2009 AUDI A4 Engine Problems

The turbo sounds like it's not going in/out of gear, oil going into spark plugs, radiator fluid leaking system getting real hot. Low engine poer picking up speed an issue. Air bag rear brake light malfunction, oil pressure not correct

PURCHASED VEHICLE 8/15/19 AT SELECT MOTORS INC, SMYRNA TN. CLEAN CAR FAX REPORT. ONGOING OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. INTAKE CAMSHAFT LOCKED UP FOLLOWING OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AT AUDI OF NASHVILLE. NOT DRIVEABLE NOW. AUDI OF NASHVILLE QUOTED CYLINDER HEAD AND ASSOCIATED PARTS, TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER, CAM ADJUSTER AND PISTONS. TSB-2027731-8 BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH PISTONS A KNOWN ISSUE. CONTACTED AUDI OF NORTH AMERICA. UNWILLING TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. CAR BEYOND THE 8YEAR/80,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY OFFERED FOLLOWING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. PAID CASH AT PURCHASE, PUT ROUGHLY 2,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND AND BEING TOLD WILL NEED TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $10,000-$13,000 TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AGAIN FOR A KNOWN ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH THE PISTONS AUDI IS UNWILLING TO CLASSIFY AS A RECALL.

ENGINE COOLANT AND ENGINE LIGHT ETC CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE A SMALL CHILD. BASED ON THE AUDI MESSAGE MY VEHICLE COULD CATCH ON FIRE.PLEASE SEND ME INFO TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED.

DRIVING VEHICLE AND IT STARTED SHAKING. GOT THE CAR HOME AND WHEN I SHUT IT OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON IT RATTLED AND SOUNDED LIKE METAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD IT CHECKED BY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONER WERE THE PROBLEM AND I WAS JUST TWO MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALERSHIP CALLED TO TELL ME I NEEDED NEW CYLINDERS BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT START. QUOTED ME $7,500 TO REPAIR. I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS ACTION SUIT BECAUSE MY CAR DID NOT BREAK UNTIL AFTER THE WINDOW CLOSED. AUDI KNEW ABOUT THE FAILURE AND DID NOTHING TO WARN OWNERS.

I PURCHASED FROM A DEALERSHIP WITH WARRANTY AND WITH IN THE WEEK THE CAR NEEDED A QUART OF OIL, I COME TO FIND OUT THE CAR HAS BEEN TO AUDI DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS ADVISED THE VACUUM PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE ENGINE IS CONSUMING OIL, THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THIS CAR IN AUCTION TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM WAS FULLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE SINCE AUDI DIAGNOSED IT FOR THEM AND NO WORK HAD BEEN DONE. AUDI HAD A CALL BACK FOR THIS ISSUE AND HAD REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WHEN THE DEALERSHIP BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR LOAN ON A CAR THAT NEED OVER $6K IN REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE IT SELF.

OIL CONSUMPTION IS HORRIBLE I'M REFILLING A QUART OF OIL EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND I DID RECEIVE NOTICE OF A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE.

OIL CONSUMPTION I HAD THIS CAR SINCE 2012 AND FOUND OUT RECENTLY ABOUT OIL CONSUMPTION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THROUGH THE INTERNET, WHEN MY CAR STARTED CONSUMING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL. THE OWNER MANUAL SAYS A QUART PER ~1,200 MILES, BUT I'M GETTING OIL LIGHT AT ABOUT 400 MILES AFTER SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS INCLUDING THE DEALERSHIP I'M CURRENTLY DOING EVERY 10K MAINTENANCE WITH AND NONE HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED ME OUT SINCE I'M OUT OF WARRANTY OF 80K. I SPOKE WITH AUDI CORPORATE AND THEY SAY THEY WILL REVIEW WHEN THEY GET TO MY CASE WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH NEVER. THEY KEEP TELLING ME TO TAKE MY CAR IN TO DO PHASE 2 OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH IS GOING TO BE A SEVERAL GRAND REPAIR. I DID PHASE 1 OUT OF POCKET ROUGHLY 1,700 AND THEY FIXED PCV BREATHER VALVE, SEAL AND UPDATED SOFTWARE AFTER I REPLACED...

