| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004309385 | Incident Date: Jul, 31 2004 |
| Consumer's City: BREWSTER | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: A6 | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WAUBA24B1WN | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 16 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own a 1998 audi a6. this vehicle has been driven approx 75 000 miles. several months ago the abs control unit (brakes) failed. i was quoted a price of $1085 by the dealership where i purchased the vehicle. there are no used parts available. when i made an appoitment to have the unit replaced i was informed that audi no longer manufactures the origional replacement part at a cost of $1085. rather, audi has remanufactured the replacement part and the new cost is approx $2000.00. i verified the cost of the remanufactured replacement part by calling a few dealerships. my complaint is that i believe that audi recognized that the original part was defective and that once the abs control unit failed it made abs braking inoperable and therefore unsafe. rather than recall the 1998 a6 to replace the defective abs control unit, they allowed consumers to either drive with an unsafe control unit that could fail at any time ot pay almost $2000 to replace the defective part.*ak |
