2010 Audi A4

PURCHASED A USED LEASE VEHICLE IN 2014, 63,000 MILES ON IT. LOOKED LIKE A CREAMPUFF. CARFAX WAS CLEAN. USED OIL EXCESSIVELY. WAS TOLD BY LOCAL DEALER I COULD NOT GET CAR FIXED PER CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT BECAUSE I WAS NOT ORIGINAL OWNER OR DID NOT HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORDS. CAR HAS NOW HAD AN INTAKE VALVE FAILURE IN CYLINDER 3 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED. POSSIBLY CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE PISTON RINGS BREAKING. 101,000 MILES AND JUST OUT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED FOR $2500 EXTRA. CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AND STUCK 3 HOURS FROM MY HOME. AUDI OF AMERICA SAYS CAR WAS "FIXED" IN 2012 AND WILL NOT RELEASE MAINTENANCE RECORDS, CITING PRIVACY OF PREVIOUS OWNER, A CORPORATE LEASE. AUDI DEALER IN MELBOURNE FL WHO DID THE REPAIR IN 2012 WILL NOT RELEASE RECORDS SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS FIXED AND WHAT PARTS WERE USED. TOTAL RUNAROUND BY AUDI OF AMERICA AND AUDI OF MELBOURNE. I DON'T HAVE $7000 FOR REPAIR, AND, STILL MAKE PAYMENTS ON CAR FOR 2 MORE YEARS . A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE, FOR WORK. ALL 5 MILLION VEHICLES FROM 2009, 2010 AND 2011 WITH DEFECTIVE PISTONS AND RINGS NEED TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ALSO COMPROMISES CATALYTIC CONVERTER PERFORMANCE, AND LIFE. THAT'S ANOTHER $1200-$1700 TO GET REPLACED. AUDI CARE IS A JOKE. THEIR ARROGANCE IS ASTOUNDING.

DRIVING TO WORK ON A COUNTRY ROADWAY, PASSED A VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO PULL BACK INTO MY LANE, RELEASING THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE AUDI 2010 A4 CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER BRAKING, SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 85-90 MPH. BRAKES FUNCTIONED, PULLED OVER, STOPPED CAR. LOOKED DOWN, NOTHING INTERFERING WITH THE GAS PEDAL. RESTARTED CAR, SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPED TO 7000-8000 RPM, CAR REVVED. NEEDED TO GET THE CAR TO A SAFE LOCATION, PROCEEDED TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, BRAKES BEGAN SMOKING BUT MADE IT TO A MINI MART, PARKED AND STOPPED CAR. CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. CONTACTED AUDI OF AMERICA, THEY REVIEWED THE RECORDS AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGH RATE OF SPEED DESPITE DRIVER'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE SPEED. HAVE NOT DRIVEN VEHICLE SINCE THIS INCIDENT ON 7/7/11. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS, BUT SINCE I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE GAS PEDAL, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE WAY WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. DEALERSHIP STATES NO CODES WERE THROWN AND NOTHING SHOWS UP. *KB

I HAVE A 2010 AUDI A4 WITH THE "MULTITRONIC" CVT TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE, THE CAR ROLLS-BACK (OR FORWARD) WHEN IN DRIVE, MUCH LIKE A CAR WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS "NORMAL" AND FUNCTIONING "AS DESIGNED." WHILE THIS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE COLLISIONS WITH THE CAR BEHIND (OR IN FRONT) WHEN ON AN INCLINE, GRADE, HILL, PARKING GARAGE, PARKING LOT, ETC. THIS BEHAVIOR HAS CAUSE FRIGHTENING SITUATIONS IN WHICH I'VE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES FOR FEAR OF HITTING THE CAR BEHIND (OR IN FRONT) OF ME. THIS HAS ALSO CAUSED THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE TO HONK IN FEAR OF GETTING HIT. I HAVE NOT OBSERVED SIMILAR BEHAVIOR IN VEHICLES WITH TRADITIONAL MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THIS BEHAVIOR SEEMS TO BE LIMITED TO AUDIS WITH CVT TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE SAME BEHAVIOR ON A FRIEND'S 2009 AUDI A4 WITH THE SAME TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE 2010 AUDI A4 2.0T WHICH I LEASED LUNGES FORWARD EVERY TIME IT IS DOWN SHIFTED IN TRIPTRONIC MODE (MANUALLY SHIFTING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). TODAY, I REPORTED THE DEFECT TO THE SERVICE WRITER SCOTT SUMMERFIELD AT MCDONALD AUDI IN LITTLETON CO AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS AWARE OF IT AND THAT HE THOUGHT AUDI MIGHT BE WORKING ON A "FIX" FOR IT. I THINK YOU SHOULD COMPEL AUDI TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS BECAUSE THE LUNGING IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DEFECT. THE MANUAL SHIFTING MODE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS USED MAINLY ON UNSAFE STEEP MOUNTAIN ROADS TO AVOID RIDING THE BRAKE ON A DOWNHILL GRADE AND TO ACQUIRE GREATER CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON SLIPPERY TERRAIN WHERE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FATAL ACCIDENT SUCH AS GOING OVER A CLIFF IS GREAT. *TR