I bought a new Audi A5 with a 2.0 liter turbo engine in August 2010. From the very beginning this car has been using in excess of a quart of oil every 850 miles. I have done some research and it appears that this happens to a small minority of their engines. Audi seems alternatively unwilling or una…

What part of “minimal acceptable limit” don’t they understand? While Audis are know oil users, this is clearly excessive, even by their own standards. Assuming you’ve contacted Audi USA it’s time to start going after lemon law status, a lawyer may be needed.

I agree that this level of oil consumption is not acceptable, but, based on at least 3 prior posts over the past couple of years, it is apparently not unusual for new or new-ish Audis to consume as much as 1 qt every 600 miles. And, those same unhappy Audi owners also reported that neither their …

My cousin has a 2006 A4 that drinks the oil like crazy. The tail pipes are very oily and black soot. The car has very low mileage and they took it back and they tested it and said it was fine. They will never buy another. I went through the same thing with VW. They dont care. Good luck fighting that…

My Opinion: Lemon, Either Just Your Car Or Who Knows How Many Units Are Afflicted ? “Now they are starting to tell me that my consumption is really not all that far from Audi’s “minimal acceptable limit of a quart every 1,000 miles”.” Key words: . . . “minimal acceptable limit of a quart ever…

The oil issue and more importantly the dealer and corporate reactions have been disappointing to appalling. Ironically, other than that I like the car a lot.It handles very well and is fun to drive.I’m 6’3" and there is plenty of head and leg room.Comfortable and I think the car is very attractive.T…

What you should do is take your car to a private mechanic, and have an engine compression and leakdown test performed. This will give you an idea of how the engine is doing in those stats, and see if the car is within or out of spec in that regards. As for oil burning, there are two ways to burn oi…

Unless they have performed a compression and leakdown test at a minimum then they’ve really done nothing to diagnose the problem at all. Do you know if this has been done? You state that you bought it new. Does this mean brand new as in 4 or 5 miles on it or did it have a 100 on it, etc?

I also recommend seeing an independent garage for an engine/turbo diagnostic. It is possible that the problem lies in the turbo and not in the engine. A good mechanic can get to the bottom of this for a couple of hours of diagnostic time.

"Your engine has several strikes against it. First off, it is a Direct Fuel Injection engine. On top of that, it has a turbo installed on it. The combination of these two items leads to raw fuel being forced past the piston rings, which then contaminates the engine oil, which lowers the Flash Poi…

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My answer is that Audi has not come to a internal agreement on how to handle this OR the internal agreement is to baffel and stall and give people the run around. It has been some years since I dealt with Audi and I must conclude there is something about these cars that people really like as they do keep on buying them. I ask, other than the oil problem do you like your car?

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