2013 Audi A8: engine stalls while driving

Filed Aug 22, 2024 · Engine, Fuel system · MD

Audi, A8L 2013, also has the stuck piston. Rings end oil blow by like the other Volkswagen, defected engines of the same year yesterday while driving my car ended up stalling on a road with traffic behind me going up a hill because too much oil I'd burnt in the cylinders, causing the spark plugs to become completely coated in oil and the cars. Electronic system registered multiple misfires, multiple cylinders. Are misfired and multiple other safety epc codes, causing the vehicle to not be able to drive more than 5 miles an hour, stuttering. Which also caused the engine to almost stall, losing power steering. If this was on the highway this could have been exceptionally bad. I request the Audi AH. L and 8 series to be added to the current recall. For the A6Q5A4 A seven with the exact same problem

Filed Feb 26, 2024 · Brakes, Electrical · CA

Me and my son were traveling on a business road trip from my home in Lincoln, CA to do business at several companies and end up at a customer located in Anaheim, CA. We started on [XXX] in Roseville, CA highway Interstate [XXX] traveling towards Anaheim with stops along the way. We were coming down [XXX] on the southside of the grapevine at the speed limit of 70 MPH, when the engine began to stall, and the steering also began to lock up. We began losing control of the vehicle and engine power was failing and stalling. In addition, the stall was impacting the car battery. We had difficulty steering the car and controlling the direction of the car and getting the car to the side of the road. Once we were at the side of the road, we looked up the closest Audi dealership, fortunately we were 3.9 miles away from Audi Dealership in Van Nuys, CA. Once on the side of the road the vehicle initially would not restart the engine stalling had drained the battery. We waited on the side of the road for approx.. 40 minutes and were able to restart the car and drive with much difficulty to the Keys Audi Van Nuys dealership. We were able to barely get into the dealership parking lot when the car completely stalled, we went in and met with the service manager. We explained what had happened, and with the service teams help we pushed the vehicle into a bay to get reviewed. I have purchased eight (8) Audi’s over the past years for me and my wife. The service manager promised to review the problem. Typically, Audi service will give you a vehicle to drive but the had no vehicles available, so they told us they would take us to a rental car company and cover the cost of the vehicle except for the insurance on rental car, which we had to pickup at a rate of $ 35.00 per day. As we were on a work trip we had to hustle to our customers as we had a meeting scheduled for 2:30 PM at Manna Beverage in Anaheim, CA. We went to our meeting and then returned to the Audi Dealership in Van Nuys. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF I

Filed Feb 24, 2024 · Engine, Steering · CA

Me and my son were traveling on a business road trip from my home in Lincoln, CA to do business at several companies and end up at a customer located in Anaheim, CA. We started on [XXX] traveling towards Anaheim with stops along the way. We were coming down highway [XXX] on the southside of the grapevine at the speed limit of 70 MPH, when the engine began to stall, and the steering also began to lock up. We began losing control of the vehicle and engine power was failing and stalling. In addition, the stall was impacting the car battery. We had difficulty steering the car and controlling the direction of the car and getting the car to the side of the road. Once we were at the side of the road, we looked up the closest Audi dealership, fortunately we were 3.9 miles away from Audi Dealership in Van Nuys, CA. Once on the side of the road the vehicle initially would not restart the engine stalling had drained the battery. We waited on the side of the road for approx.. 40 minutes and were able to restart the car and drive with much difficulty to the Keys Audi Van Nuys dealership. We were able to barely get into the dealership parking lot when the car completely stalled, we went in and met with the service manager. We explained what had happened, and with the service teams help we pushed the vehicle into a bay to get reviewed. I have purchased eight (8) Audi’s over the past years for me and my wife. The service manager promised to review the problem. Typically, Audi service will give you a vehicle to drive but the had no vehicles available, so they told us they would take us to a rental car company and cover the cost of the vehicle except for the insurance on rental car, which we had to pickup at a rate of $ 35.00 per day. As we were on a work trip we had to hustle to our customers as we had a meeting scheduled for 2:30 PM at Manna Beverage in Anaheim, CA. We went to our meeting and then returned to the Audi Dealership in Van Nuys. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(

