Audi A6 Complaints (2001)

113 consumer complaints on file.

#10226563May 3, 2008
STRUCTURE
HEAVY RAINS CAUSE FLOODING IN PASSENGER FOOTWELL AND DAMAGE TO TCM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10224834April 17, 2008
TIRES
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 AUDI A6. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V143000 (TIRES). HE CALLED NHTSA TO FILE A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A FAILURE. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204209September 26, 2007
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 AUDI A6. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CENTER SEAT BELT IN THE BACK SEAT TIPPED OVER THE INFANT CHILD SEAT. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000. THE SEAT BELTS ONLY MALFUNCTIONED WHEN THE CAR SEAT WAS INSTALLED PROPERLY. UPDATED 11/24/07
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202337September 10, 2007
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
FILM HAS BUILT UP ON INSIDE OF HEADLAMP GLASSES RESULTING IN REDUCED EFFICIENCY OF LIGHTS AND REDUCED LIGHT OUTPUT CREATING POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD. DEALER HAS NO KNOWN WAY OF CLEANING INSIDE OF HEADLAMPS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10201211August 30, 2007
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 AUDI 6. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A LARGE PUDDLE OF GASOLINE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CHECK VALVE FOR THE FUEL TANK WAS BENT AND CRACKED. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 10/11/07. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10171456October 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NOW WARNING AT 62,000 MILES...IT WAS VERY JOLTING AND HARD JERKING OF THE VEHICLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159587June 12, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
NO EVENTS LED UP TO THE FAILURE. ABS MODULE FAILED. NOT YET REPAIRED. TOLD BY SEVERAL SHOPS (INCLUDING AUDI DEALER), THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY HEAT SHIELD. AUDI REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY REPAIR ASSISTANCE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159130June 6, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
SUBSTANTIAL AND PROLONGED RAIN FLOODED THE COWLING (HOLDING RESERVOIR OF 4 GALLONS )LOCATED BELOW THE WINDSHIELD OF MY AUDI A6 2001 WAGON. THE DRAIN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COWLING HAD BECOME CLOGGED FROM BITS OF LEAVES, ETC OVER THE YEARS. THE COWLING HAS NO OVERFLOW DRAIN AND WHEN THE DRAIN HOLE IS CLOGGED THE WATER FLOODS INTO THE AIR VENT AND PROCEEDS INTO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FLOOR WAS FLOODED WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WATER WHICH PROCEED TO DAMAGE THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOX FOR THE ENTIRE CAR AND THE ELECTRONIC "HARNESS" WHICH CONNECTS THE CONTROL BOX TO ALL OF THE DEVICES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CAR. THERE WERE MORE THAN 12 CARS IN THIS ONE DEALERSHIP SUFFERING FROM THIS WATER DAMAGE ISSUE. AUDI HAS KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS, BUT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A RECALL AND INSTALL AN OVERFLOW HOLE HIGHER UP ON THE COWLING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF. REPAIR BILL WAS $3,500. INSTALLATION OF AN OVERFLOW HOLE WOULD BE AN EASY SOLUTION. FLOODING SHUTS DOWN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND DISABLES CAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158392May 16, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER HAS HAD VALVE COVER REPLACED 3 TIMES ON THE 2001 A-6. *TS THE RIGHT SIDE CAMSHAFT TENSIONER SEALS WERE REPLACED. THE VALVE COVER GASKET WAS REPLACED. THE PCV HOSE ASSEMBLY BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO THE INADEQUATE SERVICE RECEIVED. THE BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE DIED TWICE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137294September 22, 2005
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
WHILE USING THE TIRE JACK THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE TO LIFT IT UP OFF THE GROUND AND CHANGE A DEFECTIVE TIRE, IT SNAPPED. THE CAR FELL ON THE BRICKS WE HAD SET UNDER THE FRAME AS BACKUP. TO CORRECT THE FAILURE WE STOPPED USING THE TIRE JACK THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE JACK WE NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC PART OF IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS DEFECT POSES A SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY ISSUE FOR SOMEONE USING THESE JACKS WITHOUT A BACKUP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121191July 8, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
DT: THE CONSUMER'S CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RECALL (04V1233000) WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FIRE, THIS RECALL WAS COMPLETE PRIOR TO THE FIRE. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT STARTED TO SMOKE HEAVILY AND SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE VENTS. THE CONSUMER SAW FIRE IN THE VENTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED THE CAR AND CALL 911. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR PRIOR WARNING TO THIS FIRE. INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING AND DO NOT HAVE THE REPORT. *JB COOLANT BOTTLE LEAKED, THIRD BRAKE LIGHT BULB BLEW OUT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126809June 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
DT: THE ABS LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. IT STAYS ON MOST OF THE TIME. ALSO, HAD SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS RECALLED ,AND THE UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. THE CONTROL ARMS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. WHEN UPPER CONTROL ARMS FAILED VEHICLE HAD 70000 MILES ON IT. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE UPPER CONTROL ARM FAILURE, AND IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120187May 7, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118183April 20, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AUDI'S 2.8L V6 ENGINE, FROM THE LATE 1990'S FORWARD TO CURRENT V6 ENGINES HAS THIS PROBLEM. THE CAM ADJUSTERS COMMONLY LEAK OIL, AND THESE LEAKS DRIP OIL ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, WHICH PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117367April 4, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE WAS FULL OF SMOKE WHILE GETTING INTO IT WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY ALL NIGHT. CONSUMER NOTICED BLACK SMOKE FILM ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW. ALSO, CONSUMER OPENED THE TRUNK AND FOUND IT FULL OF SMOKE. CONSUMER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE MARSHALL INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND BELIEVED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114623March 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR HESITATES WHEN PULLING FROM A STOP. HESITATION APPEARS TO BE TRANSMISSION RELATED. TRANSMISSION IS AUDI/ZF TIPTRONIC AUTOMATIC. HESITATION IS UNPREDICTABLE, AND CAN LAST FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF NEAR MISSES AS I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND HAVE HAD TO QUICKLY SHIFT TO REVERSE AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING VEHICLES. AUDI STATES THAT THEIR TRANSMISSION IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. I BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE MY RESEARCH INDICATES THIS TO BE A KNOW BEHAVIOR OF THE TIPTRONIC TRANSMISSION AS USED IN AUDI AND SOME VOLKSWAGEN VEHICLES. VW/AUDI NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111617March 23, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS, STRUCTURE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE A PULLED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE B AND STOPPED SHORT, FORCING VEHICLE B TO REAR END VEHICLE A. IN THE PROCESS, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT AT THE RIGHT ANGLE TO ACTIVATE THE AIR BAGS. *AK THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLASHED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, THE POWER UNIT BENEATH THE FLOOR BOARD WAS SOAKING WET AND HAD SHORTED OUT, THE CONSOLE UNDER THE GEAR SHIFT WAS SO HOT THAT IT COULD NOT BE TOUCHED, THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10105657January 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
FAILING INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103792December 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP COMPLETELY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM TWICE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK...... THE BRAKE PROBLEM OCCURRED FIRST AT 16,000 MILES, OCCURRED AGAIN BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AT 60,000 MILES , AND THEN AT 75,000 MILES. DEALER REFUSED TO GIVE ANY RELIEF, APPEALED TO AUDI HOM EOFFICE, AND THEY TOO REFUSED TO D O ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALSO, REMOVED AND INSTALLED WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103143December 6, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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