2009 Audi A4

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 BLOCK AND I'M BEING TOLD MY ENTIRE ENGINE MIGHT BE TOAST. HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY CLAIM AN OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE THAT CAUSES TURBO AND PISTON FAILURE, AND NOT COVER THE TIMING CHAIN THAT RUNS THE WHOLE SYSTEM? THIS IS LUDICROUS, HAS COST ME SIGNIFICANT TIME AND MONEY WHILE THE CAR ITSELF ISN'T WORTH BUT MAYBE $6K. NOW I'M LOOKING AT A CHAIN REPLACEMENT AT $2K OR A WHOLE NEW ENGINE AT $10K PLUS. MIGHT AS WELL PUT A STICKER ON THE NEW AUDIS THAT SAYS THE CAR WILL HAVE NEGATIVE VALUE AFTER 65K MILES. MY CAR NOW WON'T RUN AT ALL AND HAS BEEN AT THE MECHANIC FOR MONTHS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, MANUFACTURER OR DEALER, EITHER WAY THEY ARE BOTH AWARE OF MAJOR FLAWS IN THEIR MANUFACTURING AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. SOUNDS LIKE CONSUMER FRAUD TO ME.

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.

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