2013 AUDI S6 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST SIGNIFICANT ENGINE POWER IN MY VEHICLE. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND COULD NOT SO I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STALLED AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE ISSUE IS A RESULT OF THE TURBOS IN MY VEHICLE ARE DAMAGED. MECHANIC SAID THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE RELATED TO A SCREEN THAT FILTERS THE OIL THAT CAN GET CLOGGED OVERTIME AND CAUSE OIL STARVATION TO THE TURBOS INCREASING HEAT AND ULTIMATELY CAUSING FAILURE. AUDI HAS RELEASED A TSB FOR THIS FAULT WITH UPDATED PARTS HOWEVER THESE ISSUES CONTINUE TO PLAGUE VEHICLES LIKE MINE THAT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THE REPAIR COSTS FOR THIS COULD BE UPWARDS OF $9K ALL BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW. NOT TO MENTION THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF LOSS OF POWER OCCURS ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

ENGINE EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AS I WAS WITH MY FAMILY. I PULLED OVER AND ENGINE COMPLETELY CUTOFF AND FAILED TO TURN OVER. HAD TO GET CAR TOWED OVER 50MILES TO THE AUDI DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BLOWN TURBOS CAUSED BY A CLOGGED OIL SCREEN WHICH IS BURIED DEEP IN THE ENGINE NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND FOUND OUT AUDI HAS REVISED THIS PART A FEW TIMES CAR ONLY HAD 42675K MILES AND WAS MAINTAINED THROUGH THERE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

2013 S6 WITH 64K MILES SUFFERED TURBO FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPED IN THE ROADWAY. NUMEROUS RESTARTS WERE ATTEMPTED BEFORE IT FINALLY RESTARTED AND ALLOWED FOR A SHORT DRIVE TO GET OFF THE ROADWAY. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS SIMILAR FAILURES WITH THE AUDI 4.0T ENGINE. AUDI IS AWARE OF THESE FAILURES AND HAS ISSUED TSBS THAT IDENTIFY THE TURBO OIL SUPPLY LINE FILTER AS THE CULPRIT BUT THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. HAD THIS FAILURE HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY AT SPEED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS.

OEM TURBOS FAIL DUE TO OIL STARVATION , CAUSED BY OEM OIL STRAINER AND PVC VALVE ( SEVERAL REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE CARS WAS PRODUCED ) ALSO NUMEROUS OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR IS FAULTY, IT EXHIBITS THE EXACT ISSUE THAT THE RECALLS SON OTHER A6 BUT FOR SOME REASON IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. HAPPENS RANDOMLY

TURBO FAILURE AT 62,356 MILES. CAR HAS BEEN INTO DEALER FOR ALL REQUIRED MAINTANENCE. TURBO FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY FOR A FAMILY GATHERING. CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND NEARLY STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO A SAFE SPOT AND THERE WAS AN EPC ERROR ON THE DASH. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER, AND RECEIVED A REPAIR QUOTE FOR MORE THAN 10K. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS FACING SIMILAR ISSUES AND AUDI SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND COVER THE REPAIRS. THERE IS A TSB OUT FROM AUDI REGARDING THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED AUDI OF AMERICA AND WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THEM FOR GOODWILL REPAIRS.

FAILED TURBOS CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN RICH AND STALL OUT AT ANY STOPS MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE AT LOW SPEEDS. MANY REPORTS OF MY2013-2016 AUDI S SERIES TURBOS FAILING/BLOWING OUT. TSB ISSUED FOR SUCH ISSUE BUT NO RECALL. AUDI OF AMERICA REPLACING WITH MY2017 TURBOS THAT HAVE ALL NEW PARTS NUMBERS SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY2013-2016 TURBOS.

CAR SUDDENLY HAD A "ROUGH IDLE", I.E. SHAKING 1-2INCHES BACK-AND-FORTH WHILE IN IDLE, AFTER DRIVING FOR 20 MINUTES AT NORMAL CONDITIONS. SHUTDOWN CAR. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURNOVER THE FIRST ATTEMPT. TRIED AGAIN - ENGINE STARTED THE SECOND TIME. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED, SO I ASSUMED CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. DROVE CAR TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, AND THEN I NOTED THAT THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FEINT GRINDING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT BOTH TURBOCHARGERS HAD FAILED, LIKELY DUE TO INADEQUATE OIL FLOW. CAR HAS 60K MILES ON IT, SO A CATASTROPHIC TURBOCHARGER FAILURE THIS EARLY-ON WAS UNEXPECTED AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS (CAR COULD HAVE STALLED DUE WITH ENGINE BEING STARVED FOR AIR), AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED TO INDICATE SOMETHING WAS SEVERELY WRONG WITH CAR. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO BE WIDE-SPREAD BASED ON DISCUSSIONS AVAILABLE IN ONLINE FORUMS: HTTPS://WWW.AUDIZINE.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/806039-BOOM-GOES-THE-TURBO

I AM HAVING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY CAR AND IT SEEMS LIKE AUDI OF AMERICA (AOA) DOES NOT SEEM TO REALLY CARE. IT ALL STARTED IN AUG 2015 AND A BUNCH OF FAULT CODES CAME ONE. THE SECOND TIME, I BELIEVE, WAS JAN 2016 AND I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 AND SUDDENLY ABOUT 5 FAULT CODES SHOWED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH IN THE MIDDLE LANE. THE CAR'S STEERING STIFFENED UP AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS NEXT TO ME AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR CATASTROPHE IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THERE IS ON I-95 INCLUDING LOTS OF SEMI-TRUCKS. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT ON AND I SLOWLY DROVE HOME. I ALSO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH MY NEWBORN IN IT EVERYDAY. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND FLAT BEDDED THE CAR TO THEM. THEY SAW THE FAULT CODES AND WERE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED SO THEY TALKED TO SOMEONE AT AOA. THEY ENDED UP CHANGING A MODULE AND ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS FIXED. WELL ON JUNE 8, 2016 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AGAIN I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE I WAS ON BACK ROADS WITH NO TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, I DID HAPPEN TO HAVE MY NEWBORN WITH ME! I AM FURIOUS BECAUSE HIS LIFE IS IN JEOPARDY NOW. I IMMEDIATELY CALL AOA INSTEAD OF THE DEALERSHIP THIS TIME AND THEY OPENED UP A CASE. AOA SAID TO FLATBED THE CAR AGAIN TO YOUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP. AFTER 3 DAYS, THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THERE IS A GROUND FAULT WITH THE CAR. AOA CALLED ME AND SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY "ASSURED" ME OF LAST TIME. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THAT CAR AND NO ONE SHOULD DRIVE IT. I DO NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE MY LIFE, MY NEWBORNS LIFE, OR ANYONE ELSE'S LIFE.AOA WILL NOT CHANGE MY CAR FOR A NEW CAR. IT SEEMS TO ME THEY WANT TO RISK HAVING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM SHOULD ANYONE GET INJURED OR DIE IF THIS HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. I WANT OUT OF THIS VEHICLE.MILEAGE SHOWS IT HAPPENING 3 TIMES. CAR WILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY.

I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE GEAR AND THEN PRESSED SLIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE. I CHECKED MY HAND BRAKE AND REGULAR BRAKE. BOTH WERE DISENGAGED. SO I PRESSED A LITTLE MORE AND MORE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO GROWL LIKE CRAZY AND THE CAR REFUSED TO EVEN MOVE. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUST LAUNCHED ITSELF. I NEARLY HIT ANOTHER CAR. IT WAS VERY SCARY. I SWITCHED THE CAR OFF AND THEN TRIED AGAIN. THIS TIME NO TROUBLE. SIMILAR THING HAPPENED WHEN I WAS EXITING A PARKING LOT. FIRED MY CAR UP, PUT MY CAR IN "D". PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. PRESSED MORE AND MORE, NOTHING !! THE ENGINE WAS GROWLING LIKE CRAZY ALL THIS WHILE. THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR LAUNCHES ITSELF LIKE CRAZY. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. AGAIN, WHEN I SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND SWITCHED IT BACK ON IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE. THIS HAPPENS VERY OFTEN. I HAVE WRITTEN TO AUDI BUT HEARD NOTHING.*TR