THIS CAR IS BURNING OIL IN A EXTREMELY DANGER SPEED

MY CAR WAS OVER HEATING DUE TO A WATER PUMP AND MY TIMING CHAIN IS GOING AND I GOT A RECALL LETTER 2 DAYS LATER ON THE TIMING CHAIN AND NOW MY ALTERNATOR IS GOING OUT

AT 70K CAR WAS CONSUMING OIL EVERY 1K HAVING TO TOP OFF A LITER OF OIL. DEALER ADV THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE OF TURBO ENGINE. IGNORED THE ISSUE UNTIL GOT WORST TOPPING OFF EVERY 750MI'S THEN TO EVERY 200-300MI. DEALER CHECKED & ADV NEEDED TURBO ASSY REPLACEMENT BEFORE THEY WOULD CHECK ON THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. COST TO REPAIR $3,925+ TAX. COULDN'T AFFORD THAT SO LIVED W/ISSUE FOR A WHILE. DOING RESEARCH ON INTERNET I FOUND THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM W/THIS CAR/YEAR AND THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT & AUDI HAD TO PAY TO REPAIR FOR THIS OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE FOR FREE BUT ONLY IF YOU PUT THE CLAIM IN BY A CERTAIN DATE.I DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS SO I COMPLAINED TO THE AUDI DEALER BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR MY CAR TO BE HONORED. THE DEALER THEN WOULD PERFORM A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST FOR $300...

VEHICLE BURNS A QUART OF OIL EVERY 150 200 MILES IT'S VERY COMMON AND SEVERAL YEARS MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET

IN AUGUST 2015 WITH 66K MILES MY AUDI EXPERIENCED A TURBO FAILURE WHICH, BECAUSE OF THE OIL CONSUMPTION CLASS ACTION, WAS REPLACED BY MY LOCAL AUDI DEALER FREE OF CHARGE. THEY THEN PERFORMED THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROCEDURES AND WHILE THEY CITED REDOING PISTON RINGS AND SOME OTHER SEALS, THE OIL LIGHT ISSUE IS STILL PRESENT. AN IMPORTANT NOTE HERE IN REGARDS TO BRAMAN AUDI WHO HANDLED THIS SERVICE...WHEN THEY DID THE COMPLETE BLOCK REMOVAL IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE PISTON REPAIRS, THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE REAR MAIL SEAL THAT IS APPARENTLY KNOWN TO FAIL AROUND 75K MILES, SO THERE I WAS DROPPING ANOTHER $1500 FOR A RMS REPLACEMENT OF A $50 PART BECAUSE THE AUDI CERTIFIED DEALER DIDN'T THINK TO REPLACE WHAT'S KNOWN TO FAIL BEFORE REASSEMBLING THE BLOCK. HERE WE ARE NOW ABOUT 2.5 YEARS LATER AND WITH 94K MILES, AND MY TIMING CHAIN HAS FAILED INSIDE THE...

DRIVING VEHICLE HOME AND IT STARTED SHAKING GOT THE CAR HOME AND WHEN I SHUT IT OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON IT RATTLED AND SOUNDED LIKE METAL I TURNED IT OFF AND THEN I TURNED IT ON AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT DIDN'T TURN ON AT ALL I HAD IT CHECKED BY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THOSE AUDI AND THAT YEAR HAD AN OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM AND SO HE CHECKED THE ENGINE WITH A DIAGONATE MACHINE AND IT SAID CHANCES ARE THERE CAN B MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM IT SAID THE MACHINE SAID THE CHAIN JUMP AND COULD HAVE CAUSE PISTON AND ROD PLACES SAD CAR IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND LOOKS GOOD AND HAS LOW MILEAGE NOW IT NEEDS A ENGINE REPLACEMENT

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WAS REVVING WHILE IT WAS IDLE AND AT LOW SPEED, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO STEER THE CAR AND KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER HAD FAILED AND HAD CAUSED SERIOUS ENGINE DAMAGE, CAUSING THE PISTONS TO FIRE PREMATURELY. PREVIOUSLY THE TENSIONER WAS REPLACED IN 2014 BY AUDI WHEN THE CAR HAD ~50K MILES AND WAS REPORTED AS A "WEAK TENSIONER". MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 92K MILES. I BELIEVE THAT NO REPLACEMENT TENSIONER SHOULD ONLY LAST 40K MILES AND CAUSE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE AND PUT CONSUMERS AT RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR CARS.

