Unintended Acceleration 2007 A8
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A family friend had a 5000 - the battery was located underneath the rear right passenger seat (if I recall correctly)... Anyhow heavy passenger in the rear seat caused the battery to short and the car burned to the ground in a matter to minutes... Anyone else have a similar experience?
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A family friend had a 5000 - the battery was located underneath the rear right passenger seat (if I recall correctly)... Anyhow heavy passenger in the rear seat caused the battery to short and the car burned to the ground in a matter to minutes... Anyone else have a similar experience?
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A family friend had a 5000 - the battery was located underneath the rear right passenger seat (if I recall correctly)... Anyhow heavy passenger in the rear seat caused the battery to short and the car burned to the ground in a matter to minutes... Anyone else have a similar experience?
I had a 5000 (in Europe it was called the 100) that ran flawlessly for 110,000 miles until my brother crashed it on black ice - he walked away without a scratch; the car was 2 feet shorter according to him ... I never heard of any 100 or 5000 burning to the ground due to battery issues, and there were quite a few around in Germany when I lived there ...
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And this has what exactly to do with the "unintended acceleration" thread discussed here? There is a forum for the 100 / 200 / 5000 / V8 models
I had a 5000 (in Europe it was called the 100) that ran flawlessly for 110,000 miles until my brother crashed it on black ice - he walked away without a scratch; the car was 2 feet shorter according to him ... I never heard of any 100 or 5000 burning to the ground due to battery issues, and there were quite a few around in Germany when I lived there ...
I had a 5000 (in Europe it was called the 100) that ran flawlessly for 110,000 miles until my brother crashed it on black ice - he walked away without a scratch; the car was 2 feet shorter according to him ... I never heard of any 100 or 5000 burning to the ground due to battery issues, and there were quite a few around in Germany when I lived there ...
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I had both a 5000 and a 200. No unintended acceleration or fires in either one. I got them pretty cheap because people had a trust issue with them. I ran to 146k on the 5000 and 289k on the 200. Both were still in great shape when I sold them - no rust, great paint.
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