Filed Feb 17, 2022 · Engine · SC

On the afternoon of September 12, 2018, my 2013 Audi A8L 4.0T started with somewhat of a rough idle, but no warning lights or error codes were present on the dashboard. I owned the car for approximately 18 months at that point, and this had never happened before. As soon as I started to drive, the tachometer became steady and there were no other indications anything was wrong, even stopping at traffic lights the problem did no persist nor were there any indications anything was wrong. Once back in Spartanburg, the car stalled while slowing down for a traffic light. The engine cut off completely, the steering became very rigid, and the Check Engine light turned on. I was able to coast to a stop and turn on my hazard lights, and then tried to restart the car to no avail. The engine would turn over, but the car would not start. Another car stopped behind me, and we were able to push the car onto the grassy shoulder out of traffic, which was dangerous in itself but safer than sitting in the middle of a busy road. I had the car towed to Steve White Audi in Greenville, SC. Once there, they informed me that the error codes indicated that both turbo's failed simultaneously and the failure of those turbos caused the first set of downstream catalytic converters to fail also. See attached repair report and payment receipt = $10,975.57 for the replacement parts and labor ($12,070.85 including the 115,000 mile service). Once they told me the cost of the repair, I called Volkswagen USA corporate headquarters to ask if there were any pending recalls for the turbos. Multiple message boards and FaceBook pages go into detail about how the turbos are a known point of failure on the 4.0T cars, and the astronomical cost to replace them. I was informed by Volkswagen that there were no pending recalls, and that I would have to pay for the repairs out of pocket, which I did.

Filed Feb 17, 2022 · Engine · FL

I experienced the engine stall/turbo failure as described in the federal safety agency Action Number PE21009. I have all of the supporting documents regarding this turbo failure. Volkswagen auto group had previously issued a voluntary TSB regarding this known design shortcoming in the turbo system of the 4.0T engine. The oil screens that filter the turbo cooling were engineered with a mesh that was too fine. This mesh eventually clogged and severed oil flow to the turbo units, causing failure. There is discussion of this design shortcoming in every single Audi online group, so much so, that when new members join the owners Facebook group, they are nearly all immediately warned to change their oil screens. The concept that I was without a vehicle for months as well as having to pay for this repair out of pocket still shocks me - I had several heated calls with the Audi warranty headquarters and an incident at the dealership that required retraining of the service staff. Needless to say, this turbo failure on my vehicle was an absolute nightmare. I’d be more than happy to share all of my documents and story with the NHTSB. Thank you.

Filed Nov 15, 2021 · Engine, Fuel system · FL

FAILURE BOTH TURBOS Purchased Audi Naples Jan 2018 Maintained at Audi Ft Myers Audi While on a vacation from our home in Florida to New England our Audi A8 experienced a major turbo failure while on an Interstate highway. On 8/6/21 I was traveling in the middle lane of I495 at 65 mph, when traffic slowed, the car stalled. With cars passing me on both sides I eventually managed to get the car started and made it to exit 15 (rt44) going toward Plymouth, MA. This truly was a scary situation, waiting to be rear ended. While on rt 44 it died again in traffic. I managed to make it into the breakdown lane. At about 2:55 pm a state Trooper stopped and asked if he could help me get to a safer spot but by that time I had called AAA. At 3:30pm AAA arrived and towed us to a safe spot. At no time before, during or after this failure did I receive any message or warning that this failure was imminent. The car was taken to Audi Norwell and diagnosed with defective turbos due to failure of turbo shaft bearings . The screens were clogged preventing oil from reaching the bearings. The turbos were the original equipment. I have read in the Audi Forum this is not an uncommon problem. I understand the screens have been redesigned as a result.

Filed Jul 29, 2021 · Engine · GA

The car start chugging and lost power while driving. My safety and the safety of other drivers were at risk, because the vehicle stalled immediately. This issue happened while exiting off the highway. The vehicle was inspected by an Audi dealer and the issue reported was Turbo Charger issue. There were no warnings prior to the failure.

