DRC / Shock Absorber Issues Log - Please Contribute

[marmite]

What a crock.

Total fob-off letter the gits.

I honestly believe that the DRC problems will well and truly bite Audi on the bottom one day and I can't wait.

Here is what really annoys me though. I have contacted BBC Watchdog on so many occasions, that I've now lost count. It gets me so insensed that they are constantly featuring cars on their programme but still haven't contacted me regarding ours. Hell, they haven't even sent a reply back to me in any way, shape or form. Over the last couple of years they have featured the following car stories:

BMW Mini power steering failure
Vauxhall Vectra 2.2, Signum 2.2, Zafira 2.2 fuel pump/regulator problem
Nissan Navara D22 engine failure problem
Ford Focus instrument cluster failure problem
Volvo XC90 catching fire problem (I'd call that a problem)
Vauxhall Vectra handbrake releasing itself whilst there is no-one in the car problem
Vauxhall Corsa catching fire prob...(disaster)
Vauxhall (several models) Idler wheel in engine problem
Volvo ETM (electronic throttle management) and sudden loss of power problem
Renault Clio bonnet catch problem - bonnet flies open and smashes windscreen, leaves you blind (this was a major problem featured over several weeks)
And who can forget the Audi TT dashpod problem - so they do feature Audis(!)

As you can see from that list, BBC Watchdog have featured (in the voice of Commandant Lassard from Police academy) many, many cars on their programme, including as said above, the Audi TT. Now I appreciate that they would only cover a story on-air only if enough people get in touch. They may very well have a few people on their books that have contacted them about the DRC issues, but clearly not enough. I urge all of you reading this with an Audi RS4 or RS6 that has/is suffering from DRC related failures to contact BBC Watchdog, so that we can finally get across our plight, via the BBC, to not only Audi, but raise awareness of this problem to the entire country. The DRC failure contributions threads in the RS4 and RS6 sections on here now total well over a hundred and that is just on here. Imagine how many owners there are with problems that aren't a member of this board. Please please please, visit the BBC Watchdog 'got a story' page so that we can at least get their attention. To all those thinking "Yeah yeah, can't be arsed, they'll never feature our cars.." take another look at the list of featured cars above (live on-air remember) and think to yourself if they can feature a Volvo with an ETM fault, then surely they can feature a top-of-the-range Audi with one of the most expensive faults in Watchdog car history. Not just that, but an Audi that relies very heavily on it's sports suspension that has been developed specifically for our cars; suspension so vital, that the slightest leak, loss of pressure, mismatched height, incorrect recharge pressure, compromise in any way, results in a car that has it's road safety and others' road safety compromised. The comfort - compromised. The overall driving experience - compromised! Should we be putting up with that? HELL NO!!!

With over 100+ people with the same issue and more on other sites Audi has to do something

All click Watch dog link and see what we can do

[advuk]

