2009 Audi A4

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.

PURCHASED AROUND JAN 2013 WITH APX. 30,000 MI. NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THE ADD OIL INDICATOR COMING ON. AFTER ADDING A QUART OF OIL A COUPLE OF TIMES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND EVEN TAKING INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO ADD OIL, I QUESTIONED THE OIL CONSUMPTION OF THE CAR KNOWING THAT NO CAR USES THAT MUCH OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED ME THERE WERE NO ISSUES AT FIRST. AFTER HAVING THE DEALERSHIP DO MY OIL CHANGES AND THE ADD OIL INDICATOR CONTINUING TO COME ON, I FINALLY STATED TO DEALERSHIP THERE IS A PROBLEM AND IT NEEDED TO BE LOOKED INTO. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP TESTING THE OIL CONSUMPTION OF THE CAR TWO TIMES, THEY FOUND THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND REPAIRED IT. HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE. RECORDS OF REPAIR ON FILE.

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 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 IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT THEY ARE SEEING THIS OCCUR MORE AND MORE IN THEIR VEHICLES. THIS FAILURE IS ALSO REMINISCENT OF THE 2007 CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT WHICH PROMPTED AUDI TO MOVE FROM A TIMING BELT TO THE FOR THE SAME OUTCOME OCCURRING. HTTP://REDLINESPEEDWORX.COM/2-0T-TSI-TIMING-CHAIN-FAILURE/ IF AUDI HAD PLACED OUT UPDATED PARTS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THERE WAS NO RECALL TO REPLACE THE PART OR ANYTHING MENTIONED BY THE MANUFACTURE INDICATING THE RELEASE OF UPDATED HARDWARE TO ADDRESS A "POTENTIAL ISSUE"