2002 AUDI QUATTRO — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

CRACKED BEARING ON DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL (A4 QUATTRO, 3L V6, 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION). THIS BEARING CONNECTING TWO DISKS THAT MAKE UP DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL, WAS CRACKED, CAUSING A SUDDEN ONSET OF A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS VIBRATION TO OCCUR AT ALL RPM LEVELS. ALSO REQUIRED A COMPLETE CLUTCH REPLACEMENT PRIOR TO NORMAL WEAR INTERVAL. ENTIRE FLYWHEEL ASSY REPLACED WITH CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE, PILOT AND THROWOUT BEARINGS REMEDIED ISSUE. 10 HOURS LABOR WITH PARTS APROX $2700 TOTAL COST OF REPAIR. *TR

THE AUDI CARS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS TANKS WHICH COULD LEAD TO EXPLOSIONS. MY 2002 AUDI HAS ABOUT 100K ON IT, WHICH IS WHEN I STARTED SMELLING GAS. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER IN 2008 FOR A RECALL, AND AT THAT TIME THEY SERVICED A PART OF THE FUEL SYSTEM, FOR WHICH NOW THERE IS A RECALL. THEN THIS YEAR, SMELLING GAS, I HAD THE RINGS CHANGED, BUT NOW SMELLING GAS AGAIN, MY AUDI MECHANIC SAYS THE TANK IS NOT REPAIRABLE. HE PULLED IT AS FAR DOWN AS POSSIBLE AND USED A SCOPE ON IT TO SEE IF IT COULD BE REPAIRED. NOW I AM LOOKING AT ABOUT 2K IN BILLS FOR A NEW GAS TANK. I CALLED AUDI AND ASKED THEIR ADVOCATE ABOUT THIS, ASKING ABOUT IF IT WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL, AND OF COURSE HE SAID NO, THAT WITH HIGH MILEAGE CARS GAS TANKS CAN GIVE PROBLEMS. I KNOW OF MANY AUDIS WHO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE GAS TANKS; THIS IS NOT NORMAL. AUDI NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED FOR THIS. I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER INSTANCES JUST BY GOOGLING THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB, AND MY MECHANIC, WHO ONLY WORKS ON AUDIS, HAS REPLACED SEVERAL TANKS. HE USED TO BE AN AUTHORIZED PARTS CENTER FOR AUDI SO HE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WHERE THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON WITH AN ACCOMPANYING THREE BEEPS FROM THE CONSOLE OF MY 2000 AUDI A6 QUATTRO SEDAN. THIS IS HAPPENING MOST OF THE TIME NOW. THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT HE CAN FIX THIS FOR ABOUT 25% OF THE VALUE OF MY CAR. THIS IS NUTS. I GO ONLINE AND FIND THAT THERE ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAVE FILED QUESTIONS WITH VARIOUS AUDI-RELATED WEB PAGES, ALL WITH THE SAME OR NEARLY THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW NOT A WORN-OUT PART. I ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS ARE TERRIBLY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AUDI A4 QUATTRO. THE IGNITION COILS WERE ORIGINALLY REPLACED UNDER RECALL IN 2003 AT 9,000 MILES. AT 60,300 MILES THE IGNITION COILS FAILED AGAIN WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE ENGINE WAS LOUDER THAN NORMAL, AND VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE NORMALLY, ALSO, THERE WAS LOSS OF POWER.THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE AT 10-15 MPH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE IGNITION COILS FOR CYLINDERS 2, 3 & 6 WERE FAULTY , AND RECOMMENED ALL IGNITION COILS SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,300. *AK

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND CURRENTLY THE TURN SIGNALS OFTEN DO NOT FUNCTION ALTHOUGH AT TIMES THE WORK FOR A SHORT PERIOD. *NM