1Dom81 - Avant - 7,500 - Camberley - May 08 - Both Fronts & Valve + 9,500 - Camberley - Jan 09 - Both Fronts & Valve
2 S4INT - Avant - 18,000 - Tonbridge - April 08 - Fronts & Valve
3 ARSEY4 - Saloon - 10,500 - Notts - March 08 - Fronts & Valve
4 mac4RS - Avant - 19,000 - Ipswich - May 08 - NSF Shock Absorber
5 4wheeldrift - Avant 07/57 - 3,300 - Leeds - April 08 - Fronts & Valve
6 dom888 - Avant - 21,000 - Milton Keynes - March 08 - O/S Front
7 RS4MAD - Saloon - 13,500 - Macclesfield - April 08 - NSR Shock Absorber
8 MrM - Avant - 9,900 - Teesside - Feb 08 - Fronts & rear valves
9 Caldy - Saloon - 2,500 - Newcastle - April 08 - O/S Front & Valve
10 Mgbruce - Avant - 21,000 - Aberdeen - may08 - Front & Valve
11 SR71 - Saloon - 10,800 - Cardiff - May 08 - OK
12 JackWood - Avant - 18,000 - Stockport - May 08 - Front & Valve-July 08 Valves and Hoses and fluid - 32,000 - Jan 09 All 4 + Valves
13 RJKFlyer - Saloon - 11,500 - Sussex - Jan-May08 (car off road at Dealer then Audi UK for whole period) Fronts then all four plus both valves
14 andymcg99 - Saloon - 13,500 - Cheshire - April 08 - Fronts & Valve
15 OliF-H - Saloon - 4,000 - Newbury - May 08 - Fronts & Valve
16 DrCarrera - Avant - 15,000 - Newbury - June 08 - Checked and OK - July 08 - Noticed slight leak from NSF - dealer checked again - "within acceptable parameters"
17 scoobyc - Avant - 25,000 - not checked (just out hospital) - but checked by non audi garage ok at 04/08
18 JHW - Saloon - 16,500 - Docklands - March 08- Front shock (near side) and valve
19 Marcus_RS4 - Saloon - 14,950 - Camberly - All shocks/Valves replaced x 2 4 different visits (suspected failure again currently) - LETTER SENT, ACKNOWLEDGMENT RECIEVED
20 Softail - Saloon - 15,000 - Warrington - April 08 - Fronts and Valve
21 ChrisRS4 - Avant - 12,500 - Inverness - May 08 - Fronts & Valve, July 08 Fronts and Valve
22 Rotavirus - Avant - 25,000 - Coventry - May 08 - Fronts & Valve
23 Love_iTT - Cabriolet - 9,600 - Huntingdon - May 08 - Both Fronts & rear valves
24 Boysey - Avant - 11,800 - Yeovil - Jun 08 - Both Fronts
25 Booski - Avant - 19,500 - Huddersfield - Jun 08 - Both Fronts
26 mallinguard - Avant - 29,000 - Pentraeth - Fronts & Valve + 63,000 - L'Pool - Rears & Valve
27 marktowl - Saloon - 43,000 - Plymouth - Feb 08 - OK
28 Plodwyn - 5,700 - Pontypridd - July 06 - OK
29 MFire - Avant - 18,000 - Reading - May08 - Fronts and valve. 21,000 - Reading - Sept 08 - Fronts and Valves
30 PatrickRS4 - Avant - 19,800 - Camberley - Dec 07 - NSF
31 W8PMC - Saloon - 22,000 - Camberley - Mar 08 - Fronts and valve
32 PetrolDave - 22,300 - Camberley - May 08 - OK
33 Jezzer - 8,700 - Hitchin - June 08 - OK
34 Skip - 17000 - Saloon - OK
35 Hanbury – Saloon - 15,500 - May 08 - All four + 17,800 - June 08 - further new shocks required
36 PLG - Saloon - 25,000 - Amersham - Dec 08 - NSF + 30,000 - All
37 MEV - Avant - 11000 - Newbury - Jul 07 - Both front reported leaking
38 Chrisb - Avant - 14,500 - Sheffield - May 08 both fronts, back again fr more fronts
39 David_R - Saloon - 12600 - Reigate - July 08 both fronts - after check up by dealer
40 dubbers - June 07 RS4 Avant - 19K miles from new - OSF Leaking. 90% motorway driving
41 Scoobysnack - Saloon - 14650 - Camberley - Fronts and valve
42 LMA07 - Saloon - 10,352 - Aberdeen - July 08 - Checked and OK
43 Iain_S4 - Saloon - 16,087 - Highland Audi - July 08 - Both front shocks & valve
44 APM march 06 saloon- 83K -APS Brackley -july08- KW v3's-drc gone
45 Puggers - Cabriolet - 10,214 - Croydon - July 08 - Both front shocks & valve
46 Dom888 - Avant - 22,000 - Camberley - July 08 - All four plus valves
47 Mjc_rs4 - Avant - 6200 - Exeter - OK
48 Pig - Saloon - 19,000 - Stansted, Essex, - Jan 09 - Both front shocks.
49 OliH - Avant - 30,000 - Worthing - Dec 08 - All four plus Valves etc
50 P_G - Avant - 38,000 - Tyneside - Nov. '08 Front 2 shocks plus both valves; Dec '08 DRC pipe replaced
51 ADR14N - Avant - 22000 - Watford - Nov 08 - Front shocks
52 Chrissy - Saloon - 6500 - Aberdeen- Oct 08 - Front Shocks
53 Sandymat101 - Avant - 16000 - Stoke - Dec 08 - Front Shocks
54 Matthew.Lewis2 - Oct 2007 Saloon - 17,500 - Dubai - Dec 08 - Both Front Shocks
55 Karl - Saloon 17500 - Gloucester Jan 09 - Fronts & valve
56 RSLS - 07 Saloon - 7550 - Audi South-West - Mar 09 - Both Front Shocks
57 Antares - 07 Avant - 15000- Kosice SVK - jun08 - Both Front Shocks
58 Declan - 07 Avant - 12000 - Armagh Oct 08 - Both Front Shocks
59 BarnRS - 07 Avant - 16000 - Camberley Jan 09 - Back & Front Shocks & Valves
60 Booski (again) 07 Avant- 28,000 - Huddersfield Nov 08 - OSF + OSR shocks and control valve
61 mip - 11,000 - OSF
62 paulslacey - Fronts
63 rs4v8 - 11,000 Fronts. Found by Highland Audi. 'Weeping normal' apparently! Not changed.
64 LMA07 - 07 Saloon, 13,760 miles - Aberdeen Feb 09 - Both front shocks appear damp (rears ok)
65 Avantus2 - 16500 miles - February 2009 - Both front shocks
66 NGS521 - 31500 miles - Aberdeen February 2009 - Front N/S
67 genova - avant - 10'000 miles - AMAG Switzlerand - feb 08 - fronts & rear right shocks
68 bn8959 - Avant - 18,000 - Bristol - March 09 - Fronts & Valve
69 byron13 - Saloon - 13,500 - 2nd time - last sept rear drivers, now (march 09) front offside and valve.
70 Housemaster - Saloon - 41500 - April 06 - All OK
71 Gazzer68 - avant 29,000 front shocks and valves
72 shindy-saloon-20000-glasgow-march 09-both front shocks
73 rAudiguy - saloon 5000 march 08 - both front shocks
74 JMC - Avant - 14000miles - Perth Audi - All shocks + valves
75 gmk666 - Avant - 34,000 miles - Whetstone Audi - just had the call that the fronts are weeping. Now waiting for parts.
76 Al'srs4 - saloon - 25000 miles - Bolton Audi - new front shocks and valves
77 Hogster -saloon - 30000 miles - Camberley - new front shocks and valves
78 Golich - Avant - 18,000miles - Nov 08 - something at the top of both front shocks - Aberdeen Audi.
79 spikeyoldbiker-saloon-31900miles-feb 09 - ALL OK
80 W8PMC - Feb 2009 at 37K miles. Fronts & valves repalced at Preston Audi.
81 scottmk1 - 06 Saloon - Feb 2009 at 24k miles. Fronts and rears replaced by Fife Seat, after having the car for 6 weeks.
82 Adam - 07 saloon - Mar 09 - 12,800 miles, slight weep from fronts so will replace when in stock - Wimbledon Audi
83 DrGold - 07 saloon - Mar 09 - 17k, Fronts, stansted Audi
84 UNI555 07 Avant, 20k miles, serviced Sheffield Audi Jan 09 and purchased since then, nothing on service sheet so presume all ok
86 r4fdud - 56 Avant - Mar 09 - 19k, Fronts, blackburn Audi
87 Outtlaw - 57 Avant - 25k miles - Shocks replaced but front or rear? At Lea Valley Audi
88 advuk - 57 saloon - 25k - one front leaking, replacing both fronts on 1st Apr - Bury St Eds Audi

