I have an '01 TT 225hp quattro blah blah blah I don't know much about it. Anyways, I got it with about 58k miles on it around the end of Feb/beginning of March of this year. It is now at the dealership for the 4th or 5th time. The main issues I can think of off the top of my head that it's had are the traction control light kept randomly coming on for no reason. Audi said it was a bad sensor...something to do with the hollidex system (however you spell it). That was fixed and it now seems to be fine. Then the LED's in the gauge cluster started going bad so they replaced the whole thing...again seems fine now. Then my rear right brake pad went from 5/32" to completey gone in less than 2k miles...but just the right one not both sides. They said they saw nothing wrong and just replaced the brakes and rotors. The front right tire makes a loud noise every time you hit a bump...my bf thinks it's probably a bad bushing?? But now it's at the dealership because the gas gauge went from 1/2 to 3/4 to full and I hadn't filled it. That same day the part that tells you how many miles are left in the tank kept rising an rising from the mid 200's all the way up to 495 miles left in the tank...all within a 10 min drive.

I'm goin to be having a meeting with the GM at the dealership probably this week about possibly trading it in on something else. I LOVE this car but I'm kind of feeling like maybe I should say enough is enough before the 6 month warranty runs out. I keep wondering if maybe it has an electrical problem or something. I don't know what to do here. Do these sound like normal problems and I just happen to have bad luck because they are happening back to back? Or does it sound like I bought a bad TT and should cut my losses? I know nothing about this car so I'd appreciate any advice/help.

 

Nothing sounds particularly odd other than the brake thing. Clusters always die, the noise up front is the swaybar bushing, the fuel issue is the fuel sender (which is expensive). I think if you can't get stuff fixed on your car for cheap though (i.e. do it yourself or have a good local shop do it) then you're better off with another car.

 

The gauge cluster is a common fail item with the TT.
Considering it was just replaced (gas gauge is included in the cluster) I'd be bitching up a storm with them!

As for your right front tire making a noise each time you hit a bump...
Well that's easy! Stop hitting the bumps!
It could be a number of things, but since you didn't mention hearing the noise while turning I'm thinking it's the strut.

Since your car is still under warranty, now is certainly the time to get everything taken care of.
Maybe even consider having a local shop do an inspection to see if their is anything else wrong.

Good luck and hang in there!

 

doesnt have to be the cluster for the gas gauge issue. my cluster either reads full or empty, and it can read full when the tank is empty. Its the fuel sender in the tank. I have a code 'short to +' on that. Probably easily fixed, I just dont really care.

 

It doesent sound too bad. But, if you think that you cant afford to fix it if it does break, you may want to sell it. Also- remember you are going to have A LOT of maintance due at 60k miles. May want to sell it before doing all that.

 

The 01 and later TT models had an instant fill mode....where if it sensed the gas was getting low, it would automatically fill it back up for you Pretty cool

 

I don't care about the regular maintenance. You have to do that with any car. I just don't want something that is going to nickle and dime me to death. Or in the case of this car...hundred and thousand me to death