2010 Audi Q7 Complaints

FILLED AUDI Q7 TDI 2010 MODEL ON 5/4/2011 WITH DIESEL FUEL AND MADE IT ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO RATTLE AND SHAKE HARD, FELT ALMOST LIKE A FLAT TIRE.....BUT THEN STARTED TO SPUTTER AND GURGLE AND THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, THIS TOOK ALL BUT ABOUT 60 SECONDS ONCE I FELT THE SHAKING, TO THE SHUTDOWN.......STEERING LOCKED....NOT GOOD....ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE DIED AND STALLED IN THE SLOW LANE (FOR AN HOUR) AND WOULD NOT RESTART.... WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY....I HATE TO THINK....FLATBED TOW TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED (3) THREE DAYS LATER THAT THE HPFP ATOMIZED INTO THE FUEL SYSTEM AND THE SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED....INJECTORS, FUEL LINES, FUEL TANK, GAS FILLER NOZZLE, ETC. ETC., I HAVE AN INVOICE 5 PAGES THICK FOR THIS!! WELL, 28 DAYS LATER SUZIE Q, AS WE CALLED HER, WAS BACK. NOW..NOW..NOW... AGAIN!! YES, AGAIN, THIS HAS HAPPENED.....WED., JANUARY 8, 2014....ALMOST AN IDENTICAL SITUATION OCCURRED.......

HPFP HAS ATOMIZED...AGAIN!!.... YES, AGAIN!!...STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE VEHICLE HAD SHUT DOWN AND WAS STILL MOVING ....APROX. 15 MPH...ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE !!! MY 3 CHILDREN,9,12,14, WERE IN THE VEHICLE THIS TIME!! VERY DANGEROUS!! PLEASE SEE FIRST COMPLAINT... *TR

LOST ACCELERATION, WOULD NOT TAKE ANY THROTTLE INPUT. STARTED TO SLOW DOWN, EPC LITE CAME ON AN STARTED FLASHING. SPEED CONTINUED TO DROP FOR THE NEXT 10 MILES. GOT OFF AT THE FIRST EXIT THAT CAME UP ON THE I5. AS I CAME OFF THE FWY I WAS DOWN TO 25 MPH. AT THE FIRST LITE I HAD TO STOP, THE ENGINE QUIT, I THEN TURNED RIGHT IT WAS DOWN HILL SO THE CAR GLIDED WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. MADE IT INTO A PARKING LOT TO A SAFE PLACE TO PARK. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. HAD IT TAKEN BY FLAT BED TO OUR AUDI DEALERSHIP 107 MILES AWAY. DEALER SAID THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND CONTAMINATED THE COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM. *TR

TDI HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM RED LIGHT. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE PULLING CAR OVER. HAD CAR BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED OR LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

THIS IS A TDI VERSION OF THE Q7. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILED DURING NORMAL USE AND SENT METAL PARTS THROUGH THE FUEL LINES, THROUGH THE FUEL FILTER AND INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE CEASED AND WE WERE LEFT STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON A WINDING CANYON ROAD. THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS DAMAGED; THE CRANK SHAFT BENT, THE PISTONS DAMAGED THE HEADS AND MANY OTHER PARTS WERE DESTROYED. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BY AN AUDI DEALER AND REQUIRED ALL NEW FUEL COMPONENTS (BUMPER TO BUMPER) AND A NEW ENGINE. THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER A MONTH. *TR