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2001 Audi TT Visibility problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2001 Audi TT's visibility & wipers with NHTSA - 4% of all its complaints, most recently on October 22, 2010. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.

Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Visibility complaints

Visibility & wipersFire

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 audi tt coupe. While driving approximately 30 mph she began to roll down the front passenger side window and smoke started to come out of the passenger side door panel. The vehicle was pulled over and shut off. It was then taken to an authorized dealer where the window motors were replaced. The failure occurred five times. When the failures occurred the vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer to be repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 48,000.

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 10361703
Electrical systemVisibility & wipers

ELECTRICAL- FUEL HATCH, TRUNK LATCH

Filed Incident Electrical system · VisibilityNHTSA 10069521
Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemVisibility & wipersSeats & seat belts

Vehicle instrument panel had a major computer malfunction causing the gas gauge needle to rotate violently from left to right and back again continiously. Cluthh pedal when wet turns into a slippery surface due to the metal on the pedal causing the foot to slip off. The seat belt design for the driver and front passengers is defective causing the seatbelt not to retract. This creates the danger of the seat belt not working as intended.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · Visibility · Seat beltsNHTSA 10000088
Visibility & wipers

All windshields produced by audi for tt model have noticeable visual distortion showing in windshield as viewed from the drivers seat while looking out the passengers side of the windshield. Distortion appears as verticle lines running from to bottom of winshield making anything viewed, especially straight lines, distort. This causes can and has caused momentary dizziness. This is covered under warranty but according to audi of america, jerrad, in customer service, audi has been unable to date to correct the...

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problem. They are willing to supply a thrid windsheild in the hopes it will have less distortion, but he suggested I may want to wait to see if this production problem is ever fixed and than obtain a new windshield. Thought you should know about this potetntial safety hazard.*Ak

Filed VisibilityNHTSA 753673
Electrical systemVisibility & wipersBody, doors & structure

Central computer has malfunctioned, causing door locks to jam, preventing occupants from exiting vehicle. Also, when driving in rainy weather conditions windshield wiper stopped working, causing poor driver's visibility. Consumer has contacted dealer, dealer not sure what was causing the problem. *Ak

Filed Incident Electrical system · Visibility · StructureNHTSA 872445

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