2.5% of complaints about the 2005 Audi A6 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2005 vehicle — around the middle of the 245 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 10.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is air bags (43 complaints), typically at 11.8 yr or about 111,000 miles.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedan, A4 Avant, S4 Avant and S4 Sedan, 2007-2008 RS4 Sedan, 2004 RS4 Cabriolet, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2005-2011 A6 Sedan, 2006-2011 A6 Avant, and 2007-2011 S6 Sedan vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occur
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet, S4 Cabriolet, A6 Avant, A6 Sedan and S6 Sedan vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Additionally, unless included in "Zone B" above, Volkswagen is recalling certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Avant, A4 Sedan, A6 Sedan, S4 Avant and S4 Sedan vehicles,
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2011 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2008 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Distri
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2005 AUDI A6 AIR BAGS ARE TOO SHORT AND CAN NOT PROTECT PASSENGER. CONSUMER WAS TAKING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG ONLY PROTECTED THE TOP SIX INCHES OF THE WINDOW AND AS A RESULT, HER HEAD HIT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW DURING THE ACCIDENT. *JB
DURING A RECENT RAIN STORM I WENT TO START THE CAR TO DISCOVER 6 INCHES OF WATER IN THE BACK SEAT. REAR AIRBAG AND SOME ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN FRIED. WHEN I CONTACTED AUDI THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE THAT IT WAS MY FAULT. THAT A LINE UNDER THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT HAD BEEN CLOGGED BY PINE NEEDLES CAUSING THE WATER TO FLOW INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY AUDI. *TR
TAKATA RECALL AUDI STATES "RECOMMENDS AVOIDING THE USE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAR WHENEVER POSSIBLE UNTIL THE RECALL REPAIR HAS BEEN PERFORMED.". ARE THEY GOING TO PROVIDER A LOANER VEHICLE UNTIL THIS REPAIR IS PERFORMED? THIS VEHICLE IS USED BY MY FAMILY DAILY AND SOMEONE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED. THIS IS ABSURD AND A VEHICLE SHOULD BE PROVIDED.
DURING A RECENT RAIN STORM I WENT TO START THE CAR TO DISCOVER 6 INCHES OF WATER IN THE BACK SEAT. REAR AIRBAG AND SOME ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN FRIED. WHEN I CONTACTED AUDI THEY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE THAT IT WAS MY FAULT. THAT A LINE UNDER THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT HAD BEEN CLOGGED BY PINE NEEDLES CAUSING THE WATER TO FLOW INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY AUDI. *TR