Willabus

Bought a used 2012 S Line Avant in March 2017 with about 65k miles. No issues all summer. In November I had oil changed at 75k and now at 77.7k I just received a Min Oil warning while driving home from work.

jagtoes

Audi will call that normal so fill it up and wait until it goes off again. Good luck as it will get worse. Just remember before you sell or trade it in make sure the oil is full.

beautifulCarLeakyOil

I read these boards before I purchased my 2012 Audi A4, and even subscribed to Consumer Report, but I thought I was safe.....but two days into owning my 2012 Audi A4 with 78K miles on it, I get a warning light coming on telling me I have NO oil and needing to put some in immediately. Bought my car in January of 2018, I have been in the shop more days then I have owned the car. The dealership I purchased it at claims ignorance, but I have a feeling they knew that the car was having issues before selling. Luckily (if I can call it that) I purchased an extended warranty on my vehicle. Still I have had to bring the car in multiple times....related to the old issue, when I brought it in initially for their 1st leg of the consumption test, they told me my breather hose was bad ($600) of work, but my warranty paid for most of that. A week later, I am on my test, my water pump explodes, and the same day (just as my oil was about to run out again) I get a defective sensor all of the sudden. I am a couple of miles above the 600 miles, I have maybe a quart left in my car (oil) and I need to call the audi dealership because I feel like the car is close enough to warrant the fixes, but not sure how much of a stickler they will be in the fact that the light hasn't came on. I am wondering if anyone with a 2012 has came close to the same issue (Oil Consumption) yet the car just didn't ever have the sensor come on?

This was my first luxury car purchase, and one that has been a nightmare. I have spent over $2k in repairs in less than two months....if it was not for my Extended Warranty I would have had to try to deal with all of these repairs completely out of pocket. I see the plus's of why people love Audi's......but darn if I can't see why people keep buying these cars when problems like this happen. I chalk it up to the same reason why I keep playing roulette. Something about them is just too darn addictive.

jbarstow

HSutton

We have a 2012 A4. The oil consumption problem first appeared in 2015. We paid for the service, they replaced some parts and we were good for a while. The problem returned early 2018. The car is now out of warranty, has over 100,000 miles and has had oil changes at places other than Audi Dealerships. Therefore they will not help us with the repair costs. We were quoted almost $6,000 to replace the pistons and rings. If the issue is allowed to go much longer it could cost us $12-$15k for a new engine. We already put almost $1,000 into getting the issue diagnosed. At this point the $6k is hard to justify when the car is only worth $10k and is prone to having issues.

Blista

Well,

2012 B8, burning 1.76 L, per 1000 miles. The best safeguard if buying might be to do the compression test at AUDI before buying, or get in writing that if the car ends up out of spec it will be taken care of. My car is about to go under the knife at 87,000, 3000 of those miles on me. It went out of AUDI warranty for the issue at 80,000, even though (according to AUDI corporate) it would have been handled until 80,000 miles under the extended class action warranty. YES early 2012's DO have the issue, or can. I have been hassling with an Audi dealer for 5 weeks to get the issue resolved and bought the car under a drivetrain warranty, so it will get the pistons and rings on them. I'm not really sure if AUDI is helping them on their dealer warranty repairs or not, but I don't really care. It's not me is all that matters and they knew the risk of selling this with a warranty far better than I understood when purchasing.

I think this issue will be fixed by the piston/ ring job. It seems that about 90% or higher success rate with the piston ring job.

However, the 2.0T's in all Audi's and VW's till 2013 also have the potential to have the sticking timing chain tensioner. The one in my car is the old style, hence.. I will be buying parts and about 1-hour labor on that essential job.

While the motor is removed I will be putting my cash in parts and saving several hours to do the chain rework and all additional related parts. I am considering also the water pump, but the service writer tells me they can check it out and advise. I know I will also save labor cleaning the valves when the heart of this dream machine is on the operating table, but what else is there that should be considered at this time??????

What other major, inaccessible, failures might I expect out of my A4 B8 ????

Any other major labor jobs to look at while this motor is out of the car and on a hook???

Please advise.

Innkeeper45

I have this affliction now as well, just under 1000 miles per quart. My question is, What is farthest anyone has driven without getting the fix and adding the quarts of oil. Thanks for any help you can provide.

jagtoes

They do not remove the motor for the piston replacement. It is all done in the car.

KimB2018

Antonia Slartibartfast Reid

I'm looking for advice, too. Just got a 2012 A4 a week and a half ago and have had to add a quart of oil every 300 miles .It's ridiculous. I wish I had known this stuff before I got this damn car.