Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Audi A3 - part 2

Driving 50-60 mph on the fwy when all of a sudden the car started to jerk/stutter and then it lost speed. The jerking is similar to a new driver learning how to drive a manual transmission where you're thrown fwd and back somewhat violently. As I tried to accelerate back to fwy speed, it wouldn't accelerate. It kept slowing down instead. No cel illuminated. I decided to exit and pulled into a parking lot.

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I purchased this vehicle for my 18 year old daughter as a parent you want to have you child as safe as possible. The vehicle is anything but safe. As a matter of fact it's an accident waiting to happen. Or worst a fatality. The vehicle while driving just turns off. It wasn't even a month into owning the brand new vehicle that issues started to arise. While reversing out of a parking spot, the vehicle stopped without any warning. About 4 weeks later, while entering the expressway,once again the vehicle without warning completely turn off. By a miracle of god my daughter did not get into an accident. A very dangerous situation as many other vehicles are driving at high speeds. On 3/31/17 the vehicle was take to the collection,where they could not tell me exactly what the problem was since they themselves had no clue. But they did tell me that there was definitely a problem since when they connected the vehicle to the computer it gave sporadic error codes. I was told that Audi corporate office was contacted and they advised the collection to inspect the fuel system and hose, electrical wiring, and vehicle program all of which I was told was done. On 4/27/17 another incident occurred. While at a traffic light, making a left hand turn, the vehicle stopped. The vehicle behind my daughter was also turning right behind her and almost rear ended her since even the brake lights were not working t. In the middle of the traffic intersection, the vehicle was not responding to the shifting of gears or to the accelerator. At this point that vehicle was not responding at all leaving my daughter stranded in the middle of oncoming cars and agitated drivers around her. The collection had the vehicle towed back to their shop where it has been ever since. No one, not even Audi's corporate head engineer has been able to figure out what is wrong with the vehicle.

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2015 Audi A3. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle engine compartment fire. The consumer stated the engine compartment caught fire. The vehicle sat in an open air site without a hood or windows, exposed to the winter elements. 13 days later it was inspected by the manufacturer, who determined the failure to be due to rodent nesting activity.

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2nd time this has happened in just a few days. I want to start documenting every time this has happened. I was pulling into fast moving traffic from a side street. I was making a left hand turn and the car hesitated putting me into the way of on coming traffic at 50 mph. This was very dangerous because I was accelerating trying to reach 50 mph could have been rear ended only going about 10 mph.

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Tl- the contact owned a 2016 Audi A3. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked they were informed that the vehicle was on fire. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was totaled. The the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and was not able to determine the vehicle failure. The vehicle replaced the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000. Gl.

While driving, all power to the engine just suddenly turns off without warning. It has happened a few times while on the freeway and almost caused an accident, as a couple semis kept me from pulling off the road before losing significant speed that cause merging to be very difficult. Upon trying to restart, one time the car restarted fine while another it took numerous tries with a esp fault error resulting, then it suddenly worked fine again, until it happened another time.

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I bought a brand new 2. 0 Audi A3 from the dealer this may. I got a low oil warning with only 2700 miles on the car, and the oil is dark and dirty compare to the loner car I got. It has been three times I brought my car back to the service department in the dealer, but they never solved the problem. First time, they toped up the oil. After two weeks, the oil was low again, so I brought it back. This time, they changed a new oil tank cap for me, but two weeks later, the oil was low. I drove it back to the service, this time actually the Audi company told me that is because my car is still in break-in period and just topped up the oil again. But as an engineer, I know it cannot be 2 qt per 1000 miles.

Air conditioning unit went out.

An interruption of motive power . The dash gear position indicator (prnds) flashing.

Fuel pump imploded and sent shrapnel throughout the entire fuel system. Everything had to be replaced.

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Car would not go into gear, transmission froze up. All the gear lights were flashing prnd. Had to have it towed to dealer. They stated that the megatronic transmission module had to be replaced and the part needed to come from europe.

I was driving and the car wouldnt shift into 3rd gear so I was holding up traffic and struggled to get the car back home. I was told by dealer today I had two bad coils and the megatronic which controld the transmision was going out. I heard 2006 models had a recall on the megatronic but not 2007. I cant believe I need to spend $2500 on anew megatronic for a car that has less than 70k miles and I spent 4290 today for diagnostic, plugs, and coils. The previous 2002 Audi a4 I had had the same problem with the coils but they eventually issued the campaign and reimbursed me for the coils.

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This complaint relates to a tdi version of the Audi A3. While driving my kids to school, the car stopped dead and would not restart. On inspection by an Audi dealer it was determined that the high pressure fuel pump had failed. The pump failure caused metal particles from the pump itself to circulate in the fuel system doing catastrophic damage to the fuel system and power train. As of this date, the car has been in the shop for repair longer than two weeks with no estimated date of completion. We experienced a similar catastrophic fuel pump failure with our Audi q7 tdi in June of 2012 which required a new engine, fuel system and other parts (see odi # 10480946). According to the dealer, the reason for the delay in repairing the A3 relates to the large number of cars with similar fuel system failures which has caused a scarcity of parts. We have been told by the dealer that this same problem is happening to tdi vehicles from both Volkswagen and Audi. I am no engineer, but widespread fuel system failures seem potentially dangerous to drivers and their passengers. This problem deserves an investigation.

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While driving on local roads, engine lost power and stopped running suddenly. I was able to restart the car after a minute or so and continued my trip to work. Car is an automatic and the engine just quit like a manual left in gear at a stop sign. . . A shudder then nothing. Not sure if relevant, but I could only restart the car after completely turning it off and removing the key.

Engine warning light appears on instrument panel on and off. Dealer states its a "intake runner motor". This started within 10,000 after warranty ran out at 55k. Dealer suggests replacement before failure.

Loss of power and dtc p2293, p0087 in ecm caused by premature wearing of the camshaft follower that drives the high pressure fuel pump. The dtc are referenced in NHTSA item 10025965, and service bulletin number 15-08-05. The camshaft wears through and damages the fuel pump. Outside investigation has determined that this premature wear is caused by an improperly hardened camshaft. This is a manufacturing problem affecting a large number Audi and vw vehicles utilizing the 2. 0 engine.