2013 AUDI S6 Complaints

THE TURBOS ON THE S6 FAILED AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES. THIS MAKES THE CAR HAVE DANGEROUSLY LOW POWER AND NEARLY UNDRIVEABLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR AUDI 4.0TT MODELS, AND AUDI EVEN ISSUED A TSB REGARDING THE ISSUE TO IT'S SERVICE CENTERS. BUT TO DATE, AUDI HAS NOT RECTIFIED THE ISSUE OR MADE CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO ARE OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. BLOWN TURBOS CAUSE ALL SORTS OF ISSUES, INCLUDING POTENTIAL ENGINE DAMAGE, CYLINDER MISFIRES, FUEL PRESSURE ISSUES, AND OVER-HEATING. ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE, THE TURBOS FAILED SIMPLY BY STARTING THE CAR AFTER SITTING IN THE GARAGE FOR A FEW DAYS, UNDRIVEN. COST TO REPLACE TURBOS AND MAKE REPAIRS IS $10,000 TO $15,000.

MY TURBOCHARGERS FAILED, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NOT UNCOMMON WITH THIS ENGINE. IT WAS DRIVING NORMALLY. I STOPPED FOR AN ERRAND AND IT RESTARTED WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. I THEN DROVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISTANCE AND IT STALLED IN TRAFFIC. IT STALLED REPEATEDLY WHENEVER THE RPM'S FELL BELOW 2000. I ENDED UP RUNNING A RED LIGHT, TO AVOID SLOWING DOWN, KNOWING IT WOULD STALL. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN AN UNCROWDED AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE AUDI HAS ALREADY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE PROPENSITY FOR TURBO FAILURE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN THAT HAPPEN.

SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WORN OUT CAUSING SQUEAKING AND UNEXPECTED VEHICLE PATH DURING ACCELERATION IN ALL SITUATIONS. OIL FILTER UNDER PVC VALVE CLOGGED AND STARVED TURBOCHARGER OF OIL CAUSING FAILURE.

THE TURBOS ON THE CAR BOTH BROKE AT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BEFORE 75,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS CRUISING ON THE FREEWAY, AND THE MOMENT I SLOWED DOWN TO TAKE THE EXIT, THE CAR LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN. I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE EXIT WITH LITTLE TO NO ROOM TO PULL OVER.

TURBOS ARE DAMAGED AND THE DEALER SAID IT WILL COST $13,000.00 TO FIX I HAD WARRANTEE TILL 120K OR 7 YEARS AND IT HAPPENED AT 7 YEARS ONE MONTH AND 116,000 MILES. AUDI OF AMERICA WHERE NOT WILLING TO HELP EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS GRINDING THAT OCCURED TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE WARRANTEE TIME. IT HAPPENED WHEN IN MOTION DRIVING FROM STARTUP.

CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON PUBLIC ROAD AND SHUT OFF WHILE ON ROAD. CEL WENT ON AND ALL SYSTEMS LIT UP ON DASH AS FAILED. T

TURBOCHARGER EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE TURN SHAFTS HAVE EXCESSIVE END PLAY.

TRANSMISSION COOLANT VALVE FAILURE. AUDI HAS ISSUED TSB FOR SEVERAL MODELS RELATED TO SAME FAILURE MODE. COOLANT SPRAYS FROM COOLANT VALVE ONTO ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS INTERNAL TO TRANSMISSION CAUSING CORROSION WITHIN THE CONNECTORS. TWO FAULT MODES. 1. VEHICLE FAILS TO START AS VEHICLE DOESN'T KNOW TRANSMISSION CONDITION (NEUTRAL, PARK OR OTHERWISE). 2. IF YOU CAN GET IT TO START - VEHICLE IS IN LIMP MODE SERVICE 2WKS TO REPLACE FAILED VALVE AND REPAIR CORRODED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS WITHIN TRANSMISSION

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS RECALLS FOR MY 2013 AUDI S6 PERTAINING TO THE TURBOCHARGED ENGINE. MOST RECENTLY, OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS I NOTICED DECREASING GAS MILEAGE AND INCREASING TURBO LAG BUT THE CAR STILL RAN "NORMALLY" OVERALL. THEN, 1 DAY AGO IT MADE INTERMITTENT METALLIC SOUNDS AT STARTUP BUT THEN STILL RAN NORMALLY. THEN, THE NEXT DAY THE CAR HAD THE SAME STARTUP SOUNDS BUT THEN HAD A ROUGH IDLE AT STOPLIGHTS. I STOPPED FOR GAS AND THE CAR WOULDNT RESTART AT THE GAS STATION. IT WAS TOWED TO AUDI WHERE THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF BOTH TURBOCHARGERS AND QUOTED APPROXIMATELY $10,000 TO FIX. BEING A 2013 AUDI S6 MODEL WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT, IT IS OUTSIDE OF AUDI'S 48 MONTH/50,000 MILE WARRANTY. THIS IS KNOWN ISSUE FOR 2013-2016 AUDI SEDAN OWNERS, PARTICULARLY THE 2013 S6. THIS CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY SOMEONE WHO HAD IT SERVICED AT AUDI DEALERSHIPS AND I HAVE PURCHASED AUDI CARE MAINTENANCE PACKAGES WHICH I HAVE HAD PERFORMED AT THEIR RECOMMENDED INTERVALS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN MADE FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE. I HAD A PREVIOUS ENGINE TSB THAT AUDI ORIGINALLY HAD ME PAY $2300 FOR TO FIX, HOWEVER A YEAR LATER I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION AND THAT MONEY WAS REFUNDED. THERE WAS ALSO A PREVIOUS RECALL RELATING TO THE TURBOCHARGED SEALS AND COOLANT LINES. ALL OF THESE SERVICE RECALLS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. CLEARLY THERE IS A ENGINEERING ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL ENGINE.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT STARTED SHAKING ROUGHLY. THE CAR STALLED AND WOULDN'T TURN BACK ON. I HAD IT TOWED HOME AND WAS ABLE TO DIAGNOSE SEIZED TURBO COMPRESSORS. REPLACED THE TURBOS WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT AT AN ENORMOUS COST.