Just brought the car at 111,000 miles.just paid $170 dollars for an oil change at 111,000 miles. Oil light came on at 111,500 miles. One quart low on oil. These cars should be recalled. Own a 2005 audi a4. And will sell my car now and never buy a junk [xxx] audi again. Fix your junk! *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
2009 Audi A4 engine complaints
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I owned the 2009 audi a4 quattor. My car has a serious oil consumption problem around 350 miles per qt. I did a lot of research online. Also, when I type audi a4 2009, then I can find a lot of people are talking about the oil consumption problem. And I did research from my friends who own the a4 and ask about some information. I know many, many the same issues also in china, taiwan, german and USA. Therefore, I cannot understand why this car did not recall!!! Or help us who owned the a4. I got some information from two different car shop. The data shows audi a4 and s5 between 2009-2011 have a lot of issue about the oil consumption problem in the USA. I know the car is not recall, but is there any way can help the audi owner to keep this car?
Recently done oil change with synthetic oil (audi recommended) which should last for 10,000 miles before another oil change is needed. Unfortunately after a month and half of driving oil levels are showing half of the oil gone. Engine is making noise and lot of co2 being clogged up. Running heavy causes to use lot of fuel. Feels as if engine may get too hot after eating up excess amount of oil.
The car burns 1 quart of oil every 200 miles. Its a well known issue with the 2009 a4 2.0t millions of people are burning gallons of oil in these cars. Its a shame that audi is sweeping this issue under the rug. These cars need recalled.
I have obtained this car as a used car. Engine oil was changed one week after I have the car at a mechanic shop. Three weeks (about 500miles driving) later, a low engine oil alarm sounded. I brought the car back to the same mechanic shop and add a quart of oil to the engine. A couple weeks later, I was driving the car to a road trip. The low oil alarm sounded again. This was in the middle of my road trip when I was driving in the highway (about 500miles since last oil addition) at about 75mph. I have to get off the high way right away and went to a local mechanic shop to top off the oil. I was told by a mechanic that this is dangerous because if I couldn?t find a mechanic shop in time to add more engine oil, the engine would have been overheated, locked, and forced to stop right away. Under this scenario, a serious collision with the cars behind or next to me might be caused if driving on the highway. Upon research, it was discovered that this abnormal amount of engine oil consumption has been a common problem/complaint in this model of car due to the defects in the piston rings. In most cases, the piston rings were replaced under the manufacturer warranty. My car is just out of warranty with 57k miles on it. The dealer should be responsible fixing this problem as it is a serious safety problem and it was defected from the manufacturer.
After having my car for a year, it started to burn through oil at an increasing rate. Currently it is going through about 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles. I have taken the car in a few times to check for leaks or try to determine the location where it is going and have just been told that this model engine goes through at a faster pace and has been a common complaint amongst customers. In addition to this I have dealt with having to get the sunroof re-lubricated every few months, dealing with rattles in the doors, warping of the interior (dash, door panels, seat backs), and a one-time failure with the door latch not working during cold temperatures.
Used oil, 1 quart per 450 miles. It was determined that the piston rings needed to be replaced. It is leaking and burning oil car is 3.5 years old 72k miles. I was told and from what I've read this is a common theme with this car.
When I called the nearest dealer for a scheduled maintenance for 55000 miles, I was informed of a recall involving the camshaft. By phone, they told me that there was no charge for this work and it would take about two hours. I delivered the vehicle at 8 am and at 11 am I received a call. They said that they would begin the recall work, but it was a recall that involved the 50000 mile warranty. I was nearing 55000 miles, but they would due the work under warranty. At 2 pm, I was informed that there was internal damage to the engine and they would need to keep the vehicle for several days. They provided a rental car until they completed the work. My complaint is that I never received any notice??? The service manager told me that the issue with the camshaft problem went out in june 2011. That was one month after the maine dealer performed my 35000 mile maintenance!!! The point is that the longer I drove the vehicle, the worse the problem progressed. They said that eventually, I would loose the engine.
This audi was a lemon from the start and botched repairs at the dealer have only made it worse. One the 2nd day we owned the car the oil light came on and we had to return it to the dealer for more oil. Over the next 2 years the car burned an excessive amount of oil starting at 1 qrt every 2500 miles and deteriorating to 1 qrt every 800 miles. All along the dealer told us this was "normal". In may 2011, dealer told us that audi had initiated a testing program and if the car failed they would do something. In june 2011, the car failed test and the dealer kept the car for 3+ weeks conducting major engine surgery. 6000 miles later we took the car in for routine maintenance and they said they wanted to do routine warranty work. In the course of this work, they destroyed the timing chain and pistons of the car. 1 week later the transmission failed. In talking to audi technicians at other dealers (off the record) they say that the oil problem is a design problem and that the fixes are simply bandaids. Appears that the 2012 model has been redesigned to fix the engine flaw. The net effect is that the car has visited the audi dealer on at least a monthly basis since we bought it and has spend more than 8 weeks in major "warranty related" engine repairs. To top it off, audi has complimented this "worst in class" product experience with a "worst in class" customer service experience as audi america 1-800 people have been consistently either robotic or rude in talking with us about this issue. Most recently, they made a lame offer to reimburse us for towing expenses and extend the warranty on this dubious car for another 12 months. Amazingly, they refuse to pu t the offer in writing until after acceptance. Presumably so that they can avoid legal issues. Please help. I am sure I'm not the only one suffering this.
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