2011 Audi Q5 engine problems

Filed Jan 18, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · IA

Audi q5 shows no recalls on my vehicle. My car stops randomly while driving even while being on highways and interstates. As well as the passenger side leaking due to sunroof drainage coming to the inside (which may affect the air bags). This Car has not had any repairs on recalls that I know of personally.

Filed Aug 25, 2022 · Engine, Fuel system · CA

Audi offered a warranty extension for intake manifold & fuel injectors in certain 2008-2011 Model Year Audi Vehicles with 2.0 TFSI Engine. Audi rejected our claim for a faulty fuel injector in our 2011 car citing that “vehicle does not have the extended warranty for fuel injectors and the information that was submitted was only for 2.0 TFSI Engine's with the Engine code of CBFA & CCTA. The engine in your vehicle is a 3.2 FSI with the Engine code CALB. So this warranty extension would not be applicable to your vehicle.” Our Audi dealership diagnosed our car with the same fuel injector issue listed by Audi in this warranty extension as well as stating that this is a very common issue with our make, model and year. Our Audi is a 2011 model, less than 120,000 miles, and less than 10 years when the malfunction indicator lamp appeared. Their letter does not stand to prove that a faulty fuel injector was not placed in our car that was built in 2011, the same year that they installed faulty fuel injectors in their 2.0 TFSI engines. Audi dealership diagnosed our car as suffering from misfire conditions that in turn cause the malfunction indicator lamp to appear. The dealership indicates that this is a common issue with Audis during our production year. This is the same issue that Audi listed in their warranty extension letter to consumers with 2.0 TFSI engines. Our car meets all the requirements in Audi’s warranty extension letter (2011 model, less than 120,000 miles, and less than 10 years when the malfunction indicator lamp appeared) except that our car is a 3.2 FSI vs 2.0 TFSI. Audi is not able show that they did not install a faulty fuel injector into our car. Fuel injector problems in cars with mileage under 100,000 miles and less than 10 years of age is very uncommon. This plus Audi’s history of installing faulty fuel injectors into cars built in our year lead us to believe that Audi also installed a faulty fuel injector into our car.

Filed Nov 3, 2021 · Acceleration, Engine · IL

Variable speed control problems- accelerates and decelerates irregularly.

Filed Dec 24, 2020 · Engine, Steering · 94,250 miles · TX

Audi q5 94,000. I will never never buy audi vehicle again. First started with oil leak, replaced valve cover gasket, then hood latch sensor (german genius). How in the world this bad sensor measures oil level. Rack and pinion leak, then timing cover gasket leak. Then my mechanic replaced driver side upper control arm. Now rear shock is bad. Already spent over $3000 fine, the worst issue I have is traction control light. The dealer (stealer) gave me estimate of $1700 to fix this. The last serious one on 12/23/20 while driving with 2 more passengers on busy are in houston near med.center, car engine lost power, shaking violently, then I drove very slowly at around 30 MPH. This is audi q5 is nightmare. The federal safety agency please do something, make audi settle these issues. Thank you.

Filed Jun 6, 2020 · Engine · 133,000 miles · NJ

My wife and I had the vehicle services at audi of turnersville for $8000.00 at the service writers suggestion. We needed a new turbo with the accessories. After that the vehicle ran fine for a couple of weeks. On the beginning of the next month the vehicle started having problems again! Not starting well...and stalling during operation!

Filed Jun 1, 2020 · Engine · 75,000 miles · FL

My car would not start and I had my car towed to fort myers audi. After the diagnostics they said the timing chain had failed and caused a cylinder head to crack and the turbo had issues as well. They told us that audi will cover the timing chain and only 50% of the cylinder head. The quote given for the cylinder head was $5,810 (with audi covering $2,905). To repair the turbo charger it will cost $2,175. Looking on this website, I have seen several others having the same issue, with the same resulting problems.

Filed Feb 28, 2020 · Engine, Steering · 89,000 miles · IL

I have been driving on the highway and city and it appears the steering is sometimes stiff and then soft , I have checked the power steering fluid level and its full. This is an issue because its hard to make turns as the steering wheel stiffens up. Another issue is the car consumes about 1 quart of oil every 300 miles, it was part of a lawsuit settlement but the vehicle was never repaired

Filed Dec 23, 2019 · Engine · 97,000 miles · IL

My 2011 audi q5 would not start one morning when trying to start the car in my garage (dec 2019). I had it towed to the fletcher jones audi dealership in chicago il where I have been a loyal customer since moving here in 2014. They performed a diagnostic and identified that the timing chain tensioner had slipped, and may have caused "catastrophic" failure to my engine. They proceeded to ask for another $1,500 to diagnose the engine for the failure, and mentioned if if had failed it could be up to $10,000 to fix the problem. After a short bit of research, it turns out there is a warranty that there was a recall issued for this problem and an extended warranty. My dealership never told me this, and was just expecting me to pay out of pocket. Also, I had my car serviced there 4 different times since the recall had been announced. They never once informed me of this. I called to ask why they hadn't mentioned this warranty or this issue, and there was not a good answer. Fletcher jones also said they check my VIN every time I bring it in to see if there is anything outstanding regarding recalls etc on the car, which means they could have alerted me to this multiple times when I brought the car in prior, but they did not. They could have prevented this issue. Fast forward to now, audi will only cover 25% of the issue, and fletcher jones is barely making an effort to help out on their end. I will be out nearly $5,000 to repair this problem, which is no fault of mine and a catastrophic failure of engineering on the part of audi. It isn't right that audi does not fully cover this expense. And moreover, the dealership should have a duty of care to disclose them items such that we can take the steps to prevent them. Fletcher jones did wrong by me by not disclosing this, and is likely defrauding and manipulating more clients every day they remain in operation.

Filed Dec 12, 2019 · Engine · 100,000 miles · IA

Oil consumption issue while driving down the road. Under any acceleration, smoke comes out the exhaust. Uses about 1 quart of oil per 300 miles. Leak down test was done, showing leakage past piston rings. Resulting in a complete rebuild of engine costing me $5,000 plus. Vehicle has just about 100,000 miles.

Filed Jul 29, 2019 · Engine, Transmission · 63,000 miles · IL

Timing chain issue that caused it to jump, damaging the cylinder heads and valves. As I was proceeding to stop at at a light, the front end of the car began to shake and the engine seemed off. At a full stop, the engine sputtered again and then proceeded to die. The car wouldn't start, so I could not proceed through the intersection. Audi will not cover any damage that was caused and is indicating they are not responsible for the issues with the timing chains. I've searched online and found many other lawsuits where this type of issue has been covered from audi.