Tank Assembly problems of the 2000 Audi A6

Fuel vapor detected in cabin. Gasoline detected on floor surface under driver side rear passenger location. Also observe fuel dripping from driver side fuel tank. Suspect defective rollover valve nipple. Adendum requested to include year 2000 A6 Audi c5 car year is 04/2000 A6 quattro c5. See; recall campaign 08v157000 NHTSA action number: pe08008.

Fuel tank rollover nipple cracked and began leaking fuel on the caytalytic converter. Causing a major fire risk, leaving me to have the car towed and repaired. Audi has recalled 2001 and up cars for this problem but left out my model year, even though it has the same tank.

The contact owns an 2000 Audi A6. He smelled a strong odor of fuel inside and outside of the vehicle. Also she noticed fuel leakage on the ground. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection. The failure was contributed to the fuel tank assembly. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 135,000. The current mileage was 142,000.

Problem relates to Audi A6 quattro 2. 8l model year 2000. Gas odor from outside vehicle is extremely strong, especially after filling tank. Gas leaks and pools under car, posing extreme fire hazard. Failure has not been corrected. Audi recall [08v-157] describes this problem exactly, but only covers model years 2001 through 2004. The VIN range does not cover this vehicle. This request is to expand the coverage of this recall to include Audi A6 quattro 2. 8l vehicles with model year 2000.

There is a recent recall for certain Audi models as referenced in NHTSA action number : pe08008. This begins with model year 2001 A6 Audi cars with the 2. 7 engine. I own a 2000 model A6 2. 7 and am having the same problem. There is a gasoline smell that just began and by inspection from underneath the car it appears that there is a slight leak (not dripping) from the top area of the tank as described in this recall. It seems like more than a coincidence that my car is also having a very rare slow gas leak but it was not included in the recall. The gas tank part number (as printed on the bottom of the tank) is 4b0 201 085. This is the same part number as used in the 2001 and 2002 models as referenced from a n online part search. Thank you for your assistance and further research.

There has been an Audi recall (opened 1/31/-8, closed 5/30/08) for Audi A6 models manufactured from June 2, 2001 to June 1, 2005. Your NHTSA action number is pe08008, recall campaign number is 08v157000. This involves very dangerous fuel tank cracks and leaks. The problem is, I have a 2000 Audi A6 with exactly the same problem, but no recall. It will cost me about $2,000 to repair, my mechanic says I'm lucky no explosion. If you will check the internet chat rooms, these problems are extensive back to 1998 models, involving plastic fuel tanks. Audi tells me 'not enough complaints' of my year model to warrant recall,even though the defect seems exactly the same thing as the defect causing the recall, and is a terribly dangerous situation for Audi drivers and their families. If there is a defect, there is a defect, it should not matter whether more complaints were filed for the 2001 years than mine. Is safety a matter of the number of complaints, or whether the product is truly defective and dangerous. Please help! thanks, ken williams.

There was an overwhelming lecel of gasoline fumes inside the car. The problem: the fuel tank breather hose is connected to the fuel tank by a plastic connector. The plastic connector was broken. It is physically located where nothing can contact it. It just broke over time. It's clearly not a warranty issue (the car is out of warranty), but a safety issue. The connector can not be procured separately from the entire fuel tank. The cost to replace the fuel tank would be about $2,000. A repair (hopefully) was made by epoxying the connector, after dropping the fuel tank to reach it. A call to Audi to report the concern as a safety issue was not rewarding. They insisted that the only way they will pursue this further is if we take the car to the Audi dealer (the repair was made at an Audi specialty service center), that we pay them (approximately $500) to drop the fuel tank to just look at the connector to see if it indeed was broken. If we do not pay them this money, so they can see it, they will not believe us and will not pursue this further as a possible safety concern.

Gasoline leaking from fuel tank due to defective seal, vehicle had already had two recalls for fuel tank problems.

Fuel gauge registers empty after filling with 18 gallons from true empty state;after 100 miles gauge now registers full constantly.