Audi 2.0 engine has had oil consumption problems this past 6-7 months. Took it to Audi dealership and received notice that oil consumption was fixed 2 times in past 6-7 months. They did a upper engine repair under warranty and I had to pay the $ 200 deductible each time. The third occurrence happened shortly after driving vehicle less than 1000 miles. This time they are having an inspector determine the cause and waiting almost 2 weeks this time as before. This problem is the same as before which they say was fixed both times. Same old story waiting for inspector.

CPO 2012 Audi has started to burn oil at a rate of about a quart every 1000 miles since about 80,000 miles. Car now has about 106K and still eating oil. This car has been babied with oil changes every 5,000 miles with the best Castrol synthetic oil. Really disappointed that Audi would sell cars that just don't last.

Update from Feb 26, 2023: Car now has 111,000 and is using about 1 quart every 1800 mi. Consumption is getting rapidly worse. This has to be a manufacturing defect. Mechanic told me it would likely cost between $5,000 and $6,000 to repair. The car is not worth this cost. The car has been extremely well cared for with oil changes more frequent that Audi suggests. I've owned cars up to 150,000 mi using little to no oil. Audi essentially made an expensive car that you have to throw away at 100,000 miles. Really not right.

Update from Feb 26, 2023: Monitored Rates of oil use:

80,000 mi 1 QT per 3,000 mi

90,000 mi 1 QT per 2,500 mi

110,000 mi 1 QT per 1,800 mi

We've had the car since it was new and I've have personally maintained the car. Started noticing that it was using about 3 quarts between oil changes. Scheduled service but they said "that's not bad' when I mentioned 3 quarts between oil changes. Looked up and am seeing that there are a number of complaints with the engine code CAEB which mine has. Taking it in to Audi and hoping for the best. I'd be happy to join a class action suit if they don't cover this. Maybe a Hyundai is my next purchase as this might be my first and last Audi purchase.

Bought this car second hand in 2016. Noticed the oil light in the 1st week but just thought it needed a top up. Since then a quart of oil is needed every 300 km! There is no leak and I don't know where the oil is going. A full gas tank will take me 600km so that two quarts of oil for every tank of gas!! Coming from cars which have never needed additional oil between service, this is shocking and for such a brand name car, highly unacceptable. I will check with the dealers this week to see if there as a fix as my research now shows me the problem is well known. Unacceptable for a modern car!

The vehicle has no problems when we brought it in for an oil change just before we were heading out of town. After traveling less than 5 miles, the BRAKE light illuminated. I pulled over and contacted the dealership and they stated that it must have been a coincidence because they didn't touch the brakes. Even though the oil change took 3 hours and the service manager tried to sell me a complete brake job for $5,000. After I declined the service it took an additional hour to get my car back. Long story short, about 1,000 miles later it needs a quart of oil every 1,000 miles now. BRAKE light is still illuminated and brakes are still working fine.

I bought this Audi Q5 as a CPO (Certified Pre-Owned) in 2015. It ran very well but about a year ago I had to add oil every 1,500 miles and gradually it went below 1,000 miles (I'm now at 86,550 mi). I had an oil consumption test done by Audi (it took a week before they got back to me) and started out by saying they had good news. I thought they were going to fix the problem at no cost to me. They said that the pistons and rings had to be replaced at a cost of $4,200 and the good news is that Audi would cover 25% or $1,050. I told them that good news would be if I only had to pay 25% and they would cover the rest. If they are willing to cover part of the cost to repair the problem then they are de facto admitting their culpability so why not go all the way and cover the entire cost. I asked what would happen if I didn't do anything - Audi said that I could continue to top it off as needed (if I swung by the dealership they would do it free of charge) and it wouldn't affect the engine. The thing to do is figure out how to get a class action suit started. There are many more people out there with this problem. I'm going to see what legal firm handled the one covering the 2009 - 2011 Q5s CAS and see what they say. As others have posted, VW/Audi are embroiled in "emissionsgate" so I would say that the only way they will budge is if legal action is taken. We buy these highly engineered premium German cars thinking they are going to be very reliable and then this happens.

Purchased with about 35K miles 3 years ago under a CPO purchase from a dealer. In the last 6 months, the oil consumption has really taken off and been excessive. Using 1 quart every 450 miles since 65K miles. Up until this year, it was one quart every oil change. Took it to the dealer and the said that some of the 2012's were under this settlement, but my car was not. Did oil consumption test (it failed) and the service people sent it to corporate Audi to ask if they would cover it and they declined to fix it. I'm furious. This should be covered and just because the class action didn't include it because the cars were not old enough to have issues yet, they are washing their hands of it. I've had a similar experience with a VW Touareg. I will never, ever purchase from them again and I would highly recommend you do not support this horrible company that will not stand by their products, will like and cheat emissions tests and then cover it up.

I bought a 2012 Audi Q5 in in 2015. It was a certified pre-owned Audi straight from the dealer with 39,000 miles on it. For the first 20,000 miles of owning this car, it was all I had hoped for. Then, the check engine and oil light game started. At first, adding oil meant that it would it go another 1500-2000 miles without issue. Then, around 75k, it went to 500 to 750 miles. Once it hit 95k, it dropped to every 400 to 600 miles that it needed oil. I am at 100k and desperately want to dump this lemon. Unfortunately, I have another 16 payments on this garbage car. I've spoken with a local mechanic about it and he says the fix is replacing the pistons etc, basically, a $9k job to fix it. No way will I consider that. The dealer is worthless and will only fight me on this issue. I know this much, I will NEVER EVER CONSIDER BUYING ANOTHER AUDI/VW AGAIN! Lesson learned the hard way! This is actually the 5th Audi/VW I've owned/leased in my lifetime. I was super loyal to this brand prior to this lemon entering my life. I have never had these issues with any other vehicles prior this one. But, they've lost me for good.

