American Audis are made in Germany. The first letter of the VIN is a location variant. WA-W0 is Germany. The parts are mostly German and the components are made by the same companies that BMW and Mercedes uses so stop being ridiculous. If you think your going to buy another car and never have any issues your going to be in for a little shell shock

 

I just bought a used 2010 Audi A4 quattro with 26k on the dial the other day. Should I skip the horse crap and just immediately order the engine rebuild? Keep in mind, I haven't driven the car outside of the test drive. Still waiting for the title to come in, but should I be scared?

 

My advice would be to enjoy the car and monitor your oil consumption to see if you do or do not have a problem. There are fixes available without an engine rebuild if needed, but from what I understand from dealers is that 80% of the 2.0's have no oil problem. We have two 2.0's - one burns no oil at all and the other one normally needs a quart every 3500-4000 miles.

 

I'm not convinced that they're going to do the complete engine fix on your request.

If you drive it and notice the consumption of oil they'll do the first test. Which for me was a software upgrade and replacing some gaskets I believe. If it still burns oil after that they'll look into doing more complicated work to fix the issue.

If the dealership is not helpful at that point there was some Audi of America contact information listed in previous posts that may be worth using to get your vehicle taken care of.

Good luck. I was fortunate to have my vehicle's issue resolved after the first stage fix.

 

No you can't order a engine rebuild. Audi technical assistance team has to approve the repair based on the results of consumption testing. If your car is certified pre owned i wouldn't even worry about. The extended warranty covers everything

 

My car had this problem bad.

Passed the first oil consumption test. 20k miles later I noticed it was getting worse (1200 miles per quart). so I went in a 2nd time and they replaced the crankcase bolt, and some gasket, and a couple other things I cant remember off the top of my head. They said the problem should be solved and to come back if the "add oil" light comes on before 4k miles, which I assume is normal consumption.

Low and behold the light came on about 1300 miles later. The final step was to replace the pistons! which they did.

I pushed and pushed and hopefully now the problem is solved. Even if it isn't I'm not sure what the next step would be. I've had the car less than 1 month so I'll report back when the oil light turns on.

 

2011 A4 Avant, bought pre-owned with 19500 in January. I hit 1000 miles and 1 burned qt. of oil March or so, and did the first test. The replaced the gaskets and fuel injectors (which were also leaking, likely unrelated) at that time. 2000 miles later and I'm down about 1/2 qt, so when I hit the low oil light, I'll bring it back for test 2.

Since it's CPO, it's been no-cost, and the dealers in chicago have been decent about it.

 

Why are you waiting for the light to come on?

I also have a 2010 Quattro A4; there is no dipstick on these cars, so you can monitor the car from your dash; the electronic gauge will show the oil level; check that often as it will help you to also see how quickly you're running through your oil.

I have to refill my oil now every 2,000 miles, and so while this is my third A4 (so I know what's normal and what's not, my other two A4s never ran through oil this fast), I just don't "know" cars aside from what I know as a long-time Audi owner to be normal and not normal.

I'm ordering a 2014 this week. I'm done with it. I'm in my car constantly and all summer I'm making a 300-mile round trip to the beach so I need to make sure I'm confident in the car. I've finally gotten salespeople in two different dealerships to confirm that the problems are with the 2009, 10, and 11 models and I also asked... "has Audi fixed whatever the problem is if I go into a 2014 model?" For the most part, one salesperson said yes that randomly they have someone with a newer vehicle coming in for similar problems.

For those of you who intend to keep your models that are having these problems, continue to push for the two-step fix (my vehicle has only gone through the first-level step so clearly it needs the second step; the salesperson confirmed that if you're not getting 5,000 miles out of a quart of oil, something is wrong). I would also recommend that if the problem persists that you write to Audi to make sure that Audi fixes the problem in house even if you are outside your Audi Cares service agreement.

I agree with previous posts: Enjoy your vehicle. These are terrific cars to drive and I have a tremendous amount of pride and satisfaction from being an Audi owner. Frankly some of my desire to purchase a new vehicle is simply to move up from a premium to a premium plus. There's not a car out there that in certain model years hasn't had a hiccup from time to time. Being involved and "knowing" your vehicle is critical. Working with Audi will ensure that yours runs properly until such time as you feel that the car may no longer be reliable.

 

"Why waiting for the light?"

Because then you have as many miles as possible between oil refills for a statistically meaningful test.

If, after 3 months and 2000 miles, I'm "halfway through my oil on the dashboard", that's not as meaningful as 5 months and 4000 miles when the low oil light goes on.

Yes, I drive that little. I used to do 3000 miles a year.

 

OK just did another oil change on my kids 2009 A4. So the oil usage is at 2800 miles per quart. The car has 43K miles on it. It seems to be running at that level since we got the car with 21K miles on it. Mostly city driving with 2-3 long trips per month.