Filed Apr 21, 2021 · Engine · 67,060 miles · UT

Driving car from provo, ut to california, approx 250 miles into the trip noticed the epc light on, I pulled off the freeway to check the engine and it stalled. I was able to restart vehicle and drive it to las vegas it ran fine at freeway speeds. When I got off the exit the car stalled and engine quit while I was rolling down the offramp. I came to a complete stop in the center lane of a three lane exit, could not get pull out of traffic because had cars in both lanes beside me. When the light turned green I got the started (using 3/4 throttle)but not until the light had cycled to yellow, car horns honking people yelling, I put the car into drive, shot across the intersection and rolled into an empty employee parking lot behind the rio. After several attempts go no go I made it to an overfull parking area and the next morning had the car towed to las vegas audi. I continued my trip to ca. After renting a vehicle in lv. The next day their service department called and told me that one of my turbos had failed and that it was recommended that I replace both. Quoted 13,800 to fix the car.I felt trapped because my car was 400 miles from home and I needed it fixed. After talking to some independent shops I realized that price was in the normal price range. What I am most disappointed with is that audi had issued a tsb on this engine explaining that the check valve and oil screen could get clogged and starve the turbos of lubrication. I was also scared when I broke downwhen I exited the freeway. I could have very easily got in a wreck because I had to keep the throttle so high so the engine wouldn't die. It was a dangerous several minutes for me and luckily I was in a area that I could get to a vacant parking lot with crossing too much traffic. My car had 67065 miles on it when I had it towed to the dealership.

Filed Feb 15, 2021 · Engine · 38,542 miles · GA

After traveling 4 hours from savannah, ga to atlanta, ga; I proceeded to get off the interstate on exit 228. Upon getting off the exit, the car shut off without warning. The computer advised to restart the engine, however the car would no longer start. After several attempts, I called to have the car towed as I was in the middle of a busy exit and could not move the car, which was a very dangerous situation. At the dealership, I was advised that both turbos on the engine had gone bad. How could this be, the car only has 38,542 miles on it. This situation could have been a lot worse than it was had the car decided to stall & shut off while still traveling on a busy traffic on i75.

Filed Jan 8, 2021 · Engine · 66,000 miles · MA

I was driving and noticed the car was idling ruff. So I put the car in neutral and it stalled then I restarted it then noticed massive power loss. So I drove home and called for a tow to the nearest dealer and they told me the car had two blown turbos and its going to cost me $10.000.00. And my warranty won't cover it because its on the technical service bulletin board and audi should have to take care of there own problems knowing its an issue. And I absolutely feel the same especially for how much you spend on this car and audi's reputation. If they don't ever recall this issue I will never buy another audi again, and I was just trying to get my mother to buy one.

Filed Jul 20, 2020 · Engine · 52,000 miles · OH

My vehlice was in motion approaching a stop light. The vehicle stalled and I lost the ability to steer and brake pressue was lost. Fortunately, I was going slow enough to engage the electronic parking brake to bring the car to the stop. The car then would not restart without giving it hard gas. It would die within a minute or two. After towing to the dealership, I was told both my turbos had failed and would need to be replaced. My car only has 52,000 miles. This is a major failure for a vehicle with so few miles. In addition, audi has issued a tsb acknlowledging the issue. I am just fortunate it happened for me at such low speeds. I can't imagine being on the highway when this happened.

Filed Aug 26, 2019 · Engine · GA

I was trailing my wife and children home one evening when the car began to stall on her at an intersection. I signaled for her to pull into a nearby gas station so I could take a closer look at the car. As the idling got rougher, it finally stalled out completely and would not restart. We had it towed to a local dealer, where they incorrectly diagnosed the car and said it needed a crankcase ventilation valve. I was called and told that the car had been repaired $3,500 later. When I arrived, the car still had the same symptoms. I refused to drive the car home in the current condition even though audi said the car was safe to drive. They rediagnosed the car and said the turbos were going out and needed to be replaced. Clearly, this is a manufacturer's defect that's eventually going to get someone killed or seriously injuried. Because these parts fail without warning and audi is putting a patch on them telling and customers that the cars are safe to drive is irresponsible, extremely dangerous, and need to be addressed immediately!