AUGUST 12, 2017 CAR WAS PARKED IN A TARGET PARKING LOT. WENT TO START AND CAR LIGHTS AND RADIO CAME ON BUT ENGINE WOULDN'T TURN OVER. ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED. NEXT DAY CAR WAS TOWED TO QUAD CITIES AUDI TO SERVICE DEPT. AUDI SERVICE DEPT FINALLY GOT AROUND TO LOOKING AT CAR ON FRIDAY SEPT 1. THEY STATE THAT " FOUND TIMING TO HAVE JUMPED CAUSING VALVES TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH PISTONS AND BEND." THEIR REPAIR SUGGESTION STATES " R&R CYLINDER HEAD AND SEND TO MACHINE SHOP TO DETERMINE HOW MANY VALVES NEED TO BE REPLACED. REPLACE TIMING CHAINS, GUIDES AND TESIONER." QUOTED $3,729 TO FIX, PLUS $595 FOR DIAGNOSIS. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THAT DEALERSHIP BEING WORKED ON.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE - IT DID NOT START AGAIN. AFTER INVESTIGATION THE TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING PISTON AND VALVE DAMAGE WHICH EQUALS AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT! NO INSURANCE COVERAGE AND WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR - THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE COMING IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE!

TIMING CHAIN FAILED ON ENGINE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. TOWED TO AUDI DEALER WHO QUOTED A REPAIR > $ VALUE OF THE CAR. CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

CAME INTO THE GARAGE IN THE MORNING AND REALIZED THERE WAS OIL ON THE GROUND. THE NEXT DAY TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP TO HAVE THEM LOOKED AT TO SEE WHERE THE OIL LEAK IS COMING FROM. AFTER DIAGNOSIS THE RESULT WAS THAT REAR MAIN SEAL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH THE PCV VALVE. TOTAL PRICE IS ABOUT $1500. I DID NOT HAVE ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THIS SEEMS LIKE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH AUDI VEHICLES WHERE THE PCV VALVE IS OVER PRESSURING THE ENGINE AND CAUSING GASKETS/SEALS THE BLOW. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUDI TO FIX THIS PROBLEMS SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HAS BEEN REPORTED A LOT OF 2.0T ENGINES.

THE CAR LEAKS OIL. AUDI OF WILMINGTON REFUSES TO REPAIR IT. PURCHASED IT IN 2015 AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET REPAIRED. BOUGHT IT FROM KIA OF WILMINGTON ALONG WITH A WARRANTY THAT WAS NEVER HONORED BY EITHER. WAS TOLD KIA NEVER REGISTERED THE WARRANTY. ALSO THE CAR WAS SOLD WITH A LIFETIME WARRANTY THAT NO-ONE WILL HONOR. THE DRIVER DOOR HAS A SHORTAGE AND THE DEFROST DOESN'T WORK. THE ALARM WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. I WAS TOLD THERE IS RECALL. CAN YOU HELP

I BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH AND I SEEN THAT THERE ARE MANY VEHICLES THAT THE "ADD 1 QUART OF OIL LIGHT TO KEEP DRIVING" LIGHT COMES OUT. MANY HAVE SAID IS A PISTONS PROBLEM THAT NEED TO BE RECALLED BY AUDI. THE LIGHT WARNING COMES OUT RANDOMLY EVERY MONTH. THERE ARE NO LEAKS IN MY VEHICLE. I HAVE TWO BUY 3 BOTTLES IN OIL EVERY MONTH. THE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I'M DRIVING. *TR

