2009 Audi A4 Engine Problems

PURCHASED VEHICLE 8/15/19 AT SELECT MOTORS INC, SMYRNA TN. CLEAN CAR FAX REPORT. ONGOING OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUES. INTAKE CAMSHAFT LOCKED UP FOLLOWING OIL CONSUMPTION TEST AT AUDI OF NASHVILLE. NOT DRIVEABLE NOW. AUDI OF NASHVILLE QUOTED CYLINDER HEAD AND ASSOCIATED PARTS, TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER, CAM ADJUSTER AND PISTONS. TSB-2027731-8 BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH PISTONS A KNOWN ISSUE. CONTACTED AUDI OF NORTH AMERICA. UNWILLING TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. CAR BEYOND THE 8YEAR/80,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY OFFERED FOLLOWING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. PAID CASH AT PURCHASE, PUT ROUGHLY 2,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND AND BEING TOLD WILL NEED TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $10,000-$13,000 TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AGAIN FOR A KNOWN ENGINEERING DEFECT WITH THE PISTONS AUDI IS UNWILLING TO CLASSIFY AS A RECALL.

DRIVING VEHICLE 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 WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD IT CHECKED BY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE TIMING CHAIN AND TENSIONER WERE THE PROBLEM AND I WAS JUST TWO MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALERSHIP CALLED TO TELL ME I NEEDED NEW CYLINDERS BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT START. QUOTED ME $7,500 TO REPAIR. I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS ACTION SUIT BECAUSE MY CAR DID NOT BREAK UNTIL AFTER THE WINDOW CLOSED. AUDI KNEW ABOUT THE FAILURE AND DID NOTHING TO WARN OWNERS.

OIL CONSUMPTION I HAD THIS CAR SINCE 2012 AND FOUND OUT RECENTLY ABOUT OIL CONSUMPTION CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT THROUGH THE INTERNET, WHEN MY CAR STARTED CONSUMING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL. THE OWNER MANUAL SAYS A QUART PER ~1,200 MILES, BUT I'M GETTING OIL LIGHT AT ABOUT 400 MILES AFTER SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS INCLUDING THE DEALERSHIP I'M CURRENTLY DOING EVERY 10K MAINTENANCE WITH AND NONE HAVE ACTUALLY HELPED ME OUT SINCE I'M OUT OF WARRANTY OF 80K. I SPOKE WITH AUDI CORPORATE AND THEY SAY THEY WILL REVIEW WHEN THEY GET TO MY CASE WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH NEVER. THEY KEEP TELLING ME TO TAKE MY CAR IN TO DO PHASE 2 OIL CONSUMPTION WHICH IS GOING TO BE A SEVERAL GRAND REPAIR. I DID PHASE 1 OUT OF POCKET ROUGHLY 1,700 AND THEY FIXED PCV BREATHER VALVE, SEAL AND UPDATED SOFTWARE AFTER I REPLACED THE PCV BREATHER VALVE RECENTLY, BUT THEY SAID THE VALVE IS OLD, SO THEY REPLACED WITH NEWER ONE, BUT STILL PRETTY MUCH DOING THE SAME THING AND THAT'S CONSUMING OIL. AUDI CORPORATE SAY THEY WILL "REVIEW" MY CASE WHICH PRETTY MUCH MEANS I PAY OUT OF POCKET AND THEN THEY'LL SEE WHICH I DOUBT. THIS CAR IS LITERALLY A HEADACHE NEVER BUYING AN AUDI AGAIN. AUDI IS CROOKED AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO BAIT ME INTO REPAIRING THE CAR FURTHER WHICH WILL ULTIMATE LEAD TO A 10K ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN NOT ON MY DIME.

THIS CAR IS BURNING OIL IN A EXTREMELY DANGER SPEED

MY CAR WAS OVER HEATING DUE TO A WATER PUMP AND MY TIMING CHAIN IS GOING AND I GOT A RECALL LETTER 2 DAYS LATER ON THE TIMING CHAIN AND NOW MY ALTERNATOR IS GOING OUT

VEHICLE BURNS A QUART OF OIL EVERY 150 200 MILES IT'S VERY COMMON AND SEVERAL YEARS MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET

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

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.

OIL CONSUMPTION IS HORRIBLE I'M REFILLING A QUART OF OIL EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND I DID RECEIVE NOTICE OF A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE.

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.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE - IT DID NOT START AGAIN. AFTER INVESTIGATION THE TENSIONER FAILED CAUSING PISTON AND VALVE DAMAGE WHICH EQUALS AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT! NO INSURANCE COVERAGE AND WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR - THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE COMING IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE!

