[V8] Class Action Lawsuit

[MendezWerks]

At one point in time, there was a service action/tech bullitin on  
removing the rubber drainage devices from under the battery tray. I  
once worked on an Allroad that had the drain ports clogged and water  
was filled all the way to the top of the firewal/battery tray area.  
Once those rubber drain things are removed, there almost is never a  
repeat repair. As far as the tcm module being on the passenger side  
floor, it's true. If it gets wet, oh boy is it expensive.
While I was working at a Audi dealer in  2004/2005 we had a customer  
bring on his RS6 on a flat bed because it would not engage any drive  
gear and the alarm was going AWOL. Found there was plenty of water  
under neath the carpets through out the interior.... Long story short,  
the insurance said it was a total loss, and the RS6 went into the  
sunset on a flat bed. Too bad. I'm pretty sure there was much more to  
the story.

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On May 13, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net 
 > wrote:

> Yep, replaced several in coustomer cars. HOwever, those of you with  
> Manual transmissions are not affected like the auto's. As Scott  
> said, it's where the TCU sits, and they get flooded. I was usually  
> able to do them for around $7-900, sourcing good used TCU's. BTW,  
> Passats share this design flaw as well 99-04. I happen to own an 00  
> that floods when sitting at the wrong angle. I just keep a tarp over  
> it, and never have a problem. Perhaps someday I'll actually clean  
> the sunroof drains................
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott DeWitt <sdewitt at stx.rr.com>
>>
>> I got four of them, and I have to check if I even own the vehicles  
>> in question.
>>
>> Big problem with this is if you floor gets flooded your out at  
>> least $1,500 for a tcu replacement (tip-tronic) I've seen many a  
>> totaled car because of a little water in the pass floor board.
>>
>> Unfortunately the settlements in these cases are typically a  
>> voucher for some $$ off a new Audi and unfortunately Audi has  
>> priced me out of their market.