At 100,000 miles my engine lost all compression in cylinder 4 causing the vehicle to suffer a serious lack of power and become a danger to drive. Upon further research I have found that this is not uncommon for the Audi/VW 2.0 Liter TFSI (direct injected) engines. It appears that injector issues lead to either lean or rich running conditions that essentially melt the pistons and/or rings. I did have to have the engine replaced as there was no way to reliably verify whether the engine could be re-built so another engine was sourced from a salvage yard. The entire cost for the job was roughly $9,000. Again, this appears to be more common than a person should expect for an engine with such low mileage.

- Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

Unknown

- Indianapolis, IN, USA

I have filed multiple complaints with you all regarding my concern for safety and anxiety each time I get behind the wheel of my car. I contacted Audi, National, local dealer and no help with National safety recall. My car has been presenting random electrical concerns. It has shown numerous check engine lights telling me to shut engine down immediately, my AC will shut off, my speed declines at times and becomes almost as if I-€™m losing control of the car. It has done this at a stop and also on the highway going 75. I have had to pullover many times. I am so scared something is going to happen. I took to Audi after calling numerous times about recall and how the electrical has got to be a part of this National recall and they stated -€œ yes, that-€™s cannot be ruled out -€œ but they would not fix under recall more could they fix anything with the National recall they-€™ve had for years! They have stopped making all A 3-€™s and pulled them all off the lots! This is huge and tells me it is VERY serious and something has to be done!!! I recently got my car back from a collision center from driving to see a patient going 75 in the fast lane when we feel the car shaking out of control, I-€™ve lost control of the vehicle and we are in the far left lane with nowhere to go but into a 18wheeler! We had nowhere safe to go! It happened so fast that I-€™m screaming snd praying God please take the wheel!! My tire tread completely separated from my right rear side and caused about 6feet of tread whipping the car underneath and along the passenger side doors, windows etc-€¦ it was horrific and I-€™m terrified to drive!! My daughter was in the passenger seat and the air bag was not working when we were able to come to a stop on the shoulder! We had to be towed and tread was everywhere! I didn-€™t know at that time what happened! I thought it was a blowout, it was the tread came completely off the rubber! We almost flipped! My fear!!! We could-€™ve died - I cannot wait for next time!!

- Arlington, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2016 Audi A3. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 21V198000 (Air Bags) and 19V474000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who declined to repair the vehicle for unknown reasons however, the dealer received payment. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the ignition coil needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 84,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available for NHTSA campaign number: 21V198000 (Air Bags) and Parts distribution disconnect for NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V474000 (Air Bags).

- Beaver, PA, USA

Audi A3 quattro 2016 malfunction indicator lamp (mil) came on whilst driving slowly in traffic. I believe the version of the ECM in my vehicle is defective and may be related to "safety recall 24df": https://static.NHTSA.gov/ODI/rcl/2017/rconl-17V508-5502.pdf https://static.NHTSA.gov/ODI/rcl/2017/rcak-17V508-2021.pdf cross referencing "application for emissions certification 2016 model year" "test group: Gvgav02.0apa", in particular page 79 for my engine code "cntc" which lists software id "5G0906259L": https://iaspub.epa.gov/otaqpub/display_file.jsp?docid=43249&flag=1 the ECU part number was superseded without being properly released for edir or cal id and cvn information. Please note the difference in part number suffix. "B" vs "L". I am concerned that my car is currently dangerous to drive and needs repairing. Below is output from vcds diagnostic tool showing the fault and ECU software id "5G0 906 259 D" 0001 (full output can be provided): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- address 01: Engine (J623-cntc) labels:. 06K-907-425-V1.clb part no sw: 5G0 906 259 D hw: 06K 907 425 B component: 2.0L R4 tfsi H13 0001 revision: --H13--- coding: 0A1D00124426000F2000 shop #: wsc 06385 790 00016 asam dataset: Ev_ecm20tfs0205G0906259D 001002 rod: Ev_ecm20tfs0205G0906259D.rod vcid: 2F3B1884879B11D3269-807A 1 fault found: 15059 - fuel rail/system pressure P0087 00 [104] - too low intermittent - confirmed - tested since memory clear freeze frame: Fault status: 00000001 fault priority: 2 fault frequency: 2 mileage: 119924 km date: 2021.03.17 time: 12:39:23

- Jersey City, NJ, USA

Check engine light cuts on with overheating and eps error when starting car sometimes. When you shut off car it cuts off and returns to normal. It started last year and has continued, I was told it may be a sensor shortage.

- Houston, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2016 Audi A3. The contact stated that while driving at 20 mph, he noticed a burning smell in his vehicle. The contact parked his vehicle in his driveway and opened the hood when fluids bubbling where coming from one of the coolant reservoirs and the burning odor was coming from the passenger side compartment. The dealer Audi boise (8400 w franklin rd #1, boise, id 83709 208-377-5400) suggested the vehicle be towed where the vehicle remained for a few weeks and no failure was determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided a case number. The failure mileage was 19,500.

- Boise, ID, USA

The contact owns a 2016 Audi A3. While operating the vehicle, the check engine indicator remained illuminated. Also, an abnormal clicking noise and smoke were present coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (fletchers jones Audi Chicago, 1111 N. clark St, Chicago, il) where it was diagnosed that the exhaust was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 3. consumer has stated the problem is still occuring and smoking is getting worse. Dealer refuses to replace or repair the vehicle.

- South Chicago Hieghts., IL, USA

Twice I have experienced the random loss of power. The first time occurred on a local street, driving approximately 40 mph, and all of a sudden the vehicle stuttered and lost power. It appeared as if the vehicle was slowing down, not even coasting but slowing down considerably. I was required to pull onto a side road. I restarted the car and the issue disappeared. The second time occurred on the highway driving in the left lane at approximately 70 mph. Same issue, car stuttered and then loss power. The car's speed slowed considerable fast, from 70 to 30 in apprximately 5-7 seconds. With the inability to accelerate on a three lane highway, it was difficult to make my way to the shoulder on the right side of the road. After the stutter, you can press the gas pedal and not acceleration is experienced. I did not notice any warning lights on the instrument panel. Brought the vehicle to Audi to address this issue, and their response was "we don't see any fault codes, therefore we have no record of it happening", and sent me off with a "good luck" vehicle had apprximately 12,000 miles and 15,000 miles when issues occurred. All dealer recommended maintanence was performed.

- Ridgewood, NJ, USA

I bought a cpo 2016 A3 1.8T from Audi of palo alto on May 20, 2017 with a little under 19100 miles. Great fast car. Until June 17, 2017 when it had 19878 miles. The car started to stutter/sputter/jerk while on the fwy. I was going about 50-60mph on the fwy, cruising, and then it stuttered. It lost the power to accelerate to keep up the fwy pace and it slowed down considerably so I pulled over. I had it towed to the nearest dealer (Audi of concord). It was there from 6/17 to 6/29. Dealer said it had a faulty turbo, stating the wastegate failed, so they replaced the entire turbo. I got the car back with about 20072 miles, so apparently they did some road tests. Yesterday, July 3, 2017, while picking up some gifts for my daughter's birthday, the issue came back again. This time, my wife and 2 small children were in the car. We were cruising around 60-65 mph. It was scarier as I had to think for their safety first and foremost. Imagine a car that suddenly lost acceleration power on the freeway at around 6:30pm. We easily could have gotten rear-ended. Anyway, I researched on Audi's reliability and did read on some comments about how lousy they are. I gambled and decided to buy one anyway. Boy did I lose big. At this point, I'd rather have a Kia or Chevy.

- Brentwood, CA, USA

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.

- Brentwood, CA, USA