2000 Audi A6 Electrical System

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 AUDI A6. THE CONTACT NOTICED STRONG FUMES ENTERING THE VENTS, WHICH AFFECTED THE CONTACT'S BREATHING. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO USE THE HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER. A WEEK LATER, WHILE DRIVING, A FIRE ERUPTED NEAR THE DASHBOARD AND SMOKE CONSUMED THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A FIRE INSPECTOR EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V198000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND PARKED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

DRIVERS SIDE VENTS OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE, IT THEN IGNITED CAUSING A VEHICLE FIRE. THE DRIVERS SIDE COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. *TR

THE CENTER INSTUMENT CLUSTER HAS BEEN IN AND OUT FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE OWNED THE CAR. SOME DAYS, WHEN THE PLANETS ALIGN CORRECTLY, THE DISPLAY WILL BE MOSTLY VISIBLE. ON MOST DAYS, HOWEVER, MOST PIXELS ARE NOT VISIBLE, SOME ARE FADED, AND CERTAIN CRITICAL WARNINGS CANNOT BE SEEN...YOU CAN HEAR THE BEEPING, BUT HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS FAILING! IF THIS WERE A PLUG AND PLAY PART I WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT BY NOW...BUT THE WHOLE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO SOLDER THE LCD IN DISCOURAGES A FIX. THIS IS AN INHERENT ISSUE WITH THE C5 LINE...CANNOT BELIEVE AUDI HAS NEVER RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE! CLEARLY THIS IS A PROBLEM. *JS

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS GONE OUT AND THERE IS NO WAY TO READ THE IMPORTANT MESSAGES THAT COME ACROSS IT. I.E. LOW FUEL, TEMP OR COOLANT OR ENGINE, BRAKE PROBLEMS, WASHER FLUID .... I FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS PART!! *JS

OUR AUDI A6 WAS TAKEN TO AUDI RECTOR ON 12/20/11 DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL COMING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. AUDI RECTOR REPAIRED THE RACK AND PINION STEERING AND A TRANSMISSION LEAK. THEY SAID THE SMELL WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION LEAK AND WOULD DISSIPATE. ON THE TRIP HOME FROM AUDI RECTOR ON 12/23/11, THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE STARTING INSIDE THE DRIVER SIDE AIR VENT AND BURNED. IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. *TR

ON 1/30/11, THIS VEHICLE, A 2000 AUDI A6, HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF WHILE LISTENING TO THE RADIO. A PLASTIC/RUBBER BURNING SMELL EMANATED FROM WITHIN THE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY BLACK SMOKE, AND FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE AIR VENTS, PRIMARILY IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. A FIRE HAD IGNITED WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL BOARD BENEATH THE DASHBOARD/GAUGE CLUSTER AREA IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES DURING THE INCIDENT.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 AUDI A6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTING ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL DIMMED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE LCD SCREEN FOR THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, AND WOULD COST $700 TO REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE WAS COMMON FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,500. UPDATED 08/20/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/20/09.*JB

ODOMETER BLACKS OUT WHEN IT WARMS UP. THE DISPLAY DISAPPEAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 AUDI A6. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2007 AND THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAVE NEVER COMPLETELY WORKED. WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE, THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATE BRIGHT ENOUGH TO BE VISIBLE. IN WARM TEMPERATURES, THE LIGHTS WERE VERY LOW AND VERY DIM. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE DIM, HE IS UNABLE TO SEE WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN OR DETECT IF THERE WAS A POSSIBLE FAILURE WITH THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000. UPDATED 07/29/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE SCRREN WAS NOT VISIBLE. UPDATED 07/31/08. *JB

THE INFORMATION ON THE DIGITAL READOUT IS ALL SCREWED UP. SOMETIMES THE TOPS OF THE LETTERS ARE MISSING, OTHER TIMES THE BOTTOMS ARE MISSING. MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ INFORMATION ON DASHBOARD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 AUDI A6 AVANT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FAILED. THE COOLANT AND OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGES WERE NO LONGER OPERATIVE. HALF OF THE DISPLAY WAS VISIBLE, WHICH MEANT THAT CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT NEEDED TO BE DISPLAYED WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BE SEEN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE OR A FREE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAS NOT YET NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,405 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

