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
2001 Audi A6 engine complaints
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2001 audi a6 with all routine maintenance had check engine light on and was told it was nothing to worry about. A few weeks later the engine basically melted with out any warning. Dealer says the radiator was fine and the was no oil leak. All wires are melted onto the engine and the engine is ruined. Suspect electrical problem. Only 2 years old but off warranty. Dealer offers nothing and audi offers 4000 towards a new audi purchase. A net 37000 dollar loss in 2 yrs for me. I was told when I purchased the car, it would easily get 90000 to 15000 miles by every dealer. They are covering up an electrical defect or severly misrepresenting their product.
I have a 2001 audi a6 2.7t and it has almost caused me to get into severe accidents where I would have been seriously injured or killed in a side impact collision. The culprit is this: if you depress the brake (as if you were stopping or coming to a complete stop) and try to reaccelerate, there is little to no acceleration. This "hesitation" has almost got me killed several times. There are hundreds of other audi a6 consumers regardless of model engine (2.8, 2.7t, 3.0 and 4.2) that have experienced this problem. Thus, it is unacceptable for audi USA to say this is "normal" and "inherent in the operation of turbochargers" as this is what they have told me before while the car was being serviced. Although I do understand that turbochargers create what is deemed as "turbo lag" on acceleration, I experience major delays in any acceleration immediately after I have depressed the brake (at any speed) and then try to reaccelerate. This is a serious issue and needs to be fixed or remedied immediately. Please see the posting at audiworld (the largest online forum for audi owners). Here is the post url: http://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/304185.phtml .
My car has been in the shop for repairs every 3000 miles. Some for major problems such as replacing the steering assembly and other times for multiple repairs of the same problems (engine malfunction light on).
Car burns oil 1/2 quart/1000 mi. Almost runs out before warning light comes on. Audi says this is normal- we have had two emergencies on the freeway where we almost ran out of oil. Also, it is very hard to read the oil dip stick- it is artful not useful. Rotors (all) failed at 14k miles and had to be replaced. We are advised we are not alone. Audi corp arrogant and will not respond. Throws everything back to dealer. Dealer fixed rotor problem at no cost. Tried to charge for oil test repair. Believe there are design issues in both instances. Audi has learned nothing from their past problems- they are the most arrogant business I have ever experienced.
While driving with no indication had no indication of oil leaking from engine. Dealer notified. Cause unknown.
This is the second a6-4.2 that has this problem. The car dumps all power from slow speeds. Imagine pulling out into traffic from a side street or onramp and turning the ignition off. Audi replaced my first a6 because of this problem and now according to the service managers at the dealership has numerous other 2000 and 2001 a6's and a8's with the 4.2 engine that are experiencing this problem. It 's only a matter of time before there is going to be a horrendous t-bone or rear-end crash with these cars. According to the dealership, audi knew that these cars have this problem when they took back my original a6 and sold me the second one. The audi zone mgr asked the service rep why the heck they sold me another one. This is a relatively expensive and rare car but they continued to sell them after knowing full well that there is a serious flaw in the ECM and throttle combo that more than likely will cause serious accidents. After 5 weeks of phone calls to audi cust relations in michigan I have given up and will have to get legal help. I have implored them to take the car back due to the safety issues and cust relations has played run-around without giving me any answers up to this point today. The most astounding point to this is that I have purchase 6 or 7 audi's over the years and 4 new vw's for my kids in the past 6 years and they absolutely don't care if I get hurt or killed in this car! This model car with this engine will kill someone if they don't do a recall to fix this problem asap. I guess they are relying on the airbags saving their customers
Automobile slows up when going up a hill, it seem as if turbo is not functioning. Was told that it was transmission or turbo had a hole in it.
Consumer stated the transmission is inoperative, when putting vehicle in drive it will move 15 - 20 feet then it will stop for about 4 seconds, then vehicle will accelerate, vehicle was taken into dealer, the vehicle is not consistent in selecting the starting gear, sometimes starting fast at other times, slow, the speedometer is not visible in direct sunlight, even with sunshdes on, consumer also stated the vehicle stalls. *jg
Vehicle will intermittently hesitate at low speed; vehicle has been at dealer on two occasions, and problem still reoccurring. Provide any further information.
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