2004 AUDI TT Complaints

2004 AUDI TT ROADSTER DSG/MECHATRONIC UNIT FAILURE. ENGINE SHIFTED INTO 1ST GEAR ON 294 NORTHBOUND WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH IN THE CENTER LANE! LOST ALL POWER AND PRAYED THAT I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT. ROAD THE SHOULD IN 1ST GEAR WITH HAZARDS ON UNTIL I COULD EXIT AND LIMP MY WAY TO THE DEALER. ESTIMATED REPAIR $25000.00 I HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED SINCE SEPT 2009. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIT AND KILLED! JUST PUT $710.00 IN REAR BRAKES AND NEW WIPERS ON. THIS REPAIR IS INSANE. THE UNIT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE AS WELL AS MY PASSENGER WHICH WAS MY MOTHER! NO WARNING OF ANY KIND TO ALERT YOU THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. VERY VERY SCARY!!! *TR

AUDI TT 3.2 WITH DSG GEARBOX. AFTER STARTING A JOURNEY THE GEARBOXFAILED AND WENT OUT OF GEAR. COULD ONLY RE-ENGAGE GEAR BY TURNING ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING. RETURNED VEHICLE TO AUDI DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION AND GEARBOX PARAMETERS FOUND NORMAL BUT WITH UNEXPLAINED OVERTEMP REGISTERED. FURTHER DRIVING LEAD TO OCCASIONAL NEUTRAL SELF SELECTING AND ALSO PULSING OF ENGINE INDICATING A GEAR SLIPPAGE. FURTHER VISIT TO DEALERSHIP FOR DSG OIL CHANGE DID NOT IMPROVE FAULT. FURTHER DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS HAS LEAD TO MECHTRONIC UNIT HAVING SUSPECTED INTERNAL FAULT. I AM CURRENTLY AWAITING AUDI DECISION ON WARRANTY CLAIM TO HELP WITH THE 2500 REPAIR BILL. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A SMALL EXPLOSION WAS HEARD AS THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW ON JUNE 8, 2006. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ALONG THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. IT WAS A CLEAR HOT DAY; THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON STRAIGHT LEVEL PAVEMENT AND THERE WAS NO DEBRIS WAS SEEN IN THE ROAD. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. PICTURES OF THE TIRES WERE TAKEN AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE STORE FOR A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND THE MANAGER WAS INSPECTED THE REMAINING TIRES. ALL TIRES WERE FOUND TO HAVE SEVERE CRACKS IN BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SIDEWALLS. ALL TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL DEALER WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE VEHICLE'S TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED THE MONTH BEFORE THE BLOW OUT. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE CRACKS WERE NOT NOTICEABLE ON THE TIRES AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. UPDATED 7/11/2006 - THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE PROBLEM. *NM

VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA DBA AUDI OF AMERICA INITIATED A RECALL ON MY CAR, ALLEGING THERE WERE "DEFECTIVE WELDS" IN A SEAM ON THE CLUTCH. THE RECALL IS DOCUMENTED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN "JA". AUDI SENT ME NOTICE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH. AUDI OF AMERICA SENT A NOTICE TO THEIR DEALERS PERFORMING THE RECALL WORK, THAT THERE WAS, "ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTION" THEY WANTED PERFORMED TO THE CAR DURING THE RECALL. THEY DID NOT DISCLOSE THIS ACTION TO ME OR OBTAIN MY PERMISSION TO PERFOM THE "ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTION". WHEN MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME, THE DEALER, APPARENTLY UNDER INSTRUCTION FROM AUDI OF AMERICA, DISABLED AN ELECTRONIC FEATURE OF THE CAR, ELECTRONIC LAUNCH CONTROL, THAT WAS OPERATING PRIOR TO TAKING THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL. AUDI OF AMERICA AND THE DEALER DID THIS WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. AUDI OF AMERICA REFUSES TO RESTORE THE FEATURE TO THE CAR, OR PROVIDE ANY EXPLANATION JUSTIFYING THEIR ACTION.