1995 Audi A6 Reviews - Page 3 of 3

The ECU died at around 10000km, due to high humidity and temperature in the place I live, Audi replaced it at no cost then everything has been going smoothly after-wards.

Squeaks from B-pillar popped up recently. Looking to have it fixed next service.

It's a car I got from my dad, spent a bit of time with it during the holidays and I am going to get it as my daily commuter soon.

Very well equipped for a mid 90s car. Got climate control, leather seats, sunroof, 2 air-bags (it was 1995...airbags wasn't all that popular). Even has a trip computer... which I find quite amazing.

The cabin is very roomy. Along with the traditional black interior, it looks as if it's got bulletproof build quality. The squeak is not very loud, but just annoying when you noticed it.

Feels sluggish off the line, although the acceleration is smooth, sometimes you can still feel the car struggles to haul its 1500kg mass up a hill.

The brakes are reasonably good despite they feel a bit spongy compared to the S40 I had. Had the brake discs replaced at 60000 service.

Handling-wise, it's like steering a floating mass on four wheels. The soft suspension set-up do soak up the road irregularity quite well and rides comfortably, but it delivers little road feel, and making a sharp turn in this car feels like you r throwing urself across the cabin. I guess it's time to change the shocks, looking for something that is stiffer, like Bilstein shocks or perhaps Koni reds.

Reliability, no questions about it. Big, solid, and reasonably easy and cheap to look after. The paint still looks all right despite the fact it wasnt garaged for 5 years and my dad wasn't really looking after the paint by going to those crappy car-wash in petrol stations.

The only thing I whine about is the headlamps. They don't really shine the road that well. and quite often I have to drive with my fog lamps on at night... even when the road is reasonably lit with road-lamps.

The engine sounds like it has a piston slap on cold startup.

It goes away after about a 1 minute warmup.

Our Audi mechanic does not know what the problem is, because it doesn't happen on every cold startup.

We are wondering if this is just the design of the engine for our year, or is there something very wrong here?

I am looking for a response from other Audi owners.

Last year I had the dash odometer light replaced and now the outside temperature light in the dash is burned out. The mechanic said this one is not a bulb and costs $165 for the part plus labor, and that I should replace the transmission position light the same time. That part is $175 plus labor.

Great touring car with comfort.

You feel safe at high speeds with how it holds the road.

On the low end the car is slow.

Camshaft oil seal went at 120,000 (3 hours labour).

Door handle iced up causing mechanism to break (2 hours labour).

Still going strong at 151,000. Uses no oil or water.

Auto box has developed a slight lurch when engaging 4th.

Not exactly the most powerful car in the world and a great deal of patience is required while accelerating. This car is more of a motorway cruiser.

Handling has always been good, but starting to get a bit wobbly due to high mileage.

Auto box has a habit of changing into 4th at the earliest opportunity, stifling any acceleration. Averages an excellent 28.8.

Automatic gearbox needs replacing at 49,000 miles, cost £2,700.

Ignition went just outside 1 yr warranty. Cost £80.

Temperature gauge, automatic gear selection indicators all went in less than 3 yrs.

Glove box won't close properly and no dealer has been able to fix it.

Prone to develop irritating defects. Otherwise it's a nice car to drive and own.

Very little in 135,000 miles. Minor fault with water bottle when new and some recent problems with an oil warning light.

Very good car, but why buy a new one when you can have a VW Passat which is the same as the new A6 for much less or more spec for the same price !!