10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
338 miles

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2016 Audi A3 wheels / hubs problems

wheels / hubs problem

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2016 Audi A3 Owner Comments

problem #2

Aug 302021

A3

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

On August 30th 2021 around 12:45pm driving to work I experienced something I did not realize was possible. I was in the fast lane going 70-75mph when my steering wheel began to shake profusely, I felt like something was under my car and hitting/whipping the right passenger side of my vehicle. I lost control of my car, almost flipped and thought it was a blowout, while trying to come to a stop on the highway and nowhere to pullover. 18wheelers all around me and I had no choice but to stop on left small shoulder. At this time we realized that my tire had not blown, but ALL the Tread had separated from the tire. It had separated and this caused roughly 6feet of extreme whipping of tread while separating from the tube part of tire was beating my car in multiple areas under the car, damaged and took off half of my bumper, tore up the passenger side back and front door while causing large dents. I called a tow truck while my daughter called my husband to help us. Tow driver stated he hadn-€™t seen that happen and we were very lucky something catastrophic didn-€™t happen, Myself and my daughters life was in great risk!! We almost flipped the car due to tire separation, and we could-€™ve caused a multi car accident! My car had to go to the collision center ( Caliber Collision ) which is a vendor my insurance company works with - they have taken multiple photos of the damage. I have also taken multiple photos of damage. It has not been inspected by authorities etc-€¦ yet. No warning lights representing tire pressure, concerns etc-€¦.were alerting me of anything to be concerned of. The interior passenger airbag light was stating airbag was off - which caused for more concern ( I am driving a 2016 Audi A3 with a National recall & no fix!! ) with if we would-€™ve crashed, rolled, wrecked into someone/something that the airbags would-€™ve potentiality not gone off to protect my daughter or myself!

- Arlington, TX, USA

problem #1

Apr 022016

A3

  • 675 miles
Since purchasing my Audi A3 on 3/26/2016 I have a flat tires in 6 days on 4/2/16. Car tires are oem and are contiprocontact 225/40 18 92H. Tire failures had happened at low speed (20-30 mph) going over a pothole. However, I have driven on these same canton ann arbor roads for 5 years and never had tire damage from a pothole before. I contacted several companies for tire replacement and all of them said that they don't have these tires in stock and these are discontinued tires. I also found these tires on clearance at sears. I decided to file a complain after I searched online and found out that other people are facing the same issue with the same brand and size. M.carcomplaints.com/Audi/A3/2015/wheels_hubs/wheels.shtml there is a recall in Canada on these tires wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/7/vrdb-bdrv/search-recherche/detail.aspx?lang=eng&mk=7041&md=0&fy=0&ty=9999&ft=&ls=0&sy=0&rn=2015313&cf=searchresult&pg=0 dealership is not offering any solutions. I am scared to drive my car.

- Canton, MI, USA

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