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2001 AUDI ALLROAD — AIR BAGS

crash1 injured · 670612 · 2008-05-21

Vehicle

Make
AUDI
Model
ALLROAD
Year
2001
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
AIR BAGS
Miles at failure
84,600
Speed
80 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I BOUGHT AN AUDI ALLROAD 2001 2.7T A6 AT A DEALERSHIP IN ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO. THE CAR, AT FIST, WAS HANDLING SO WELL. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND WELL MAINTAINED. I TOOK A TRIP TO COLORADO AND UPON MY ARRIVAL TO MY DESTINATION, THE YELLOW "CAR UNEVEN SUSPENSION" LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY MADE SOME WEIRD NOISES AND SHIFTED WEIGHT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 80MPH ON THE HIGH WAY. I PULLED OVER AND VISUALLY INSPECTED THE CAR. NOTHING COULD BE SEEN. I TOOK IT TOO A VW DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM TELL ME WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS WRONG. LONG STORY SHORT. NO ONE KNEW THE AUDI ALLROAD WELL ENOUGH... HOW CONVENIENT!! UPON MY RETURN TO NM AFTER COLORADO, I HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO AUDI IN ALBUQUERQUE. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY AIR RIDE SUSPENSION BAD WAS TORN OR DEAD. EITHER OR, IT WAS THE REASON FOR THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SHAKING AND VIBRATING WHILE DRIVING AT SOME SPEEDS. ALTHOUGH AFTER 80MPH THE CAR WOULD STOP SHAKING. AFTER 2 MONTHS OF HAVING MY AUDI ALLROAD SITTING AT AUDI, I SAVED UP ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE THE AIR BAG REPLACED. YOU WOULD THINK THAT ON SUCH A VITAL PART OF THE CAR, THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF COVERAGE. I GUESS NOT. IN THE END IT COST ME $700 TO GET JUST ONE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION BAG REPLACED. IN THE END I WAS DISAPPOINTED MY AUDI'S RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM AND THE PRICE THEY GAVE ME FOR THE PART. IRONICALLY, AUDI ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE TO AIR BAGS. THAT WAS B.S. I BOUGHT ONE BAG FROM AUDI AND DROVE MY CAR BACK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND HAD TH

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10228380
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