A6 Recall (lower control arms) question

I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
(lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
about this?

Thanks

Bruce

PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.

"Bruce W. Ellis" > wrote in message
...
> I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
> about this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
>
> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.

Yeah they wear out - specifically the ball joints on the ends. The laugh of
it is that the other arms are all of similar construction but its only the
front lower arms that are covered under the recall. My (VW) dealer told me
they were basically covering cars upto 130K miles so if yours go again
before that the chances are you would be covered to have them replaced
again. You won't be covered to replace upper arms (as I had to on an A4 at
75K miles on one side) or the rear lower arms. Its a clever suspension
sustem that eliminates a lot of torque steer - but basically weak I think.

HTH

I.

Iain Miller wrote:
> Its a clever suspension
> sustem that eliminates a lot of torque steer - but basically weak I think.

I would think that torque steer would be essentially eliminated by the
longitudinal engine layout and equal-length half-shafts...?

--
Mike Smith

yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay that
well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
Chuck

"Bruce W. Ellis" > wrote in message
...
>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
> about this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
>
> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>
>

If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got a
recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles on
the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again, I'd
say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've read
Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of having
that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers, though not
oil changes.

Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.

JP Roberts


"Chuck" > escribió en el mensaje
news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay that
> well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
> Chuck
>
> "Bruce W. Ellis" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
>> about this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>>
>>
>
>
>

Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
however.

Chuck
USA
"JP Roberts" > wrote in message
...
> If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> though not oil changes.
>
> Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
>
> JP Roberts
>
>
> "Chuck" > escribió en el mensaje
> news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
>> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
>> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
>> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
>> Chuck
>>
>> "Bruce W. Ellis" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
>>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
>>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
>>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
>>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
>>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
>>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
>>> about this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

On my '98 A6, I had a bad lower control warm that had to be replaced in
order to pass a safety inspection. The recall came out just at that time,
so I took it in for the recall. P ssed the recall, because the little rubber
boot wasn't torn, even though there was free play.

Talk about a ripoff. Had to pay full price to get it replaced.



On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 01:58:46 GMT, "Chuck" > wrote:

> Did you have the lower control arms replaced when you took it in for that
> recall you mentioned? The thing to look at is the small boot right at the
> ball joint near the wheel to see if it is torn or raised. If it is, the
> lower control arm needs to be replaced. Also if you have any vertical motion
> in the wheel when the vehicle is lifted off the ground then the control arm
> is probably bad. The same inspection goes for all the rubber boots on the
> tie rods, upper links, and lower links.
> I would think that if you had a previous recall done, then that part fails
> again, Audi should replace it again as long as the recall hasn't expired.
> Yeah, they do expire. I've not heard of any control arm recalls on A4's
> however.
>
> Chuck
> USA
> "JP Roberts" > wrote in message
> ...
> > If A4's are anything to go by in your A6's case, I'll tell you that I got
> > a recall for my '98 A4 back in '00. The car's now got roughly 95,000 miles
> > on the counter and something is clearly wrong with the suspension again,
> > I'd say lower control arms at a glance. Since I'm based in Europe but I've
> > read Americans are now getting recalls, do you think I stand any chance of
> > having that covered? I've had every main service done at Audi dealers,
> > though not oil changes.
> >
> > Any info appreciated, on similar recalls here in the old continent.
> >
> > JP Roberts
> >
> >
> > "Chuck" > escribió en el mensaje
> > news:zettd.1181$E_6.1@trnddc04...
> >> yours must have been bad, cause i haven't seen one yet that needed
> >> replacing. It's usually the upper links that go first. It doesn't pay
> >> that well so I can't imagine a tech lying about it.
> >> Chuck
> >>
> >> "Bruce W. Ellis" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>>I recently took in my 2000 A6 2.7T for the JC (wiring harness) and JE
> >>> (lower control arms) recalls. I turned out that the lower control
> >>> arms had to be replaced. After some warm fuzzies about the control
> >>> arms being replaced for free (I would hope so), I could only get
> >>> evasive answers about the nature of the problem and the likelyhood of
> >>> reoccurence. Apparently, my car is one of the few that had to have an
> >>> actual replacement of the arms. Anyone have more specific information
> >>> about this?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Bruce
> >>>
> >>> PS: This car surely has had a lot of recalls.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>