2002 Audi Tt

AUDI TT 2002 DASH POD RECALLED IN IRELAND AND BRITAIN. INTERFERENCE AND ERRATIC PERFORMANCE WITH INSTRUMENT GAUGES AND LIGHTS. I AM HAVING SAME PROBLEM AND VEHICLE ONLY HAS 30K MILES. CAN RESULT IN UNEXPECTED SHUT DOWN ON HIGHWAY. DEALER SAYS CAR COMPUTER DOES NOT INDICATE ANY PROBLEMS AND CUSTOMER, ME, ENDS UP PAYING FOR EACH MALFUNCTIONING COMPONENT AS JUST "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AUDI TT QUATTRO. WHEN THE CONTACT FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH GASOLINE, FUEL WOULD SPILL BACK OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE BELIEVED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE FUEL WAS LEAKING AND WHERE IT ORIGINATED. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST WOULD BE $800. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V222000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 132,000.

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2002 AUDI TT ROADSTER BEGAN TO FAIL IN AUGUST 2007. BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, NOT ONE NUMBER ON THE PANEL COULD BE READ...IT WAS IN COMPLETE FAILURE. BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR AT ALL BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW MUCH GAS I HAD NOR WOULD I KNOW AT WHAT RATE OF SPEED I WAS TRAVELING. THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THIS ISSUE WHICH WAS SETTLED THIS YEAR AND I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF IT IN APRIL 2008...WHICH, AT THE TIME OF RECEIPT PLACED MY CAR OUTSIDE OF THE SIX YEAR LIMITATION PERIOD...EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS A 2002 AND THE PANEL FAILED LAST YEAR. I AM BEING TOLD THAT MY CAR WILL NOT BE REPAIRED BY AUDI OF AMERICA UNLESS I PAY THE $1,300.00 CHARGE TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS IS AN AUDI PROBLEM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO TURN IT INTO MY PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE CAR WHICH IS NEVER DRIVEN IN THE SNOW AND IS A "GARAGE QUEEN". I CAN'T DRIVE IT AND NOW, I CAN'T EVEN SELL IT...WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY IT? IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I WOULD NOT TAKE IT ONTO THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WORKING. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, THEREFORE, I HAVE AN EXPENSIVE LITTLE CAR SITTING IN MY GARAGE WHICH CANNOT EVEN BE USED. WHAT SHOULD I DO? *TR UPDATED 06/10/08

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AUDI TT. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FADED OUT AND THE ODOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE READINGS WERE INACCURATE. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY WAS COMPLETELY ILLEGIBLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE. ONCE IT STARTED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL MOMENTS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR FREE BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURES, BUT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,267 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,400. UPDATED 06/02/08 *BF UPDATED 06/02/08 *TR