mdkv5

Had a scheduled service this morning, car was delivered late 2011, asked the service rep and was told the recall didn't apply to my car. The recall services site doesn't show anything either.

GotZillaR

My 2012 was in for service and I saw the recall on the invoice. However, it was not done due to the parts are not available yet.

snagitseven

If your 2012 A6 VIN doesn't show up on this website, it could either be the website has not yet captured the recall or only a certain range of cars produced for that year have the defect. The recall does use the words "certain model..."

2012 Audi A6 Recall

Item Affected: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM: FUEL RAIL
Date Announced: 01/20/2015
Description of Recall:
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Audi S4, S5, Q7, 2012 Audi A6, Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid, and 2012-2013 Audi A7 vehicles. In the affected vehicles the fuel injection system may experience a fuel leak.
Action Need To Fix It:
Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel rails and corresponding seals, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 10, 2015. Owners may contact Audi customer service at 1-800-822-2834 or Volkswagen customer service at 1-800-893-5298. Volkswagen�s numbers for this recall are 24AP for Audi customers and 24BK for Volkswagen customers.

dwboston

The recall shows up for my VIN. That's interesting wording on the thermostat and crankcase pressure valve. I wonder how they will determine which cars get those parts updated?

PepeA6

Based on my out of warranty A3 and the B8S4 thermostats/water pump fiasco (?) most likely all 2012 A6 that go in for the recall will get the CPV and thermostat.

DirkM

Based on the water pump fiasco in 2010, most likely no car will get anything replaced until it visibly fails. Everybody knew that the 3.2 plastic water pump (A4/Q5 and others) would fail sooner or later but most had to wait until their car lost coolant in one way (just a little to be visible) or the other (total breakdown at the most inconvenient time). My April 2012 VIN doesn't show up as being affected (yet).

2008A6

It was fully covered under warranty.

q5q7

my car vin hasn't pulled out any recall yet.

Glacier6

Posted in A7 forum but basically all the same....

Does this have an effect on actual fuel consumption?

For instance today: I drove about 75 miles round trip running errands (mostly highway). My fuel range to empty started at 450 miles before I left and my average consumption was 24 mpg at the end of the trip. Now my fuel range to empty is showing 325 miles?!

Something can't be right....

snagitseven

Doubtful. If you had a fuel leak, you would more than likely smell it. The DIS computer is not very accurate, especially with distance to empty. It will dynamically change based on your driving conditions eventually averaging out as you go through a tank of fuel after a fill up. i've found DTE to be not very reliable until near the end of a tankful.