AUDI Complaints

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM HAS SNAPPED OFF DURING HEAVY RAINSTORMS WHILE DRIVING WITHIN NYC'S POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY OF 50 MPH. THE LACK OF VISIBILITY COMPROMISES MY SAFETY AND OTHERS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONSUMING QUARTS OF ENGINE OIL. DURING MY LAST ENGINE OIL CHANGE, I WAS LEFT TO MINIMUM OIL LEVELS AFTER DRIVING ONLY 250 MILES. NO LEAKS WERE DETECTED IN ENGINE BY MECHANICS AT BOTH DEALERSHIP AND INDEPENDENT SHOPS. THE REMEDY RECOMMEND IS AN ENGINE SWAP ESTIMATED TO BE OVER $10,000

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

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS STRANGE WHEN COLD. ACTS LIKE IT LOOSED POWER EVERY SHIFT. STRANGE CLUNKING AS WELL ON SLOW SPEEDS OR NUMBER TO NUMBER TRAFFIC. SOMETIMES IT SCARED ME THAT IT WILL JUMP FORWARD AND HIT THE CAR ON FRONT OF ME.

2019 AUDI A7 HAS THROTTLE LAG AND AT TIMES SEVERE THROTTLE LAG CAUSING A MULTI SECOND DELAY THAT PUT ME IN IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH A NEAR HIT. AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, THE THROTTLE LAG HAD NEVER BEEN THAT SEVERE BUT HAS RESULTED IN A VEHICLE THAT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN WITH RESPECT TO PERFORMANCE. DETAILS: I WAS SLOWING DOWN (1MPH) AND AS THE LANE NEXT TO ME CLEARED, I ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES BUT THERE WAS LIKE A 3 SECOND DELAY. I'D THOUGHT THE CAR HAD STALLED AND THEN IT LUNGED INTO THE ADJACENT LANE AND I ALMOST WAS HIT. IN GENERAL, I CAN HEAR THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS, NO ACCELERATION WITHOUT SOME HESITATION. FREQUENCY: THROTTLE LAG HAPPENS DURING ALMOST EVERY DRIVE, MULTIPLE TIMES PER DRIVE. I'VE TAKEN VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERSHIPS AND THEY MAINTAIN IT OPERATES AS IT SHOULD. WHILE THESE EVENTS ARE FRUSTRATING, THIS INCIDENT DESCRIBED IN THE BEGINNING WITH A FEW OTHERS THAT HAVE MATCHED ITS SEVERITY CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS UNSAFE. THERE IS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND THUS FAR AUDI HAS NOT RESPONDED WITH A FIX. I FEAR THIS PROBLEM MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 AUDI Q7. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT NOTICED DRIPS OF OIL ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE OIL LINE TO THE ENGINE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

I HAVE A 2009 AUDI Q7 DIESEL BOUGHT FROM DEALERSHIP MARCH 2019 AFTER IT HAD BEEN SOLD TO THE PUBLIC ONCE AUDI DID EMISSIONS RECALLS , AFTER I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE HAD ISSUES WITH IT 10 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT I TOOK IT BACK DEALERSHIP WANTS TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HELPING ME EVEN THOUGH IT STILL HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 4 YEARS MORE FROM THE MANUFACTURER, I HAVE A FLASHING GLOWPLUG AND LIMP MODE VEHICLE THAT WHEN DRIVING IT AND GLOW PLUG GOES ON WHILE I AM ON THE ROAD VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN FROM GOING 65MPH TO APPROXIMATELY UNDER 15MPH IN JUST SECONDS ENGINE LOSES POWER AND ITS A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE ON THE FREEWAY . AUDI DEALER CLAIMS I HAVE FUEL CONTAMINATION BUT WHEN ASKED TO PROVE TO ME THIS THROUGH FUEL BEING SENT TO THE LAB THEY HAVE NO SUCH LAB RESULTS . THEY JUST CLAIM I HAD THIS IN ORDER NOT TO HONOR MY WARRANTY WHICH IS VERY FISHY SINCE I BOUGHT VEHICLE ONCE THEY SOLD IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AFTER RECALL HAD BEEN SUPPOSIVELY FIXED FOR EMISSIONS. I HAD FUEL PUMPS REPLACED FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS AND INJECTORS AS WELL ALL PAID OUT OF POCKET VEHICLE STILL STATES CODE POO88 AND CODE P0087 CHANGED FUEL FILTER ALSO AND NOW CATALYC CONVERTER CODE IS ON ALSO I FEEL THEY NEED TO HONOR MY WARRANTY SINCE FUEL WAS NEVER TESTED THROUGH A LAB AND ITS JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH THAT THEY CLAIM I HAD CONTAMINATION . VEHICLE STILL BEING WORKED ON BUT ALL COSTS OUT ARE OUT OF MY POCKET EVENTHOUGH MY WARRANTY BOOKLET FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATES I SHOULD BE COVERED FOR FUEL RAILS, PUMPS, CATALYC CONVERTE ETC..

TL THE CONTACT'S WIFE OWNS A 2017 AUDI SQ5. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE CONCRETE HOLDING THE STREET LIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

I'VE JUST COMPLETED A TELEPHONE CALL TO SCHEDULE A RECALL REPAIR, BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE CENTER THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR TO VEHICLE AREN'T AVAILABLE AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY'LL ARRIVE. I JUST FIND THIS TO BE VERY UNSATISFACTORY WHEN AUDI KNOWS THEIR BEST SELLING VEHICLE IS THE Q5. I'M TRYING TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO KEEP MYSELF AND THOSE ON THE ROAD ALL SAFE AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 AUDI S8. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SUN ROOF DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUDI ALBANY (723 NEW LOUDON RD, LATHAM, NY 12110, (518)783-5003) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GLUE USED TO SECURE THE SUN ROOF FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUN ROOF NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE SUN ROOF WITH A USED ONE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V415000 (VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.