Audi tt's 2002 and others all have a major safety problem. The door latch has a defective electronic switch that fails. Thus, making the door impossible to open. The computer sensor in the door handle is defective. It's dangerous. You can't even get out of the car due to an accident. If you google audi tt door latch sensor problems, you will see numerous reports of this problem. Go to this link for a utube video of the problem: https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=2lv62sedy-s audi needs to repair or replace all these defective door latch assemblies immediately. *Tt
Body, doors & structure
2002 Audi TT Body problems
Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2002 Audi TT's body, doors & structure with NHTSA - 11% of all its complaints, most recently on April 16, 2014. They describe 1 crash, 0 fires and 0 injuries. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.
- Complaints
- 4
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 1
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Body complaints
Parking brake disengaged on 3 occasions: button popped off parking brake handle, as if shot from a gun, and car rolled backward. 1St instance was prior to august 2012 but no damage because I was still in the car and stopped it. 2Nd instance in aug. 2012 Car rolled backward into another vehicle in a parking lot, resulting in damage to my rear bumper and extensive damage to other vehicle, which was parked. 3Rd instance on 5/11/13, car rolled backward down driveway. I tried to get in the car to stop it, but was not...
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able to stop it until the driver door was caught and ripped past its normal maximum opening, extensively damaged. In aug. 2012 After the 2nd incident, the emergency brake was checked by audi dealer, who said they could glue the button back on but reported nothing wrong with the parking brake apparatus. Rear brakes were replaced as they were worn and dealer said the parking brake engaged the rear brakes and the worn brakes could have caused the failure. Car has received all required maintenance from the same audi dealer. I am sole owner of car. After 5/9/13 incident, dealer refused to acknowledge any known defect, denied responsibility for damage, did not offer any sort of compensation for damage to vehicle(s) or to repair brake. *Tr
Under warranty the rear window in the convertible top start to come off and eventually fell out. *Tr
2002 Audi tt developed numerous mechanical problems.*Mr the windows made noise when being rolled downs, the dealer replaced the regulator. The turn signal relay was defective which caused the flasher relay to make noise. The component was replaced twice. The left front maker light bulb blew. The brake light illuminated on the dash. The dealer determined that the front pads and rear rotors needed to be replaced. A few day later the brake light illuminated again. This time the dealer replaced the abs unit. ...
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While driving the check engine illuminated. The dealer replaced the coolant temp sensor. Ignition coils failed twice causing the check engine light to illuminate. The radio lost power. The check engine light illuminated again but this time the dealer replaced the mass air flow sensor. The horn stopped working. The rear differential unit was replaced. Breather hose split. Right tie rod end became worn and caused noise. The dealer found loose subframe bolts during inspection which caused the subframe to move while driving over bumps and while braking. *Nm
Audi TT body complaints by year
TT body problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data