THIS IS ABOUT MY 2000 AUDI A6. THE CENTRAL DISPLAY LCD ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED TO DISPLAY ANY INFORMATION INCLUDING IMPORTANT WARNINGS SUCH AS COOLANT LEVEL, ENGINE TEMPERATURE, ENGINE OIL PRESSURE, BRAKE/ TURN LIGHTS OUT, GEAR POSITION ETC. ALL ARE IMPORTANT TO DRIVING SAFETY. I ONCE HAD LEAKAGE IN MY RADIATOR BUT I COULD NOT SEE THE WARNING OF DROPPING WATER LEVEL AND THAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY ENGINE AND WATER PUMP AND I WAS BURNED WHEN CHECKING ENGINE. IT ALMOST CAUSED A ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT STOPPED MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH WAY. AS FAR AS I KNOW, ALMOST EVERY AUDI A4/A6 IN BETWEEN 1998-2004 MODEL YEAR HAD THE SAME DISPLAY PROBLEM. *TR

INFORMATION DISPLAY ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOT READABLE. MANY LINES ON THE LCD DISPLAY KEEP IT FROM PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION. *TR

THE LCD IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH DISPLAYS ANY WARNING LAMPS WAS FAILING. THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. WITHOUT USE OF THIS DISPLAY I WILL NOT KNOW IF I HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT OR SO FORTH. I KNOW OVER 100 PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM ,AND I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY SMOKY INSIDE. THE POWER STEERING AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON INSPECTION IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND THE CAB FILLED WITH SMOKE AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE BATTERY WAS ENGAGED; FLAMES WERE DETECTED FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT NO INSPECTION WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED DUE TO FIRE AND SMOKE. THE VEHICLE HAD RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED IN JULY 2005 FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 04V133000 CONCERNING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A RECALL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED IN 2004 ON NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 04V133000, CONCERNING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED WHILE DRIVING. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE DASH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE FLAMES WERE FIRST NOTICED COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE SCENE. THE REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTED THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSE TO PREVENT A FIRE FROM OCCURRING. THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VEHICLE. *NM

FUSE NUMBER 14 BLEW, DISABLING THE ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND MOONROOF. I CONSIDER IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH INOPERATIVE WINDOWS. FOUR VISITS TO THE AUDI DEALER WERE REQUIRED BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY FIXED. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE LUMBAR SUPPORT MECHANISM IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT CHAFING AND EVENTUALLY SHORT-CIRCUITING THE WIRING TO THE REAR FOOTWELL LIGHTS, WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE FRONT SEATS. *JB

04 V 133 000/WIRING HARNESS: CONSUMER NOTICE WHITE SMOKE AND A STRONG PLASTIC BURNING ODORS COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUSTER MODULE AND REPAIRS THE BURNED WIRES. WITHIN TWO MONTH THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THIS RECALL INFORMATION TO THE DEALER ATTENTION. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM HIS VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING. *NM

VEHICLE FIRE: 2000 AUDI A6 CAUGHT FIRE APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER BEING PARKED IN A GARAGE. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD...SIMILAR TO REPORTS MENTIONED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA03025. THE AUDI WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AS WERE A 2000 CHEVROLET CORVETTE THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO THE AUDI, THE ENTIRE GARAGE, AND FINISHED BASEMENT. THE REMAINDER OF THEHOME WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED BY SMOKE AND SOOT AND THE OCCUPANTS HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE HOME UNTIL REPAIRS CAN BE MADE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT, AS NO ONE WAS IN THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.*AK

AUDI A-6 YR 2000 WHILE DRIVING THE CAR MY HUSBAND EYES BECAME IRRITATED, SMELT SOMETHING BURNING, SHORTLY AFTER, SMOKE BLEW-OUT FROM THE LEFT AIR VENT INTO THE CAR AND THEN FIRE SPARKS. AS THE CAR WAS MOVING, HE NOTICED THE SMOKE, SLOWED DOWN, FORCED THE GEAR INTO PARK AND DASH OUT OF CAR. THE FIRE SPREAD FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ESTIMATED $22,000 LOSS WHICH IS A TOTAL LOSS. THE GEORGIA, DEKALB COUNTY FIRE SERVICES - INCIDENT REPORT NUM. 02-049367 WHICH WAS EXAMINED BY THE FIRE CHIEF CLEARLY STATE THE AREA OF FIRE ORIGIN CAME FROM OPERATING, CONTROL AREA (FUES BOX) AND FORM OF MATERIAL IGNITED WAS ELECTRICAL WIRE (FAULTY WIRING). OUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS NOW INVESTIGATING AND HAS ALSO DETERMINED A TOTAL LOSS. CALLED AUDI CORPORATE AND FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS TOTAL FINANCIAL LOSS AND OUR CONCERN OF FAULTY WIRING THAT CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE DEATH OR BODILY INJURY TO OTHER CAR OCCUPANTS, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. AUDI HAS NOT CALLED US BACK AND HAS NOT TAKEN ANY ACTION AS OF 13 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND ESCAPED THIS FIRE HAZARD CAR, BUT WILL SOMEONE ELSE BE AS LUCKY.

ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH WAS BACKLIT UNDER ALL RUNNING CONDITIONS NIGHT AND DAY WAS REPLACED W/ NON-BACKLIT CLUSTER DUE TO A SEPARATE FAILURE IN THE CLUSTER. UNLIKE OTHER CARS, THIS CLUSTER HAS NO LUMINESCENT MATERIAL ON THE INSTRUMENT FACE TO MAKE INSTRUMENTS READABLE UNDER DIFFICULT LIGHTING CONDITIONS; WITH BACKLIGHTING IT IS NO PROBLEM. WITHOUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AND DANGEROUS WHEN UNDER TREES, IN SHADE, WITH SUN AT CERTAIN ANGLES, ETC. THE BACKLIT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED DUE TO A SEPARATE FAILURE AND MANUFACTURER AND REPAIRING DEALER STATE BACKLIT VERSION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE DUE TO A RUNNING CHANGE IN MANUFACTURING. I HAVE HEARD IT RUMORED VARIOUSLY THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THEIR LIGHTS WEREN'T ON AT NIGHT, FORGOT TO TURN THEM OFF IF THEY HAD THEM ON IN THE DAYTIME, OR BECAUSE THE EXPENSIVE LED LIGHTING USED WAS FAILING PREMATURELY REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE WHOLE $650 CLUSTER, OFTEN AT THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY EXPENSE. REGARDLESS, THE CHANGE HAS MADE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNSAFE IN EVERYDAY CONDITIONS DUE TO ITS DESIGN PECULIARITIES WITH NO LUMINESCENCE AND PRIOR DEPENDENCE ON BACKLIGHTING. I UNDERSTAND OTHERS WHO HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR WITH THE BACKLIT FEATURE HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT ABOUT THE NEWER NON-BACKLIT VERSION.*AK

THE DATE I PURCHASE THE CAR I REALIZE THE INTRUMENT CLUSTER LOCATE IN THE CENTER OF THE INTRUMENT DID NOT LIGHT UP ALL THE INFORMATION UNDER THE SUN LIGHT, THE DEALER REPLACE THE PART AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN, I REQUEST THE DEALER TO REPLACE IT , THEY SAY THEY ONLY GET THE PART FROM AUDI, THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS COME WILL WORK OR NOT, THEY SAID THEY WILL REPLACE UNTIL I THINK IT LOOK RIGHT, I GOT VERY UPSET THE ATTITUDE OF THE DEALER, SO I CALLED THE AUDI CLIENT RELATION OFFICE, THE SAME KIND OF ATTITUDE AND NON RESPONSIBLE ANSWER, THE CLIENT RELATION SAID WHAT MY PROBLEM, THEY WILL REPLACE TILL IT FIX, BUT THEY CANT TELL HOW LONG, SO I HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING MY CAR WITH A ALMOST UNREADABLE INSTRUMENT THAT TELL ME ALL THE VITALE INFORMATION OF MY CAR. AFTER I HAVE THE CAR FOR MORE THAN ONE MONTH LATER, I REALIZE THAT THE WINDOW ON THE FRONT RIGHT HAVE PROBLEM GETTING UP AND DOWN, SO I WENT INTO THE DEALER IN THE MORNING WITHOUT MAKING A APPOINTMENT, TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM THEY REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR IN 2 HOURS, A FEW MONTH GONE BY, MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAVE PROBLEM, I WENT IN IN THE MORNING WITHOUT APPOINTMENT AND THEY REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR . SO I ASK THEM IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPEN TO ALL THE AUDI OR JUST THE MY CAR, THEY SAY JUST MY CAR. THEN I TALK TO A VW DEALER WHERE I LIVE , HE SAID THEY BEEN REPLACING THE WINDOW REGULATOR IN VW PASSAT TOO. MY CONCERN IS IFN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REGULATOR IN MY AUDI, WHY DONT THEY INFORM US, BECAUSE MY CAR EQUIP WITH A AUTOMATIC DOWN AND UP WINDOW SWITCH, IF THIS SWITCH DID NOT WORK PROPERLY IT MIGHT HURT SOMEBODY.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. WHEN IT DOES START IT, RUNS ON A LIMP. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK