Audi A6

Digest from the reviews

Based on transcripts of 2 reviews

• •Both of the 2 reviewed transcripts open with the 2.0 TFSI's oil appetite: the problems guide calls 1-1.5L per 15k-km service interval 'normal' (an Audi-club poll quoted in the 300k-km video had 40%+ of owners reporting heavy burn) — yet the featured owner took the 'worst' 2.0+CVT pair to 312k km by cutting oil intervals to 8-10k km, burning ~1L per 8-9k.
• •Timing chains: per the guide, pre-modernisation 2.0 chains needed replacing twice per 150k km (later ones last ~150k); the owner adds that his post-2013 third-gen 2.0 swaps the chain without pulling the engine, unlike any Audi V6 where a chain job means dropping the gearbox — the very reason he refused a V6 when buying.
• •The guide has few complaints about the diesels but both engines demand quality fuel — bad diesel quickly kills the HPFP and injectors, while careful owners have passed 600k km without an overhaul; on the 3.0 TDI budget for a coked intake-flap linkage, an EGR valve and a stretched chain by ~200k km, plus a sticking turbo actuator at 150-180k km.
• •On the Multitronic CVT the sources agree on the recipe, not the verdict: the guide warns the mechatronics can act up by ~150k km (dealer extended-warranty programmes existed) and prescribes fluid every 60k km plus smooth driving; the owner — fluid every 50-60k km — calls the '150k CVT death' a myth, sitting at 312k km on the original unit.
• •Aluminium panels (all but the rear wings, per the guide) keep rust away, but both flag misting lights: the guide says even warranty-replaced headlights can fog again; the owner traces pre-facelift tail-light fogging to a drying gasket — reseal at the first mist, a new unit costs silly money. Both put the first real suspension spend at ~70-80k km.