This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Fuel vapor detected in cabin. Gasoline detected on floor surface under driver side rear passenger location. Also observe fuel dripping from driver side fuel tank. Suspect defective rollover valve nipple. Addendum requested to include year 2000 A6 Audi C5 car year is 04/2000 A6 quattro C5. See; recall campaign 08V157000 NHTSA action number: PE08008.
The contact owns an 2000 Audi A6. He smelled a strong odor of fuel inside and outside of the vehicle. Also she noticed fuel leakage on the ground. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection. The failure was contributed to the fuel tank assembly. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 135,000. The current mileage was 142,000.
2000 Audi A6 with a fuel leak. Consumer states that the vehicle has been repaired for the fuel leak and would like some financial assistance in paying for the repair. Consumer stated he never received a call from the dealer. The vehicle had puddles of fuel on top of the tank. The consumer believed recall # 01V157000 was related to fuel tank problem he experienced. The dealer informed the consumer the vehicle identification number was not included in the recall. The consumer stated the lights on the vehicle would dim.
There was an overwhelming lecel of gasoline fumes inside the car. The problem: The fuel tank breather hose is connected to the fuel tank by a plastic connector. The plastic connector was broken. It is physically located where nothing can contact it. It just broke over time. It's clearly not a warranty issue (the car is out of warranty), but a safety issue. The connector can not be procured separately from the entire fuel tank. The cost to replace the fuel tank would be about $2,000. A repair (hopefully) was made by epoxying the connector, after dropping the fuel tank to reach it. A call to Audi to report the concern as a safety issue was not rewarding. They insisted that the only way they will pursue this further is if we take the car to the Audi dealer (the repair was made at an Audi specialty service center), that we pay them (approximately $500) to drop the fuel tank to just look at the connector to see if it indeed was broken. If we do not pay them this money, so they can see it, they will not believe us and will not pursue this further as a possible safety concern.
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- White Plains, NY, USA