Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FAILED WINDSHIELD WIPER BEARINGS. REPLACE WITH NEW. MY WIFE'S 2005 QUATRO IS DOING THE SAME THING [XXX]! THEY JUST KEEP SLOWING DOWN AND FINALLY SEIZE -- WIPER DON'T GO. THE BEARING CAN NOT BE LUBRICATED OR SERVICED -- $400 TO PUT IN NEW. AUDI SAYS HAPPENS IN COLD CLIMATES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
I HAD TWO 2003 AUDI A-6 QUATTROS. BOTH NEEDED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND TORQUE CONVERTERS..ONE CAT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BUT NEITHER TORQUES WERE UNDER WARRANTY..I THINK YOU SHOULD CHECK INTO VW PROBLEMS WITH CAT CONV AND TORQUE CONVERTERS. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 AUDI QUATTRO. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT AND HEAD GASKET; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 42,530.
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.