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I have the oil changed every 5,000 miles and I never, ever, drive the car anywhere less than distance enough for the water AND oil temperature to come up. And I don't merge onto the highway at 90 mph unless the temperature is up. I have a '93 Jeep Grand Cherokee that I drive to Home Depot. Five years and no dents in the doors!
I almost got a ticket once. I drove through a radar trap and around the curve a state patrolman ran into the highway - stopping a couple lanes of traffic - to point at me and wave me over to the side of the road. By the time I got over and onto the shoulder I was 1/4 mile up from the three or four state police cars with flashing lights and patrolmen passing out tickets. My wife was pissed but she dug out the registration. Suddenly one of the troopers, not the guy that waved us over, got in his patrol car and sped past us. I looked at my wife and said "the hell with this." I told her I was taking off and if the guy that flagged us over came after us we'd tell him we thought it was the other guy and we had pulled over by mistake. Needless to say we drove the rest of the way with the cruise on at 67 mph. In case any patrolmen are reading this - we were in Arizona.
I will stick to Honda, toyota, nissan. mazda was bought by Ford hence its inherit ford problems.
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Guzzler4
Only got rid of the problem buying the new A6 (211 HP... Smashing !!!)
Was tempted by the BMW tough.
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-Paul
Just throwing some humor out there.
-Paul
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colin123
Steve
Just be very sure that you have a thorough check of all transmission / undercarriage seals / gaskets. Leaking is a well recognized problem with the Audi A6 of the vintage you are considering. It cost me $2100 to have mine replaced (at 45,000 miles.) Then, in April of this year (49,000 miles...this is my second car), I was told that not ALL had been fixed and it would cost another $500 to replace the remaining ones. I wrote a pretty strong letter to the service manager of the agency who then advised me that Audi had come up with a new "share the cost" program. As a result, they did the "new" work and billed me $75 while they picked up the rest. Unfortunately, this plan was not retroactive to cover the $2100 I paid out last year.
I'm about to get into a mint 2002 A6 4.2 with low miles (40k). I test drove the thing, and I got that shimmy everyone had been griping about for years now (between 40-60mph). The dealer said "wheel balancing"... But after reading...
I could not find a definitive "solution" to that problem.
Before I really sign my life away and drive this potential headache :lemon: into my life, can one of you kind souls please clue me in to something I may have missed searching these boards vigorously?
I've printed many posts from you guys, and hopefully that may help me, but did Audi ever come out with an "OFFICIAL" statement regarding the A6's that had the shimmy problem?
You advice and input would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
FKI (aka Perry)
Some of the roads are terrible here and I "try" to keep an eye on air pressure. My compressor gave out a year ago and I wasn't doing a very good job. After that service check I got a new compressor and am back to a every two or three week check as a precaution.
For those who may be skeptical about the roads - I have about 20 miles of two lane country road to the office. Six stop signs, one stop light. Winter is hard on the roads and they really aren't designed for the traffic. Even at 30-40 mph the car takes a beating. A tire pressure gauge and small compressor are must-haves.
At 40K you must be close to needing new tires. Balanced and properly inflated I think you'll be okay. If those are new tires it could be a different story.
Also, rotating and balancing the tires seems to take of driving "shake" every other oil change, about 12,000 miles.
2. After sitting in sun for a period of time my radio will not work-CD player does-radio comes on 10minutes after start up.
3. Finish on all door handles peels and has been peeling since the first year.
Has anyone had these problems or knows of a solution?
For the washer, look closely at the assembly at the base where the pump connects. Mine failed there.
Door handles.... not sure what year you have, but I understand that it was a product composition problem they fixed in most recent years, but older models we are "stuck"
No issues with radio systems
My wife has the Acura MDX with a handsfree-operated phone. All she has to do is say "Transfer" and the phone call goes onto her phone and off the sound system. I like that approach better. :-(
the pads do not wear even because the caliper is stuck and the piston push against one pad only.
if you had that problem in the front brakes you would feel it in the steering as the steering wheel will pull to one side during braking.
get the shop to release the caliper and apply caliper grease.
Now two weeks later after the relay switch was replaced, it is back at the dealership with the same exact problem of not wanting to turn over and start. My car has been there since Friday and it is now Monday, I still have not heard a thing. Anyone have any suggestions?
1. service insp light keeps blinking
2. 3 beeps when start the car
3. LCD bear visual, think it says MRND438 with a thermostat and water looking symbol
4. today after not driving it for 7 weeks when I started it it had a orange circle with a motor and lightining rod in it blinking
5. About 4 times since I bought it, while driving I've experienced a pause in the gear shifting only one time during each drive
Can anyone give me some info on what's going on and what I should do? I don't have an owners manual and I'm afraid to take it to a repair shop or dealer without having some background info.
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If I get in and press start and nothing happens, I can open the driver's door, close it again and then it will start.
It is at dealer right now for this "software upgrade." I will let you know....
Maybe you need this II software upgrade?
Has anyone else had problems with their car? I am on a first name basis with the service advisor. This is my first Audi is this a standard for this car? Everything seems to be very intermittent too - very hard to duplicate problems at dealer.
HELP!
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If you've truly had that many problems, then I suggest you look into lemmon laws :lemon: in your state and talk with the dealership GM about a buy-back.
One change I am making - the dealership will no longer get my business (now that the warranty is gone). Other quality shops offer lifetime guarantees on brakes/pads, so I'm going to go that route next and see what happens.
Now - I LOVE my car, even with it's dysfunction. In addition to brakes, they've replaced: wipers (3 times, okay, that's not really bad, ours dry out in Vegas), had 3 recalls, several issues with airbag light & engine light. Replaced faulty fuel sender, outer C V boots (twice), engine coolant sensor replaced (twice), replaced motor mounts (twice), replaced steering column, two batteries, d valve cover gaskets, cam seals, tensioner gasket, air conditioning control model, electronic fan, master window switch and rear window lockout switch, left front speaker has never worked right (but when in the shop they can never find the problem) and last but not least, my favorite, the hood strut.
The hood strut is funny as the car was in the shop three times this last month & no one told me it wouldn't keep the hood up. I found out because the battery died & they came to jump me and we couldn't keep the hood up. So much for their walk-around inspections, including under the hood that they claim they do each time the car goes in. :surprise:
In those last three visits, they also didn't notice the brake pads/rotors until the battery died - so between the battery, brakes & hood strut, $633! :sick:
That's a lot of freaking problems for a car that goes in the shop regularly to keep it in good condition.
Since October 2005, I've spent almost $4,000 on repairs and could have spent more had I not argued with the dealership about the repairs in October that included items that had been replaced less than a year prior - another $1,500 worth (the CV Boot). So, it was beneficial to contact Audi Customer Service to complain.
Again, I love my car. :shades: It rides well, the interior is very durable for me (I love my leather), it still looks good, has convenience features such as the fold down seats. I am only posting all this info to hopefully help others & get some feedback to use on my next visit to get repairs.
Even with all this, I'm keeping the car because I do believe it will last for a long time. It has great safety features (oh, it's been wrecked twice, not my fault, both drivers and passengers sides have been hit, passenger side was the worst, but we were pretty much okay). My daughter wants the car so before she gets it, I'll send it to a trusted shop for a very serious inspection.
Hope all this info is helpful for everyone and feel free to email me if you have anything that I can use!
And the new Audi's are really cool - next time, I might lease, which gets me out before things really go bad.
Karol
new2audi2
So anyways, I notice two days after having the car back the same problem. I was praying it was just a flook, so I drove it a week, it happened about 7 times AGAIN.
I called my Audi service guy July 24, brought it back in July 26 and it is now August 1st. My husband called late last Friday, since we did not hear from anyone at Audi and my service guy told my husband that they have no idea what is wrong and that they have to keep the car over the weekend. Once again no update call and no car.
Audi can duplicate the problem (thank God over and over again), but they have never seen this problem before and have absolutely no idea what is wrong, thus no idea how to fix it.
Be reassured everyone, Audi of N. America is having its data base searched and the head technician is on it over at N. Scottsdale Audi! I was given that song and dance the last time it was in for a week.
We are purposely not calling the dealership. We think it is better they appear unprofessional and incompetent and they do at this point if we have to pursue the :lemon:. We are going to contact the GM if it goes past the one week mark, which is tomorrow.
Seriously, my car has been in and out of the shop 8 times since I bought it back in November of 2005, brand new. It was in once for the 5K service, 4 times for a loud traveling rattle in the dash, that was finally fixed by putting visible thick black foam against my windshield and the dashboard (I could have done that myself in retrospect), and now 3 times for the mystery ignition problem.
I asked in my previous post if anyone might have a clue what could be the problem, but since Audi has no clue and this is supposedly the first time they have stumbled upon this ignition problem, I think is is safe to assume no one on this forum has a clue.
If anyone has had a similar problem, I do not have advance key, please speak up, I would really really appreciate it :sick:.
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