2001 Audi A6: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Jan 26, 2011 · Seats · WI · fire

I have a 2001 audi a6. The passenger seat behind the driver was on a low heated setting. A blanket was over the top. After warming up the car noticed a burning smell and the seat was on fire. It burned a hole all the way through to the coils and through the blanket. I will be contacting audi USA about this but feel this is a severe safety issue with the vehicle as my son's car seat is on the other side. So far the dealership will do nothing and the car was out of warranty long ago.

Filed Apr 24, 2009 · Airbags · 137,000 miles · NY · 1 injury

The air bag light was on couple of months and I checked with local repair shop. They told me the computer says the side driver's airbag has a problem and it won't deploy when I have an accident. I didn't fix it at that time. After 6 or 8 months, I was driving and stopped on signal. All of sudden, the side air bag deployed without any impact. I got injured from the air bag on my left arm. After that, I could see some smoke coming out of the cabin and smells something is burning. Right now, the car is in audi dealer to be investigated.

Filed Feb 26, 2009 · Engine · 78,000 miles · ND

Huge oil leak on my 2001 audi a6 4.2 caused by the pcv valve freezing closed. This has happened to my car 3 times in the last 2 years. This only happens during extreme cold weather, colder that -10 deg f. No indication of the freeze problem until the car slows to below highway speeds and you can smell the oil burning. The pcv valve freezes closed which allows pressure to build in the crankcase of the engine causing overpressure and oil to be forced out of the valve cover gaskets, ignition coil seals, cam seals and crank seals. So much oil leaks out that it covered the entire engine compartment, the front suspension including the front brakes, down the sides of the car, covers the entire underside of the car including the entire exhaust system. Very serious fire danger and possibility of not being able to stop the vehicle because of oil on the brakes. My car did not start on fire and I was able to stop the vehicle. I have contacted audi of america and my local audi dealership and the dealership acknowledged the freezing problem and recommended the installation of a redesigned pcv valve. My car is already equipped with the redesigned valve, so no repair was applied. Audi blames this problem on driving habits of the owner allowing the car to idle in extreme cold. I have pictures of my pcv valve with ice inside of it and have contact info on other people that have seen the same problem, one resulting in a fire. The dealership location is fargo, north dakota name is valley imports, talked to the service manager.

Filed Jul 8, 2005 · Electrical, Engine · 70,000 miles · NY · fire

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.

Filed Sep 1, 2004 · Airbags, Electrical · 00 · crash · fire

Consumer stated via e-mail I fumani shisana while driving on june 3 2004 hit a patch of water in the road. Vehicle started sliding from side to side uncontrollably. Tried to regain control of the vehicle and it slid off the road onto the grass on driver's side. Consumer removed safety belt and jumped out of the front passenger's door. Upon impact, none of the air bags deployed. While reaching into the vehicle to retrieve cellular phone consumer noticed flames emerging from the front passenger side indicator light. Then, vehicle was engulfed in flames. Consumer narrowly escaped with his life. Reported incident to the police and volkswagen audi. Volkswagen audi seemed to act quit slowly on taking action to rectify the situation.