2001 Audi allroad quattro from North America - Comments

Purchased car in Sept 2004 with less than 30,000 miles.

- Passenger seat auto adjustment broken. Had to ride in reclined position until it was fixed.

- Brakes engaged while starting car and lock. Had brake cylinder replaced.

- Brake issue re-occurs.

- Car shakes at speeds over 50 mph. Occurred three times for no apparent reason.

- Probably bad luck - but had tire blow out hitting a pot hole. First - front driver side. Then following month, front passenger side.

Owned car less than 1 year, and has been in for service 8 times!

I have a 3 year old Audi allroad. Certainly fun to drive, but the lack of reliability detracts from the product.

Radio failed in year one.

The electronic controller of the suspension system failed.

3 of the 4 air bag suspension units failed (very expensive)

Flat spot in the acceleration took multiple visits to the dealer to fix.

Excessive tyre wear has had all tyres replaced.

There does seem to be a pattern developing here...

I have an 01 allroad with almost 400,000 km on the clock.

I've have had two "serious" problems in all that time (alternator wore out after 390,000 km - not bad, and a suspension strut leak that required replacement of the part).

Sorry to hear of your troubles, but the ar is like all cars: some are great and go on forever, others are lemons are should be returned, and everything in between.

First of all, I hope you had the alignment checked for the shaking and for the other commenter who experienced "excessive tire wear".

Secondly, AVOID POTHOLES! even if they don't pop your tire, they are bad for the suspension and alignment. Not too mention irritating to drive over.

Same problems here:

Radio failed at 150000 miles.

Electric window motor failed at 175000 miles.

Both front shocks needed replacing at 180000 miles.

All in all, a nightmare experience.

Happy now that I am driving a lovely Honda Legend;

reliability is bliss :)

Previous comment, if after 180,000 miles your most serious problems are replacing the radio, power window motor and front shocks, you've been very lucky indeed. I wouldn't describe that as a nightmare.

I am the original owner of a 2001 Audi Allroad. No way would I buy another Audi. They are great value for the money and certainly have superb styling.

But after the 4 years/50,000 mile warranty was up -- and I had previous to the four year mark complained numerous times regarding tilting of the front hood to the left and a straining sound from the left rear area -- bada bing I had to pay close to $4,000 on the rising and lowering suspension system! And still the light is on only a few months after the repair.

I believe that Audi does the right thing on the front end when they are enticing you into their fold -- again great styling, lots of great extras as part of the basic package as well as driving performance visa vis their competition. But it is the same old story -- things go wrong after 4 years or so and they are large and costly. The dealer is sly and does not do repairs until it is on your nickel. Alas I would not buy another Audi, and I am telling everyone the same thing.

The shaking is not alignment, it's the stock tires that Audi uses. GET RID of the Pirellis and grab some toyos and the problem will be gone.

People, whatever you do--DO NOT BUY AN ALLROAD!!! I bought an allroad from the dealer, certified, with 30K miles on it. Ostensibly in mint condition. I have young kids, and drive it well and gently, change the oil regularly, etc. I have literally had to get major service on this car every 5 to 10K miles. For the first few years, the 10 to 15K in maintenance was mostly covered by warranty (including replacing the turbos). Now, I am out of warranty and have sunk another 10K into the car. Ridiculous. I have had 3 other cars and none of them have required even one tenth--literally one tenth--of the maintenance of an allroad.

I will never, ever buy another product from Audi again. What an expensive piece of trash. Horrible.