ignition coil problems - for 5th time
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ignition coil problems - for 5th time
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced as many coil failures as I have on my 1.8T. I already had the 4 original "H" coils replaced with "J" coils, and now a "J" coil blew again! I have instituted a Lemon Law claim, but Audi's stance is that the car is fixed...apparently it isn't fixed if I just blew a replacement coil. I am also looking for opinion from anyone about coil problems - could these coil problems actually be attributable to an engine problem that Audi doesn't want to admit to?
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How old is the car and are you still making payments on it?
I had three go bad before they finally replaced all four - this was before the recall. I was pissed (obviously) so I called AOA quite a few times. I was without my car for weeks so the eventually agreed to make a car payment for me. They said they would pay, then said no, then agreed. Worth a shot, though.
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Interesting...
I received a letter from Audi requesting that I go to my dealer because their records showed I had not replaced all my coil packs.
Strange since the dealer said they had.
So, I went in and indeed they changed one more (and I don't have a 5 cylinder)
Seems under pressue (me i was p#ssed)they installed an old design CP and told me it was a new one. I had looked and I thought the part number was different but what the hey.
Possibly some of the earlier changes when the CP's were hard to find were bogus.
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Strange since the dealer said they had.
So, I went in and indeed they changed one more (and I don't have a 5 cylinder)
Seems under pressue (me i was p#ssed)they installed an old design CP and told me it was a new one. I had looked and I thought the part number was different but what the hey.
Possibly some of the earlier changes when the CP's were hard to find were bogus.
my $0.02
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Re: Interesting...
You are right very interesting...on my 10,000 mile tune up my dealer asked me whether all 4 cps were replaced and I said yes and told them they told me that had replaced all 4 original cps...weird thing was I had received a notice from Audi telling me their records indicated I had not brought my car in for recall (i.e. didn't have all coils replaced). When I questioned the dealer about the discrepancy all they said was that they would take care of it for me!! I love getting scammed by these people -- you try to work with them and they screw you in the end. Well, my turn now...started a Lemon Law action against them.
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Re: How old is the car and are you still making payments on it?
My car is 18 months old...i had all 4 original coils go bad, I fought with Audi from Day 1 about replacing all 4 at once instead of individually as they go bad. My 5th coil that went bad was a replacement coil!!! When I brought into shop this past time they replaced all 4 coils again...I am now on my 3rd set of coils!!! I have begun a Lemon Law action against Audi now...throughout this whole mess they have been acting in very bad faith!!!
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