2004 AUDI TT Complaints

MECHATRONIC VALVE CONTROL MODULE FAILURE GOING INTO NEUTRAL OR CHANGING DOWN AT HIGHWAY CRUISE. MOST DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE: SLIPPING CLUTCH AND NOT ENGAGING FIRST GEAR PROPERLY. I WAS NEARLY HIT BY A CAR TRAVELING AT 60MPH WHILE LIMPING ACROSS AN INTERSECTION. COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 AUDI TT 3.2 DSG WITH ABOUT 106,000 MILES ON IT, WHEN EVER I TURN THE CAR ON AND SHIFT INTO GEAR THE CAR WILL JUST SIT THERE WITH THE GEAR LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BLINKING. I HAVE NO REVERSE GEAR, THE CAR CAN MOVE IN DRIVE BUT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, I MIGHT HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR 20 TIMES BEFORE THE CAR DECIDES TO WORK RIGHT AND GO INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE NORMALLY... ALSO THERE IS A STRONG OILY SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CAR GETS SERVICED AND CHECKED NORMALLY AND THIS JUST STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN. *TR

IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, I WAS DRIVING IN MY 2004 1.8 AUDI TT AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR. WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR LOST POWER AT 1:00 AM OR I MAY HAVE BEEN EASILY HIT/KILLED BY THE HEAVY FLOW OF DAYTIME TRAFFIC. AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE WAS AN IGNITION COIL RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF SUCH RECALL AND AS A RESULT, WAS PUT IN DANGER BY OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH A KNOWN DEFECT AND SUFFERED OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RELATED REPAIR EXPENSE. THE MECHANIC AT AUDI TOLD ME MY FUEL PUMP, COOLANT TEMP SENSOR, CRANK SENSOR AND IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE WAS QUITE SURPRISED THAT THE PREVIOUS AUDI DEALERSHIP DID NOT CORRECT THE RECALL DURING ROUTINE SERVICE. MY VEHICLE WAS PERFECTLY MAINTAINED, SERVICED BY AN AUDI DEALERSHIP AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES. FAILURE OF AUDI TO NOTIFY ME OF THE RECALL AND FAILURE OF THE AUDI DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THE IGNITION COIL DURING ROUTINE SERVICE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN GRAVE INJURY. BOTH AUDI CORP AND THE INDIVIDUAL AUDI DEALERSHIP DISPLAYED A CARELESS DISREGARD FOR MY SAFETY AND ANY OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY MY VEHICLE FAILURE. *TR

IN NOVEMBER OF 2010, I WAS DRIVING IN MY 2004 1.8 AUDI TT AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR. WITHOUT WARNING, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR LOST POWER AT 1:00 AM OR I MAY HAVE BEEN EASILY HIT/KILLED BY THE HEAVY FLOW OF DAYTIME TRAFFIC. AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE WAS AN IGNITION COIL RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF SUCH RECALL AND AS A RESULT, WAS PUT IN DANGER BY OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH A KNOWN DEFECT AND SUFFERED OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RELATED REPAIR EXPENSE. THE MECHANIC AT AUDI TOLD ME MY FUEL PUMP, COLLANT TEMP SENSOR, CRANK SENSOR AND IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE WAS QUITE SURPRISED THE THE PREVIOUS AUDI DEALERSHIP DID NOT CORRECT THE RECALL DURING ROUTINE SERVICE. MY VEHICLE WAS PERFECTLY MAINTAINED, SERVICED BY AN AUDI DEALERSHIP AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES. FAILURE OF AUDI TO NOTIFY ME OF THE RECALL AND FAILURE OF THE AUDI DEALERSHIP TO CORRECT THE IGNITION COIL DURING ROUTINE SERVICE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN GRAVE INJURY. BOTH AUDI CORP AND THE INDIVIDUAL AUDI DEALERSHIP DISPLAYED A CARELESS DISREGARD FOR MY SAFETY AND ANY OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY MY VEHICLE FAILURE. *TR

THE CAR WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, APPEAR RELATED TO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. I SCHEDULED WITH AUDI TO EVALUATE FAULTY GAS GAUGE AND RADIO STAYING ON AFTER KEY REMOVED. ANYHOW, BEFORE I COULD GET IT INTO AUDI, THE CAR WHILE DRIVING JERKED VIOLENTLY AND THEN WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. IT WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST AS I WAS ON WINDY ROADS WITH CLIFFS. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DEAD HAD THE CAR LOST CONTROL. THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON THE DSG AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FOR MY MODEL CAR, BUT THEY DON'T SHOW UP ON MY RECORD WITH AUDI. THE CAR THEN WOULD NOT ENGAGE GEARS FOR A FEW RESTARTS, SUDDENLY IT WAS FINE AND WOULD DRIVE BUT I HAD IT TOWED DUE TO RISK FACTORS AND UNCERTAINTY. I BELIEVE THESE ARE RELATED EVENTS AND THEY TELL ME I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 45K MILES AND I'M NOT SURE IT IS A MECHANICAL FAILURE AT TALL. IT IS STRANGE THAT ALL OF THESE EVENTS COINCIDED AND SUSPECT PROBLEMS WITH COMPUTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TRANNY AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THEY ARE NOT HELPING ME RESOLVE THIS AND DENYING INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PROBLEM. SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BUT THE GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING AND THIS IS A CLASSIC SIGN OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE WHICH LED TO THE LAWSUIT. *TR

