NHTSA Complaint #11302891 — 2013 AUDI ALLROAD

SEE AUDI TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN # 2043758/8. AUDI IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS A FIX, BUT HAS NOT ISSUES A RECALL. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DIAGNOSTIC PAPERWORK FUEL CAN VAPORIZE IN THE TANK RESULTING IN LOW FUEL PRESSURE AND DELIVERY RATE. THE SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FUEL CUT WHICH COULD CAUSE THE CAR TO SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND RAPIDLY DECREASE IN SPEED. SINCE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN THIS SCENARIO, A DRIVER BEHIND THE AFFECTED VEHICLE MAY NOT REALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING; UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME, THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE MAY COLLIDE WITH THE AFFECTED VEHICLE. AFFECTED VEHICLE WILL LIKELY HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SYMPTOM. THIS IS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION LEADING TO OBTAINING A DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS. *NOTE, I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED A FUEL CUT YET, BUT I FIRST GOT AN ENGINE LIGHT IN COLD WEATHER AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A WARM ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE FUEL HAS VAPORIZED ENOUGH TO CAUSE A FUEL CUT. THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN ONLINE FORUMS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED FUEL CUTS WITH THE 2.0T GAS ENGINE IN THIS VEHICLE.