Tl* the contact owns a 2016 audi a3. while operating the vehicle, the check engine indicator remained illuminated. also, an abnormal clicking noise and smoke were present coming from the engine. the vehicle was taken to the dealer (fletchers jones audi chicago, 1111 n. clark st, chicago, il) where it was diagnosed that the exhaust was faulty. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was 3. *tt consumer has stated the problem is still occuring and smoking is getting worse. dealer refuses to replace or repair the vehicle.*jb
Twice i have experienced the random loss of power. the first time occurred on a local street, driving approximately 40 mph, and all of a sudden the vehicle stuttered and lost power. it appeared as if the vehicle was slowing down, not even coasting but slowing down considerably. i was required to pull onto a side road. i restarted the car and the issue disappeared. the second time occurred on the highway driving in the left lane at approximately 70 mph. same issue, car stuttered and then loss power. the car's speed slowed considerable fast, from 70 to 30 in apprximately 5-7 seconds. with the inability to accelerate on a three lane highway, it was difficult to make my way to the shoulder on the right side of the road. after the stutter, you can press the gas pedal and not acceleration is experienced. i did not notice any warning lights on the instrument panel. brought the vehicle to audi to address this issue, and their response was "we don't see any fault codes, therefore we have no record of it happening", and sent me off with a "good luck" vehicle had apprximately 12,000 miles and 15,000 miles when issues occurred. all dealer recommended maintanence was performed.
I bought a cpo 2016 a3 1.8t from audi of palo alto on may 20, 2017 with a little under 19100 miles. great fast car. until june 17, 2017 when it had 19878 miles. the car started to stutter/sputter/jerk while on the fwy. i was going about 50-60mph on the fwy, cruising, and then it stuttered. it lost the power to accelerate to keep up the fwy pace and it slowed down considerably so i pulled over. i had it towed to the nearest dealer (audi of concord). it was there from 6/17 to 6/29. dealer said it had a faulty turbo, stating the wastegate failed, so they replaced the entire turbo. i got the car back with about 20072 miles, so apparently they did some road tests. yesterday, july 3, 2017, while picking up some gifts for my daughter's birthday, the issue came back again. this time, my wife and 2 small children were in the car. we were cruising around 60-65 mph. it was scarier as i had to think for their safety first and foremost. imagine a car that suddenly lost acceleration power on the freeway at around 6:30pm. we easily could have gotten rear-ended. anyway, i researched on audi's reliability and did read on some comments about how lousy they are. i gambled and decided to buy one anyway. boy did i lose big. at this point, i'd rather have a kia or chevy.
Driving 50-60 mph on the fwy when all of a sudden the car started to jerk/stutter and then it lost speed. the jerking is similar to a new driver learning how to drive a manual transmission where you're thrown fwd and back somewhat violently. as i tried to accelerate back to fwy speed, it wouldn't accelerate. it kept slowing down instead. no cel illuminated. i decided to exit and pulled into a parking lot.