| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004310070 | Incident Date: Jun, 21 2004 |
| Consumer's City: LOS ANGELES | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: A6 | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:catalytic convertor |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WAULH24B2YN | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 27 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 18 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Both catalytic converters failed at 78,000 miles. called and wrote to audi, wanting this covered under warranty; was told three different things regarding coverage (1. 'don't know," 2. 7years and 70,000 miles, 3. 8 years and 80,000 miles.) was repeatedly rebuffed. cost $4600 to fix. audi 2000 a6. wrote to vice president - audi of america - axel meese - two months later response said no again and quoted some other warranty (3 years and 50,000 miles) in all my years of car owning, i have never had one catalytic converter fail, let alone two. i feel that this is a defective car, and think audi should cover the failure of the catalytic converters.*ak |