TIMING CHAIN FAILED ON ENGINE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. TOWED TO AUDI DEALER WHO QUOTED A REPAIR > $ VALUE OF THE CAR. CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

AT 70K CAR WAS CONSUMING OIL EVERY 1K HAVING TO TOP OFF A LITER OF OIL. DEALER ADV THIS WAS NORMAL BECAUSE OF TURBO ENGINE. IGNORED THE ISSUE UNTIL GOT WORST TOPPING OFF EVERY 750MI'S THEN TO EVERY 200-300MI. DEALER CHECKED & ADV NEEDED TURBO ASSY REPLACEMENT BEFORE THEY WOULD CHECK ON THE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. COST TO REPAIR $3,925+ TAX. COULDN'T AFFORD THAT SO LIVED W/ISSUE FOR A WHILE. DOING RESEARCH ON INTERNET I FOUND THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM W/THIS CAR/YEAR AND THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT & AUDI HAD TO PAY TO REPAIR FOR THIS OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE FOR FREE BUT ONLY IF YOU PUT THE CLAIM IN BY A CERTAIN DATE.I DIDN'T KNOW OF THIS SO I COMPLAINED TO THE AUDI DEALER BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR MY CAR TO BE HONORED. THE DEALER THEN WOULD PERFORM A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST FOR $300 WITH A FEW NEW SEALS AND BOLTS.IF AFTER THE TEST IT STILL CONSUMED OIL RAPIDLY THEY ADVISED MAYBE AUDI CORP WOULD HONOR THE REPAIRS OR AT LEAST HELP COVER A PARTIAL AMOUNT SINCE I WAS A DEDICATED CUSTOMER GETTING ALL MY SERVICES DONE AT AUDI. AFTER TESTING IT FAILED & WAS DIAGNOSED THAT I NEEDED NEW PISTONS/TURBO ETC.TO FIX THIS. BASICALLY SOUNDED LIKE A NEW ENGINE.WENT TO AUDI CORP. & SUBMITTED THE COMPLAINT & ALL SHOWED ALL RECEIPTS OF SERVICES DONE TO THE CAR TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HELP HONOR THE REPAIR BUT END RESULTS THEY DIDN'T DO MUCH & WAS ADVISED BY DEALER IT WOULD COST ME $7000 TO FIX. I ENDED UP DECLINING SERVICE FROM THE AUDI DEALERSHIP & WENT TO A LOCAL AUDI MECHANIC SHOP TO AT LEAST PERFORM THE TURBO REPAIR & THAT COST ME NEAR $5K. THIS IS A LEMON OF A CAR & AUDI KNOWS IT! THERE SHOULD OF BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS FIX BUT INSTEAD LET THEIR CUSTOMERS SUFFER SPENDING LOADS OF MONEY ON REPAIRS.

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

REAR MAIN SEAL FELL OUT OF ENGINE.

MY CAR JUMP TIMING TODAY. I FIRST HAD AND OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE WITH NEW PISTON AND RINGS INSTALLED. AND IN 2015 AND REAR MAIN SEAL WENT OUT. NOW IN 2016 THE MOTOR JUMP TIMING PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE THIS MORNING. GREAT PLASTIC TIMING CHAIN TENSIONS AUDI REFUSE TO AMMIT THEY A JUNK. THANKS AUDI FOR A GREAT QUALITY CAR.

THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BUCK SUDDENLY AND STALL WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A SUBURBAN ROAD, DRIVING FORWARD, WHEN IT DEVELOPED FORWARD/BUCKING MOTION BEFORE STALLING/STOPPING IN TRAFFIC. UPON DEALER INSPECTION, THE VEHICLE'S HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED, WHICH DIRECTLY CAUSED A FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CAM SHAFT, RESULTING IN A COSTLY REPAIR TO CORRECT.

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.

THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE .. AFTER BASICALLY HAVING THE ENGINE REBUILT DUE TO AN OIL CONSUMPTION LAWSUIT THAT HAD BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 19,000 MILES AND JUST BEEN BANDAIDED UP WITH EXCUSES FROM THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NOW THE VIBRATIONS ARE BLAMED ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS. WILL THE CRAP JUST EVER END? OR WILL I FIX THE MOUNTS AND WE CAN POINT THE FINGER AT SOMETHING ELSE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO END.. PERSONALLY THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED WITH ALL THE ISSUES- SOMETHING JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THEM IN 2009 APPARENTLY. THE MOTOR MOUNTS SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE BAD IN THIS VEHICLE AT THIS POINT BEING THE HIGH END CAR THEY CLAIM TO MANUFACTURE..I WOULD LOVE MY CAR IF IT RAN CORRECTLY- AND SINCE 19,000 MILES IT HASN'T - THAT IS SAD. I KNOW WHAT THIS COMPANY IS CAPABLE OF .. AND THIS IS JUST BS.