10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
51,500 miles

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problem #2

Feb 132024

Q7

  • miles
Lately, I have been adding coolant to my car - 2013 Audi Q& TDI and Motor Oil for unknown reasons why it was happening. It started last year, 2023. I thought it was a normal thing that the oil level and coolant level kept on getting depleted. Comparing with my other car, i.e. a 2016 Toyota Avalon, I never encountered these problems My Audi car was serviced sometime 2018 and apparently all gaskets of the engine were replaced after I complained about severe leaking of oil inside my car garage. Until I went online to get if there were similar complaints of other users of this car were reported. My friend's car of same Audi model was also experiencing the same issue. I was also observing a similar gas smell inside my Audi car, whenever I start the engine and my air vent is not closed for couple of months. When I had it serviced to check my vent filter, the mechanic also noticed that there was leaking oil near the filter housing. The brake power is so low despite having it serviced for brake assist recall sometime in 2016 despite new Brake pads were installed. I also noticed that the brake fluid was getting lower sometime July 2023. Looking at the list of recalls - these complaints were not addressed by those 3 recalls reported to NHTSA.

- Acworth, GA, USA

problem #1

Apr 302020

Q7

  • 103,000 miles
April 30,2020. I was using a "new" jack that was supplied with the car. The jack was on a flat concrete surface in my garage. The jack failed and broke, dumping the SUV on its front right side, from which the wheel had been removed. Before using the jack, an Audi service manager told me he didn't like to use the jacks, because they were known, within Audi, to fail. The service manager, having more experience than I, jacked the car up, using the jack that was sold with the car. The rt. Ft wheel was removed and put in the rear of another vehicle and while unattended for 5 minutes, during the transfer, the jack gave out. Afterward, it was observed that the rotary jack would not lift or descend. Very upsetting to realize that Audi has had this problem for years in that my SUV was one that was previously recalled because of the diesel omission issues. When the service manager of an Audi franchise acknowledges the problem, prior to the failure, it is reprehensible conduct.

- Paradise Valley,, AZ, USA