2012 Audi Q5

I PURCHASED MY 2012 AUDI FROM CARMAX WITH 20,??? MILES ON IT. IT NOW HAS 106,000. I NOTICED MORE OIL CONSUMPTION THAN IT SHOULD. I AM VERY VERY ON TOP OF MAINTAINING MY VEHICLES. REGULAR MAINTENANCE ORIGINAL AUDI PARTS DURING REPLACEMENT.... THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD THE CODE CHECKED AND IT WAS TURBO BOOSTER PROBLEM AND CRANKSHAFT. WAS TOLD FIXING CRANKSHAFT MAY POSSIBLY FIX TURBO BOOSTER CODE WITHOUT PAYING $3,000-4,000 TO FIX. AS THEY WERE FIXING IT I WAS TOLD THE CRANKSHAFT HAD RED LETTERS ON IT MEANING IT CAME FROM A JUNKYARD PRIOR TO MY PURCHASING IT! SO IT HAD TO HAVE GONE BAD BEFORE 20,000 MILES WHICH IS RIDICULOUS! SO I PAID THE $500.00 TO FIX IT AND DROVE IT 158 MILES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. SO I JUST BURNED $500.00 FOR NOTHING! I LOVE MY AUDI BUT I WILL NEVER EVER PURCHASE AN AUDI THAT IS SUCH AN UNRELIABLE VEHICLE AGAIN. IN DOING RESEARCH I SEE THAT 2012 AUDI ENGINES ARE VERY VERY BAD NEWS! APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF AUDI OWNERS. BUYER BEWARE!

TIMING CHAIN AND/OR TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILURE ON MY VEHICLE. THIS SAME ISSUE IS IIN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. MY VEHICLE ENGINE SIZE AND YEAR ARE LISTED BUT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE THEY EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE AND WILL HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE REPAIRED. I FEEL LIKE THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER VIN #'S THAT ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE BUT ARE NOT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED BY AUDI. THE VEHICLE BARELY STARTS AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY POWER WHEN MOVING FORWARD. IT WAS IN MOTION.

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY JUMPED TIMING CHAIN CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIR TENSIONER. I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE ON 12/03/2015 WITH 45,483 MILES. I MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE AT INDEPENDENT MECHANICS DUE TO THE DISMAL SERVICE AT THE ONLY DEALERSHIP IN TOWN AND ITS POOR ONLINE REVIEWS. I FREQUENTLY ADDED OIL TO THE ENGINE WHEN PROMPTED BY THE CAR. ON JANUARY 10, 2016, I LEFT THE GYM AND STARTED MY CAR. IT TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL TO TURN OVER, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE NEXT DAY, I TOOK THE CAR TO AUTOZONE WHO PULLED THE P001600 DTC CODE (CRANK POSITION SENSOR AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CORRELATION). I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO ALSO PULLED THE P001600 IN ADDITION TO THE P02900 DTC (TURBO UNDER BOOST). THAT MECHANIC ALSO HEARD NOISE FROM ENGINE TIMING COVER AREA AND COOLANT SEEPAGE/LEAK AT THE WATER PUMP AREA. THEY RECOMMENDED THE CAR BE TOWED TO A SPECIALIST, WHICH WAS DONE. HE PULLED THE P001600 (237) DTC CODE AND A P0562 LOW VOLTAGE CODE. AT THIS TIME, I CONTACTED AUDI OF AMERICA AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE ISSUE. I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE TIMING CHAIN CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE TENSIONER, BUT INFORMED THAT MY VIN WASN'T COVERED. AT THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO AN AUDI DEALERSHIP. ALL SERVICE RECORDS, OIL RECEIPTS, ETC WERE PROVIDED TO AUDI. AUDI "DECLINED ASSISTANCE", LEAVING ME WITH AN UNDRIVEABLE CAR, A $750 BILL FROM THE MECHANIC, $55 TOW BILL, $150 (AND GROWING) RENTAL CAR CHARGE, AND AN ESTIMATE OF OVER $8K TO RE-BUILD THE ENGINE. ADDITIONAL RECORDS AVAILABLE.