Literally just bought this car, hadn't even had it long enough to make the first payment and the oil light comes on. I added 2 quarts of oil after driving it 1000 miles and it still said I needed more. I didn't think there was any way possible it needed more than 2 quarts so I thought for sure a sensor was broken somewhere since these cars do not come with a dipstick. Took the car into the shop after another 1000 miles and was told that my car was just burning oil and there was no oil in it! They informed me that this was a known issue, which is ridiculous! I literally just bought this car, and apparently from what I have read, the 2012 model is not covered under the lawsuit.

My wife owns a 2012 Q5 (4-Cyl, turbo, 2.0-liter engine) that she bought brand new from an Audi dealership and has had it serviced per Audi recommendation, at an Audi dealership every time. At her 105k service visit, she notified the service adviser that she had been burning a lot of oil; he advised her to keep a log and he would take a look at her next service visit. At 113k her car started sputtering out on the highway (which resulted in an auto accident). She had it towed to the dealer, long story short, they tell her that the car has a broken piston ring with damage to the cylinder wall and will need a new engine costing $11k plus $1k for diagnostics already performed. Her log showed that she went through 14 quarts of oil in 9k miles (7 months).

After going back-and-forth with the service manager and Audi of America, they have agreed to do the work for half the cost ($6k). Is anyone aware of any talks of an additional class action for the 2012 models?

As others have pointed out, as well as thousands of others on well known forums, the 2012 Q5 DOES INDEED HAVE AN OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE!

There is a class action lawsuit that covers 2009-2011 Q5 models, but that was before the 2012 was known to have the issue. I don't know if there are enough 2012 models affected for the big $$ lawyers to get involved with another class action but it is needed.

I bought a used Q5 from a Audi dealer with 34,000 miles. Before I got home the add oil message came up on the MMI. The dealer did not immediately return my inquiry, but after a lot of back and forth they stated this year didn't have the oil consumption issue and recommended I come back to have the PCV valve replaced as that could be sucking oil and quoted me about $400. I saw the part online for $50 and took care of it myself, and it was probably the easiest part swap I ever did. Within 1500 miles I burned through another quart of oil. This time the dealer would not return calls or emails so I went to my local Audi dealer, Sun Motors. Josh stated they had heard about the issue on older models but NEVER on a 2012. I questioned them on this since I knew for a fact they had just did an engine swap for another 2012 Q5. A technician later told me they were not allowed to acknowledge the problem.

Here I am at 69,000 miles and I am burning a quart roughly every 500-800 miles. My wife was told today by Stephen that is normal for any 2.0T. Really? I also have a 2006 Audi A4 with 198,000 miles and I burn NO oil between 8,000 mile oil changes.

At this point I guess the best I can hope for is the class action law suit to include 2012 at some point, or for the timing chain to fail and blow the engine which I hear is also being repaired at no cost under the radar.

Considering the Dieselgate dishonesty, you would think Audi would man up on this to keep some customers. I don't know how anyone who does even the slightest amount of research would buy an Audi at this time. Why pay the premium on their product? They 100,000 miles warranty has been reduced to 50,000 miles, the cars are now made in Mexico and dealerships don't back up the product.

This brand now stands for dishonesty and sits back while they make their customers look like fools that overpaid for a car.

I purchased my Q5 from a NY Audi dealer in March of 2012, my car was built February 2012.

Approximately, 2 1/2 years ago, my cars minimum oil light went on 1,000 miles short of its next oil change, which had never happened before. I called the dealership, I was told "this was to be expected, was just the way these cars aged". I added the recommended 5W40 European synthetic oil. This continued, in increasing intervals.

I repeatedly asked the dealership about this and was told again and again this was fine and to keep adding oil. This car was only every serviced at Audi dealerships and has primarily highway miles. Last December, the dealership began only dealing in VW. So in the spring when I needed tail light and hvac fan work I went to the Audi dealer in Albany/Latham. They completed $1500. worth of work. I asked again about the oil, at that point I was adding a quart every 500 miles. I was told there was a known problem w/this causing early piston failure but that it was with the 2009-2011 models and to fix it would cost approximately $6000.! And, you guessed it, was told to keep adding oil!!!! I looked on the internet, civil litigation, hmmmm.

I called Audi USA. Told to go pay for an oil compression test. Car failed before I could get it in. I called Audi USA again and was told because of the mileage of the vehicle not sure what Audi could do for me and they wanted to know what my expectations were. I replied, I expected a higher end vehicle to last more that 109,000 miles, especially since for the last 30,000 I’ve been concerned about this and lied to repeatedly. Kia’s and Hyundai last longer than 109,000!

I bought this vehicle in November, 2017. I immediately had the timing chain fail (two days after receiving it). After much complaining and getting Audi USA involved, they agreed to fix the timing chain without cost to me. HOWEVER, I brought up the oil consumption issue, because I had already gotten a notice to put in a quart of oil. Audi USA and the dealership (auto Nation Audi of Bellevue, WA) refused to acknowledge that it is a problem, stated that my year was not affected by the problem, and stated that they would refuse to assist me in any way with fixing it. I have been dealing with it since. It went from a quart of oil every two tanks of fuel to what it is now, a quart of oil every 3/4 tank of fuel. I am about ready to trade this shiny piece of garbage in but I like the car other than this one issue! I would love a fix, that doesn’t cost me the quoted 7-to-8 thousand dollars the dealership said it would cost.