8, 2.7T, 3.0 AND 4.2) THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. THUS, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR AUDI USA TO SAY THIS IS "NORMAL" AND "INHERENT IN THE OPERATION OF TURBOCHARGERS" AS THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME BEFORE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING SERVICED. ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THAT TURBOCHARGERS CREATE WHAT IS DEEMED AS "TURBO LAG" ON ACCELERATION, I EXPERIENCE MAJOR DELAYS IN ANY ACCELERATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER I HAVE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE (AT ANY SPEED) AND THEN TRY TO REACCELERATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED OR REMEDIED IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE SEE THE POSTING AT AUDIWORLD (THE LARGEST ONLINE FORUM FOR AUDI OWNERS). HERE IS THE POST URL: HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/A6/MSGS/304185.PHTML . *LA

VEHICLE EXHIBITS DELAY FROM A STOP WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN CROSSING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH UNCONTROLLABLE SPEED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER AND SKID INTO AN EMBANKMENT. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS RIDING ROUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT THREE OF THE RIMS WERE BENT.*AK

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY,CONSUMER NOTED A GRINDING NOISE LIKE METAL COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER SAID PROBLEM WAS NORMAL.*AK

MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS EVERY 3000 MILES. SOME FOR MAJOR PROBLEMS SUCH AS REPLACING THE STEERING ASSEMBLY AND OTHER TIMES FOR MULTIPLE REPAIRS OF THE SAME PROBLEMS (ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT ON). *JB