I am considereing buying an A6 (2003-2005)... are they dependable and how are they regarding maintanence?

Answer 1

They are not reliable and maintenance will be expensive, frequent, and will not completely repair problems. Buy a Japanese car.

Answer 2

Expect to pay a lot in annual maintenance fees and deal with the inconvenience of a vehicle that is always having one mechanical problem or another. Volkswagens are nice cars, but they're just so damned persnickety. I'd recommend a Lexus or Infiniti model over the A6. You can get a nice GS300 that will last you forever with very few problems.

Answer 3

My Audi 200 has just had its twentieth birthday and is as sprightly as the day it was born. I calculate that over the 20 years it has cost me less that £5000 in maintenance, including regular servicing.

I bought it because previously we'd bought an Audi and the CVJs went at 30,000 miles - just out of guarantee. We were somewhat cheesed off at this but paid the bill; and two weeks later, without our having complained, we got a letter from Audi saying that they were sorry about the fault with the CVJs, they'd found it and fixed it, and here;s a cheque for the full cost of the repairs.

After something like that, would you look at any other make of car? I can't answer for the A6, but I'll fly the flag for Audi any time you like.

Answer 4

Go to http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov to find Consumer Complaints, Defect Investigations, Recalls, and Technical Service Bulletins for an A6

Answer 5

great cars and if youve got money to burn buy one as they are very expensive to service at the main dealers

I had one as a company car, Watch out for problems with suspension, Fuel pumps and clutch wear ,clutch went on my car at about 75000 miles and I also had some problems with rear suspension + tyre wear replacement of front tyres every 16-18000 Miles, Timing belts also needs to be replaced at 72000 miles, other than that they are good solid cars and are great on the motorway and open roads, although fuel cosumtion in town can be bad about 20 - 24 miles to the gallon according to the cars computer

I now get a car allowance and drive a new shaped Honda Accord which is fast economical very reliable and build quality is second to none.

Answer 6

I recommend you buy a 2005 A6, you won't regret it

Answer 7

Reliable, classic and dependable car, but after sales service is quite difficult to achieve outside of Germany or Europe. Japanese cars are easy to maintain and availability of spare parts are easy to obtain.

Answer 8

Audi's are very beautiful and luxurious cars, but they are very unreliable, so is Volkswagen. Some Audi's and Volkwagen are o.k. though, like the lower end ones. But the higher end ones have alot of electrical problems because they use more technology, like navigation and laser cruise control and stuff like that.

Answer 9

I own an S4 and I love it, audis are reliable, hold their value better then most cars, and don't rust since they are galvanized. They are expensive to fix, but I think its worth it, cause they are awesome cars!

Answer 10

Your biggest worry is going to be dealership servicing costs.

They can charge in excess of £100 per hour for routing servicing, so look for an independent garage and you should be OK.

Nice car. Go for an Avant. Much classier.

Answer 11

NONONONONONONONO

They're nice cars, if you've got the money to keep them up
Ours is on its 3rd secondary air pump, and we bought it in 2000.

Very, very, very expensive to keep up. Each time it goes in for an oil change, it seems to cost us $1000, for some other electronic pile of crap!