JP Roberts

If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got a
recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles on
the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again, I'd
say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've read
Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of having
that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers, though not
oil changes.

Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.

JP Roberts


"Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay that
> well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
> Chuck
>
> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
>> about this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>>
>>
>
>
>

Chuck

Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
however.

Chuck
USA
"JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cpnr1i$fgc$1@news.ya.com...
> If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> though not oil changes.
>
> Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
>
> JP Roberts
>
>
> "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
> news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
>> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
>> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
>> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
>> Chuck
>>
>> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
>> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
>>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
>>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
>>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
>>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
>>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
>>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
>>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
>>> about this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Chuck

Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
however.

Chuck
USA
"JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cpnr1i$fgc$1@news.ya.com...
> If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> though not oil changes.
>
> Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
>
> JP Roberts
>
>
> "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
> news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
>> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
>> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
>> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
>> Chuck
>>
>> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
>> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
>>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
>>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
>>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
>>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
>>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
>>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
>>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
>>> about this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Chuck

Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
however.

Chuck
USA
"JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cpnr1i$fgc$1@news.ya.com...
> If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> though not oil changes.
>
> Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
>
> JP Roberts
>
>
> "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
> news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
>> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
>> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
>> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
>> Chuck
>>
>> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
>> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
>>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
>>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
>>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
>>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
>>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
>>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
>>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
>>> about this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Jay Somerset

On my '98 A6, I had a bad lower control warm that had to be replaced in
order to pass a safety inspection. The recall came out just at that time,
so I took it in for the recall. P ssed the recall, because the little rubber
boot wasn't torn, even though there was free play.

Talk about a ripoff. Had to pay full price to get it replaced.



On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:58:46 GMT, "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> wrote:

> Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
> recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
> ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
> lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
> in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
> is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
> tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
> I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
> again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
> Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
> however.
>
> Chuck
> USA
> "JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cpnr1i$fgc$1@news.ya.com...
> > If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> > a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> > on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> > I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> > read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> > having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> > though not oil changes.
> >
> > Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
> >
> > JP Roberts
> >
> >
> > "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
> >> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
> >> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
> >> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
> >> Chuck
> >>
> >> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
> >> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
> >>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
> >>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
> >>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
> >>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
> >>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
> >>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
> >>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
> >>> about this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Bruce
> >>>
> >>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

Jay Somerset

On my '98 A6, I had a bad lower control warm that had to be replaced in
order to pass a safety inspection. The recall came out just at that time,
so I took it in for the recall. P ssed the recall, because the little rubber
boot wasn't torn, even though there was free play.

Talk about a ripoff. Had to pay full price to get it replaced.



On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:58:46 GMT, "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> wrote:

> Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
> recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
> ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
> lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
> in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
> is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
> tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
> I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
> again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
> Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
> however.
>
> Chuck
> USA
> "JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cpnr1i$fgc$1@news.ya.com...
> > If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> > a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> > on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> > I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> > read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> > having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> > though not oil changes.
> >
> > Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
> >
> > JP Roberts
> >
> >
> > "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
> >> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
> >> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
> >> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
> >> Chuck
> >>
> >> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
> >> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
> >>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
> >>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
> >>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
> >>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
> >>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
> >>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
> >>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
> >>> about this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Bruce
> >>>
> >>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

Jay Somerset

On my '98 A6, I had a bad lower control warm that had to be replaced in
order to pass a safety inspection. The recall came out just at that time,
so I took it in for the recall. P ssed the recall, because the little rubber
boot wasn't torn, even though there was free play.

Talk about a ripoff. Had to pay full price to get it replaced.



On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:58:46 GMT, "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> wrote:

> Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
> recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
> ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
> lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
> in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
> is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
> tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
> I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
> again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
> Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
> however.
>
> Chuck
> USA
> "JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cpnr1i$fgc$1@news.ya.com...
> > If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> > a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> > on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> > I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> > read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> > having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> > though not oil changes.
> >
> > Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
> >
> > JP Roberts
> >
> >
> > "Chuck" <cefreeland@verizon.net> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
> >> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
> >> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
> >> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
> >> Chuck
> >>
> >> "Bruce W. Ellis" <ellis*nospam*@stcloudstate.edu> wrote in message
> >> news:l18fp09s5i90c6884dbufvihogn64uj5vo@4ax.com...
> >>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
> >>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
> >>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
> >>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
> >>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
> >>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
> >>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
> >>> about this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Bruce
> >>>
> >>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>