SINCE THE MOMENT I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2012, I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT CONSTANT ISSUES. THIS VEHICLE HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON THE FREEWAY (SURPRISED I WAS NOT HURT BECAUSE OF THIS). I'VE HAD ENGINE LIGHTS ON, CHECK OIL LEVEL LIGHTS ON, ALTERNATOR GOING BAD, ESP LIGHTS ON, BEARINGS REPLACEMENT. YOU NAME IT, ITS HAPPENED. I TOOK MY AUDI IN FOR AN APPRAISAL AND TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING BAD, HAD WARRANTY AND AUDI SERVICES DID NOT MENTION ANY ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION, WASN'T UNTIL MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED WHEN I FOUND THIS OUT. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED.

THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE .. AFTER BASICALLY HAVING THE ENGINE REBUILT DUE TO AN OIL CONSUMPTION LAWSUIT THAT HAD BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 19,000 MILES AND JUST BEEN BANDAIDED UP WITH EXCUSES FROM THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NOW THE VIBRATIONS ARE BLAMED ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS. WILL THE CRAP JUST EVER END? OR WILL I FIX THE MOUNTS AND WE CAN POINT THE FINGER AT SOMETHING ELSE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO END.. PERSONALLY THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED WITH ALL THE ISSUES- SOMETHING JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THEM IN 2009 APPARENTLY. THE MOTOR MOUNTS SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE BAD IN THIS VEHICLE AT THIS POINT BEING THE HIGH END CAR THEY CLAIM TO MANUFACTURE..I WOULD LOVE MY CAR IF IT RAN CORRECTLY- AND SINCE 19,000 MILES IT HASN'T - THAT IS SAD. I KNOW WHAT THIS COMPANY IS CAPABLE OF .. AND THIS IS...

WE BOUGHT TWO 2009 AUDI A4'S FOR OUR CHILDREN. LAST MONTH ONE WENT TO THE THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT BECAUSE OF OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE, WHILE THERE THE DEALER INFORMED US THAT THE WATER PUMP WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. I QUESTIONED THE DEALER AND CALLED AN INDEPENDENT AUDI MECHANIC, BOTH SAID THE SAME THING, WE WERE LUCKY IT LASTED THIS LONG AUDI HAS KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THIS WATER PUMP IS FLAWED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. NOW FAST-FORWARD TO YESTERDAY, MY DAUGHTER TOOK HERS IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC, A DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT AUDI MECHANIC, SAID CAR WAS FINE EXCEPT WATER PUMP WAS FAILING!!!! HE SAID ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND AUDI IS FULLY AWARE OF IT, ITS A $1200 REPAIR NOT INCLUDING THE SUGGESTED TIMING BELT CHANGE. TWO CARS, SAME EXACT MODEL AND ENGINE, THIS CANNOT...

REAR MAIN SEAL FELL OUT OF ENGINE.

MY CAR JUMP TIMING TODAY. I FIRST HAD AND OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE WITH NEW PISTON AND RINGS INSTALLED. AND IN 2015 AND REAR MAIN SEAL WENT OUT. NOW IN 2016 THE MOTOR JUMP TIMING PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE THIS MORNING. GREAT PLASTIC TIMING CHAIN TENSIONS AUDI REFUSE TO AMMIT THEY A JUNK. THANKS AUDI FOR A GREAT QUALITY CAR.

THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BUCK SUDDENLY AND STALL WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 AUDI A4. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT FOUND OIL SPILLS UNDER THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR OF OIL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR MAIN SEAL OF THE ENGINE'S CRANKSHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TWO FAULTY MIS FIRES CAUSED CAR TO MISFIRE AND RUN ROUGH AND JOLT. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST AUDI DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. SUBSEQUENTLY, WITHIN THE NEXT 9 MONTHS, THE CARE AGAIN EXHIBITED CLOSE TO THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND THE CAR WAS AGAIN TOWED TO THE CLOSEST AUDI DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND WAS REPLACED. WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THIS VEHICLE ON THESE EXACT ISSUES, I WAS STILL CHARGED A $250 DEDUCTIBLE PER INCIDENT ($500 TOTAL) ON MY EXTENDED WARRANTY TO REPLACE BOTH THE INJECTORS AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE BULLETIN, I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED.

