2012 AUDI Q5 Complaints

THE COOLANT/WATER PUMP LEAKS COOLANT. THIS PUMP IS LOCATED UNDER THE HOOD NEXT TO THE ENGINE.

MY CAR WAS PURCHASED ON JULY 20TH 2019, WITH 105K MILES...I AM HAVING TO ADD OIL EVERY 400-100 MILES...I AM ALSO BEGINNING TO SEE RANDOM ALERTS AND CANNOT SEEM TO REST THEM WHEN NO DEFECTS ARE FOUND. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND CAUSING MAJOR CONFUSION AND CONCERNS.

THE OIL LIGHT COMES ON APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO WEEKS SAYING IT'S SAFE TO DRIVE BUT ADD OIL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SINCE 2 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. I ADD A QUART OF OIL EACH TIME AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED I WAS TOLD THIS CAR WAS CHECKED FOR THIS ISSUE PREVIOUSLY. THEY SAID THERE ARE NO LEAKS THAT THE CAR IS JUST BURNING OIL. THEY GAVE NO VALID REASON. THE CAR HAS BEEN CHECKED TWICE FOR THIS OIL PROBLEM AND NO RESULTS. WHEN I WAS TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY A MONTH AGO THE CAR LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID TURN OFF VEHICLE NOW. NO WARNING OTHER THAN ADD OIL CAR IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STALLED OUT AND TURNED OFF AUTOMATICALLY BEFORE I WAS IN PARK. ONLY GOING ABOUT 5-10 MPH. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I TRIED TO RESTART A FEW TIMES AND IT FINALLY STARTED. I WENT HOME AND ADDED OIL TO IT YET AGAIN. I NEED TO ADD OIL WHEN'RE THE LIGHT COMES ON AS TO NOT HAVE IT SHUT OFF ON ME.

THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT OF GARAGE. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. ON THE 8TH ATTEMPT IT STARTED AND I DRIVE IT TO WORK. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT WHEN I STOPPED OR SLOWED DOWN. I PUT THE KEY IN IGNITION IT WOULD GO ON BUT NOT START AND TURN OFF. THE EPC LIGHT WENT ON. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED HOWEVER IT STILL FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL OUT WHEN I AM IN PRO OR STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR WHEN I SLOW DOWN UNDER 10 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE AUDI DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIMING CHAIN WHICH IS A 2600.00 REPAIR.

WHEN I REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTOR AND PAD, I FOUND THE LOWER CALIPER GUIDE PIN BUSHING WAS STUCK. IT STUCK SO BADLY AND TOOK A LOT OF HAMMERING TO GET IT OUT. THE BUSHING WAS HEAVILY RUSTED. SINCE THE CALIPER WILL NOT MOVE WITH A STUCK BUSHING, THE OUTSIDE PADS WILL NOT FULLY ENGAGE WITH THE ROTOR TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE BRAKING FORCE. NOTICED THE INNER PAD IS ALMOST GONE WHILE THE OUTER PADS STILL HAVE 5MM LEFT. THE BUSHING IS SUCH A SMALL YET SAFETY CRITICAL PART, SHOULD BE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL. AUDI CHARGES MORE THAN $40 FOR SPARE, WITH THAT PRICE, ONE WOULD EXPECT BETTER QUALITY. YET IT SEEMS AUDI PUTS PROFIT ABOVE SAFETY.

I PURCHASED MY 2012 AUDI FROM CARMAX WITH 20,??? MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 106,000. I NOTICED MORE OIL CONSUMPTION THAN IT SHOULD. I AM VERY VERY ON TOP OF MAINTAINING MY VEHICLES. REGULAR MAINTENANCE ORIGINAL AUDI PARTS DURING REPLACEMENT.... THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD THE CODE CHECKED AND IT WAS TURBO BOOSTER PROBLEM AND CRANKSHAFT. WAS TOLD FIXING CRANKSHAFT MAY POSSIBLY FIX TURBO BOOSTER CODE WITHOUT PAYING $3,000-4,000 TO FIX. AS THEY WERE FIXING IT I WAS TOLD THE CRANKSHAFT HAD RED LETTERS ON IT MEANING IT CAME FROM A JUNKYARD PRIOR TO MY PURCHASING IT! SO IT HAD TO HAVE GONE BAD BEFORE 20,000 MILES WHICH IS RIDICULOUS! SO I PAID THE $500.00 TO FIX IT AND DROVE IT 158 MILES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. SO I JUST BURNED $500.00 FOR NOTHING! I LOVE MY AUDI BUT I WILL NEVER EVER PURCHASE AN AUDI THAT IS SUCH AN UNRELIABLE VEHICLE AGAIN. IN DOING RESEARCH I SEE THAT 2012 AUDI ENGINES ARE VERY VERY BAD NEWS! APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF AUDI OWNERS. BUYER BEWARE!

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY AND EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TURBO UNDERBOOSTING. ERROR CODE WAS P0299 NEGATIVE PRESSURE DEVIATION, TURBOCHARGED EXCESSIVE WASTEGATE PLAY OCCURRED ON AUDI WITH 68K. REQUIRES A NEW TURBO CHARGER TO FIX.

THESE VEHICLES CONSUME OIL EXCESSIVELY CAUSING CONSUMERS TO CARRY OIL QUARTS INSIDE THEIR VEHICLES HAVE READ ITS THE PISTONS WHICH BURN THE OIL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FROM AUDI TO FIX THIS INCONVENIENT PROBLEM.

WITH NORMAL CITY DRIVING SPEED ENGINE RODE ROUGH AND THEN STOPPED. TOWED TO AUDI DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER PROBLEM LIKE MANY OTHERS, BUT EVEN THOUGH MINE IS THE SAME ISSUE, IT IS NOT PART OF THE CURRENT SETTLEMENT CLASS. COST TO REPAIR IS MORE THAN $6,000.

TIMING CHAIN JUMPED AT 63,000 MILES. AND VEHICLE ALSO NEEDED CYLINDER HEAD REPLACEMENT.