NHTSA Complaint #11231582 — 2014 AUDI S7
ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 11231582 |
| Vehicle | 2014 AUDI S7 |
| Component | ENGINE |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 84,000 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | CO |
Consumer Description
IN MOTION NORMAL DRIVING 45-55 MPH UNDER ACCELERATION ON LONG ON RAMP TO INTERSTATE. REACHED A RAMP METER. ACCELERATING FORM RAMP METER, I NOTICED INCREASING POWER LOSS AND COULD NOT REACH HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALL WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED (TPMS, TRACTION CONTROL, TRANSMISSION ISSUES, ETC.) I INSTANTLY MERGED RIGHT WITH FLASHERS HAVING TO AVOID ANOTHER ON RAMP OF TRAFFIC. AT VERY ROUGH IDLE I COULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 1100 RPM I TRIED MOVING AGAIN AS THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO WORK BUT VERY ROUGH IDLE AND AGAIN, WOULD NOT GO BEYOND 1100RPM. IT WAS TOWED TO SHOP. THEY NOTATED "CATASTROPHIC TURBO FAILURE ON BOTH BANKS". THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO A COMMON PROBLEM THEY HAVE NOTICED OF AN OIL CHECK VALVE FILTER SCREEN. I RECENTLY HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SERVICE DONE BY DEALER. KNOWING THE VALVE HAS HAD ISSUES, I TEXTED THE TECH ABOUT THIS VALVE AND HIS RESPONSE WAS IT WAS NOT CONVENIENT TO ACCESS. I HAVE TEXTS FROM TECH AS THIS IS THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE. IT IS DISAPPOINTING MY CAR WAS EFFECTED BY THIS EASILY FOUND ISSUE OF OIL CHECK VALVE FILTER AND EVEN MORE UPSET THAT I BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF AN AUDI SERVICE TECH WHO DID NOT EVEN OFFER A SOLUTION OR PRICE TO DO THIS REPAIR WHILE SERVICING A WARRANTY OIL SEPARATOR THAT SITS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FAULTY PART THAT STARVED THE TURBOS OF OIL AND CAUSED, AS DESCRIBED BY THE LOCAL SHOP," CATASTROPHIC TURBO FAILURE". THANKS FOR HEARING ME OUT.
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