2009 AUDI A4 WAS RECALLED FOR OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. REBUILT IN MARCH OF 2014. JULY 2015 TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP AND DROP A VALVE. CAR IS NOW SITTING AT AUDI DEALERSHIP WITH AN UNFIXABLE ENGINE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES OF THIS PART FAILING AFTER OIL CONSUMPTION REBUILD. THIS AS A DEFECT AND VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE CAR JUST STOPS RUNNING. AUDI WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY DESPITE THE MOUNTING FACTS AGAINST THE PART.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ADDED OIL TO THE ENGINE AND THE OIL WARNING LIGHT SHUT OFF. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 250 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL AND THE RINGS AND VALVES OF THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE AUDI INTERFERENCE ENGINE TO BECOME OUT OF SYNC RESULTING IN THE ENGINE BECOMING TOTALED. THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND IS WIDELY REPORTED ON 2009 AND NEWER MODELS. BELOW IS AN ARTICLE WITH THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION. THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN IN 2X FOR MISFIRES AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN ISSUE WITH THE SPARK PLUGS, IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT THIS WAS THE TIMING CHAIN BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND MISSED. UPON THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON THE CAR WAS LEFT PARKED UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THE SERVICE APPT WHEN IT WAS TO BE DROPPED OFF AT THE SERVICE LOCATION, AT THAT TIME, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FIRE OUT OF ALIGNMENT DAMAGING THE ENGINE. WHEN SPEAKING TO A MEMBER OF THE AUDI DEALERSHIP IT WAS SHARED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE IS...

THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING THE AUDI INTERFERENCE ENGINE TO BECOME OUT OF SYNC RESULTING IN THE ENGINE BECOMING TOTALED. THIS HAS BECOME A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND IS WIDELY REPORTED ON 2009 AND NEWER MODELS. BELOW IS AN ARTICLE WITH THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION. THE CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN IN 2X FOR MISFIRES AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN ISSUE WITH THE SPARK PLUGS, IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT THIS WAS THE TIMING CHAIN BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND MISSED. UPON THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON THE CAR WAS LEFT PARKED UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT WHEN IT WAS TO BE DROPPED OFF AT THE SERVICE LOCATION, AT THAT TIME, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FIRE OUT OF ALIGNMENT DAMAGING THE ENGINE. WHEN SPEAKING TO A MEMBER OF THE AUDI DEALERSHIP IT WAS SHARED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE IS...

VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND STARTED TO SHAKE. PARKED AND STOPPED ENGINE. ON ATTEMPTING TO RESTART IT BRIEFLY FIRED BUT THEN DIED AND STALLED. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE RESULTED IN IT TURNING OVER WITH NO APPARENT FIRING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE AUDI DEALER AND WE WERE INFORMED IT WAS DUE TO TIMING CHAIN SLIP. IT APPEARS FROM INFORMATION ONLINE THAT THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER IN THIS 2009 B8 2.0T ENGINE IS DEFECTIVE. THE HEAD AND PISTONS WERE ALL DAMAGED AND THE ENGINE WAS DECLARED UNREPAIRABLE BY THE AUDI DEALER. DEALER CHARGED $1300 FOR INSPECTING THE PISTONS AND WANTS $13,000 FOR A NEW ENGINE. THIS VEHICLE HAD REPLACEMENT PISTON RINGS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT AT NO CHARGE TO US DUE TO THE KNOWN EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE (FOR WHICH THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT). AUDI INCREASED THE ENGINE WARRANTY FROM 4 TO 8 YEARS AS...

THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WOULD EMPTY RESULTING IN THE COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON. THE CAR WOULDN'T DRIVE PAST AROUND 45MPH. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE LEAKS ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME. THE AUDI DEALERSHIP STATED THEY FOUND AIR IN THE SYSTEM, BUT NO LEAKS. THEY PRESSURE TESTED THE COOLING SYSTEM AND PULLED VACUUM ON COOLING SYSTEM, FOUND BOTH OK. DRAINED ALL COOLANT AND REPLACED WITH NEW COOLANT AND EVACUATED ALL AIR BUBBLES. THEY REPLACED COOLANT RESERVOIR CAP WITH OEM CAP. THEY FOUND THE CAR WORKING TO AUDI STANDARDS. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR A COUPLE DAYS THE PROBLEM RETURNED. THE AUDI DEALERSHIP CHECKED FOR CODES (NOTE THAT THE PREVIOUS INVOICE DIDN'T INDICATE WHETHER THEY CHECKED FOR CODES OR NOT). THEY FOUND CODE FOR COOLANT TEMP SENSOR, TEST DROVE THE CAR, CHECKED TEMP OF COOLANT HOSES & FOUND ONLY TOP RADIATOR HOSE GETTING HOT. THEY REPLACED THE WATER PUMP/COOLANT TEMP SENSOR/THERMOSTAT HOUSING ASSEMBLY...

I PURCHASED MY AUDI 2009 A4 QUATTRO IN OCT. 2012. AFTER ONLY ONE MONTH I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP TO FIX. THEY SPEND OVER $2,000 IN REPAIRS TRYING TO GET THE OIL CONSUMPTION DOWN. I CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. I HAVE SINCE SPENT OVER $6,000 TO TRY AND REPAIR THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. DUE TO THE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS I HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM RESOLVED. ON MY LAST TRIP TO THE MECHANIC MY OIL CONSUMPTION WENT FROM 300 MILES PER QUART OF OIL TO NOW ONLY 100 MILES PER QUART OF OIL. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND YET WHEN I CONTACT AUDI THEY SAY IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. AUDI SHOULD BE HELP ACCOUNTABLE FOR SELLING FAULTY VEHICLES AND AVOIDING A RECALL TO TRY AND...

THIS PAST FALL, AUDI REPLACED MY PISTONS AND RINGS DUE TO A FAILED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. MY CAR WOULD REQUIRE OIL AFTER ABOUT 250 MILES. WITHIN A WEEK OF CHANGING THE OIL AT AUDI I RECEIVED A WARNING LIGHT. AUDI AT THAT TIME DECIDED TO REPLACE MY PISTONS AND RINGS. ON 12/29 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR STARTING RATTLING VERY LOUD AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING, GRAY SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE REAR TAILPIPE AND MY CAR TURNED OFF. I MANAGED TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND IT LOOKED AS IF OIL HAS LEAKED ALL OVER THE RIGHT TIRE BY THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED BACK TO AUDI FOR SERVICE. THEY ARE NOW TELLING ME IT WILL COST $5000 TO FIX THE CAR. I FEEL THE SINCE THEY LAST WORKED ON THE ENGINE THEY SHOULD...

ENGINE BURNED EXCESSIVE OIL AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. DURING THE SERVICING IN AUGUST 2013, WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS NORMAL OIL CONSUMPTION. ABOUT 2QTS BETWEEN SERVICING. I ALSO INFORMED THAT I OCCASIONALLY SMELLED BURNING OIL AND ADVISED THE TECH TO LOOK FOR LEAKS. WAS TOLD NO PROBLEM FOUND. AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN 2013, TOOK IT FOR SERVICING IN 08/01/2014 AND DEALER INFORMS THAT CAM SEAL IS LEAKING AND IS A $1000 FIX. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THAT I MAY SMELL BURNING OIL!! MY CAR AT PRESENT HAS LESS THAN 22,000 MILES! I HAVE NOTICED THE OTHER PEOPLE BRING UP THE ISSUE OF EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AND THE SERVICE DEPT PROVIDES A BOGUS ANSWER. I BELIEVE NHTSA SHOULD COMPEL AUDI TO FIX ISSUES ON DEFECTIVE DESIGNS REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE OR WARRANTY. IT IS HIGHLY UNETHICAL TO CHARGE CUSTOMER FOR THOUSANDS FOR A KNOWN DEFECT AND THAT TOO RIGHT...