[Outtlaw]

Sorry, front, thanks for adding me.

[PetrolDave]

What are those part numbers supposed to be? They are not Audi part numbers, so you can't order them from an Audi dealer....

[SR71]

Marmite,

That letter is horse-s**t.

[marmite]

They are the Audi no. they are the part no. fitted to my car last visit

[PetrolDave]

They are the Audi no. they are the part no. fitted to my car last visit

Audi part numbers are of the form nxn nnn nnn x, and for our cars are 8E0 nnn nnn x - so those are not a part number that you will find on ETKA...

[RS04COM]

I suspect I may have a faulty OSF shock as it's banging on the out stroke when I go over speed bumps (slowly)

[marmite]

They are the Audi no. they are the part no. fitted to my car last visit

Audi part numbers are of the form nxn nnn nnn x, and for our cars are 8E0 nnn nnn x - so those are not a part number that you will find on ETKA...

These are the numbers booked out on my invoice

[marmite]

People are up for a mass txt into Watchdog 30/4 at 19:30 hopefully some RS4 owners will join in and we might even get a mention or even better taken notice off

[Plodwyn]

Done the watchdog thing

[mac4RS]

People are up for a mass txt into Watchdog 30/4 at 19:30

What's all this about?

[Rilla]

Watchdog, BBC1 monday 30th, Please could anybody having 'issues' with their DRC text into the show. We are trying to get some sort of 'media' coverage for our plight as Audi really do not want to admit anything. Maybe the 'weight' of watchdog to our cause will assist us.

Details for the text in are as follows:

Write to Watchdog
You can write to us, at Watchdog, MCG A6, Media Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7TG.

Text Watchdog
While the programme is live on air (between 7.30pm and 8pm on Mondays), you can text your comments and thoughts to us. Start your message with the letters WD and send it to 83199. Texts are charged at standard rates.


PLEASE can every one who is able to text in do so, the more people we have on this the more chance we have got in getting them to fight our cause for us!.

[marmite]

People are up for a mass txt into Watchdog 30/4 at 19:30

What's all this about?

Everyone has had enough of DRC issues and Audi's crap view on this i.e " Sorry sir there is no Known issues with DRC across our brand" BS BS BS BS

So if you had a DRC issue whether you paid or under warranty then TXT in on MOnday

[petephil]

I have been following this thread for a while now and find it very interesting. Although i don 't have the dreaded DRC worries (B5 RS4) i would still be happy to text watchdog if it will help. Who knows i may have the B7 RS4 or a RS6 in the future and it would be nice to think that the problem will be sorted before then