OPERATING VEHICLE AT NORMAL SURFACE STREET AND HIGHWAY CONDITIONS - DSG TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES PUTTING VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND ELIMINATING ALL POWER TRAIN RESPONSE. THIS FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF OPERATION - 1 @ SURFACE COASTING AS APPROACH TO INTERSECTION - THEN ACCELERATE - SYSTEM INITIATED A AUTO SHIFT SEQUENCE THAT RESULTED IN NEUTRAL, AND REQUIRED SYSTEM (IGNITION ) RESTART. 2@ FREEWAY COASTING AS APPROACHING SLOWER VEHICLE - THEN ACCELERATE - SYSTEM INITIATED A AUTO SHIFT SEQUENCE THAT RESULTED IN NEUTRAL, AND REQUIRED SYSTEM (IGNITION ) RESTART. NO REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT ISSUE - STILL WORKING WITH DEALER. *TR

2004 AUDI TT 3.2 DSG TRANSMISSION, 75823 MILES. 2ND TIME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS DISENGAGED FROM THE ENGINE IN THE PASS SEVERAL MONTHS.THE BOTH TIMES THAT IT HAS HAPPENED IS WHEN INITIALLY THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED UP. I DRIVE SEVERAL FEET, STOP AND THEN ACCELERATE AGAIN AND THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. WHEN ACCELERATING BY USING THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVS TO HIGHER RPMS BUT DOES NOT MOVE OR THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. I TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND THEN RESTART THE CAR AGAIN AND CAR OPERATES NORMALLY WITH NO PROBLEMS. NO ENGINE MANAGEMENT LIGHT COMES ON TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME AND IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CAR SOFTWARE SYSTEM WILL GET A HICCUP ON OCCASION AND THIS WAS NORMAL. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM (OR THE OCCASIONAL HICCUP) SINCE OWNING THE CAR WITH 5,500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER UNTIL RECENTLY. *TR

2004 AUDI TT 3.2 LITER, DSG TRANSMISSION, 32,000 MILES. AT RANDOM TIMES, THE ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY DISCONNECT FROM THE DRIVETRAIN FOR A FEW SECONDS, A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHEN MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY, OR CROSSING A BUSY STREET. THIS OCCURRED MANY TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS, UNTIL I STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. AN ERROR CODE SHOWED A SPEED SENSOR FAILURE, BUT REPLACING THE SENSOR DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ULTIMATELY I HAD TO HAVE THE MECHATRONIC UNIT IN THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AT A COST OF ABOUT 3,200 DOLLARS. I HAVE THE DEFECTIVE MECHATRONIC UNIT IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

RECENTLY PURCHASED AN AUDI TT 3.2 V6 2004 DSG MODEL. 51K ON THE CLOCK. WHILST DRIVING ALONG THE MOTORWAY SUDDENLY THE CAR SEEMS LIKE ITS BEEN THROWN INTO NEUTRAL AND A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. NO WARNING, NO ENGINE MANAGEMENT LIGHT, NOTHING. THIS KEEPS HAPPENDING SPORADICALLY APPROX TWICE A DAY AND ACCORDING TO AUDI IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IM GOING TO HAVE TO COUGH UP FOR A NEW GEARBOX WHICH I DEEM TO BE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. SURELY THIS MUST REQUIRE AUDI TO REVIEW THE DSG GEARBOX.???

AUDI TT DSG TRANSMISSION FAILS AND THE CAR LOSES ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC. ALL TRANSMISSION DISPLAY LIGHT FLASH RAPIDLY (PRDNS) WHILE THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE IGNITION & RESTARTING THE ENGINE. PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOW TWICE IN 1 WEEK. APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD AS FAILURE CAN OCCUR IN TRAFFIC & VEHICLE IS WITHOUT POWER UNLESS IGNITION IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALS A GREAT NUMBER OF THESE INCIDENTS. WHILE AUDI HAS ISSUED EXTENDED GUARANTEES ON NEWER AUDI TTS AND SOME VW PRODUCTS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, THEY HAVE APPARENTLY NOT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE FOR OWNERS OF OLDER TTS WITH DSG TRANSMISSION LIKE MYSELF. HAVE 2 VIDEOS SHOWING FLASHING DISPLAY. *TR