MY AUDI 2009 A4 IS GOING THROUGH A QUART OF OIL EVERY 150 MILES. THERE ARE NO LEAKS AND THE CAR IS NOT DRIVEN HARD. THE MORE I RESEARCH THE MORE PEOPLE I FIND WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. DREAM CAR HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE. *TR

SINCE HITTING 100K MILES, BURNING UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNTS OF OIL. EVERY 700 MILES HAVE TO ADD 1 QT?? MILEAGE IS NOW AT 107K AND NOT SURE WHERE OIL IS GOING. *TR

JUST BROUGHT THE CAR AT 111,000 MILES.JUST PAID $170 DOLLARS FOR AN OIL CHANGE AT 111,000 MILES. OIL LIGHT CAME ON AT 111,500 MILES. ONE QUART LOW ON OIL. THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED. OWN A 2005 AUDI A4. AND WILL SELL MY CAR NOW AND NEVER BUY A JUNK [XXX] AUDI AGAIN. FIX YOUR JUNK! *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I OWNED THE 2009 AUDI A4 QUATTOR. MY CAR HAS A SERIOUS OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM AROUND 350 MILES PER QT. I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ONLINE. ALSO, WHEN I TYPE AUDI A4 2009, THEN I CAN FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. AND I DID RESEARCH FROM MY FRIENDS WHO OWN THE A4 AND ASK ABOUT SOME INFORMATION. I KNOW MANY, MANY THE SAME ISSUES ALSO IN CHINA, TAIWAN, GERMAN AND USA. THEREFORE, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS CAR DID NOT RECALL!!! OR HELP US WHO OWNED THE A4. I GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM TWO DIFFERENT CAR SHOP. THE DATA SHOWS AUDI A4 AND S5 BETWEEN 2009-2011 HAVE A LOT OF ISSUE ABOUT THE OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM IN THE USA. I KNOW THE CAR IS NOT RECALL, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY CAN HELP THE AUDI OWNER TO KEEP THIS CAR? *TR

RECENTLY DONE OIL CHANGE WITH SYNTHETIC OIL (AUDI RECOMMENDED) WHICH SHOULD LAST FOR 10,000 MILES BEFORE ANOTHER OIL CHANGE IS NEEDED. UNFORTUNATELY AFTER A MONTH AND HALF OF DRIVING OIL LEVELS ARE SHOWING HALF OF THE OIL GONE. ENGINE IS MAKING NOISE AND LOT OF CO2 BEING CLOGGED UP. RUNNING HEAVY CAUSES TO USE LOT OF FUEL. FEELS AS IF ENGINE MAY GET TOO HOT AFTER EATING UP EXCESS AMOUNT OF OIL. *TR

THE CAR BURNS 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 200 MILES. ITS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2009 A4 2.0T MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE BURNING GALLONS OF OIL IN THESE CARS. ITS A SHAME THAT AUDI IS SWEEPING THIS ISSUE UNDER THE RUG. THESE CARS NEED RECALLED. *TR

I HAVE OBTAINED THIS CAR AS A USED CAR. ENGINE OIL WAS CHANGED ONE WEEK AFTER I HAVE THE CAR AT A MECHANIC SHOP. THREE WEEKS (ABOUT 500MILES DRIVING) LATER, A LOW ENGINE OIL ALARM SOUNDED. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE SAME MECHANIC SHOP AND ADD A QUART OF OIL TO THE ENGINE. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, I WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO A ROAD TRIP. THE LOW OIL ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN. THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY ROAD TRIP WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY (ABOUT 500MILES SINCE LAST OIL ADDITION) AT ABOUT 75MPH. I HAVE TO GET OFF THE HIGH WAY RIGHT AWAY AND WENT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP TO TOP OFF THE OIL. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF I COULDN?T FIND A MECHANIC SHOP IN TIME TO ADD MORE ENGINE OIL, THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE...