Used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T Quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl Turbo 5A) Consumer Reviews
Used A6 for sale
See Edmunds pricing data
Has Your Car's Value Changed?
Used car values are constantly changing. Edmunds lets you track your vehicle's value over time so you can decide when to sell or trade in.
234,000 miles and still running strong
Steve Gill, Tacoma, WA, 03/10/2023
Audi A6 2.7T Quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl Turbo 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I have an 2001 Audi A6, 2.7T 6 Speed. There are not many on the road today and it has been a long time since a review. It would be gone if it did not run so well. I bought it with 210,000 miles on it because it ran so well on these drive. I have its maintenance record and talked to the longest owner and his shop after buying it. Everything major is original. It has the original turbos, clutch, engine and transmission. They still operate like new. I have had to do normal maintenance such as struts, brakes, timing belt. The repairs - Alternator, fuel pump, passenger window regulator and split CV boots. Today they don't replace the boots they replace the entire axles assemblies but axle cost has become very reasonable.. I am amazed every time I drive it as it feels like a very low milage car. It has great acceleration and handling. The 6 speed is fun, in fact a lot more fun than the new A4 manual I drove. It does 0-6 in about 7 seconds, slow compared to an S4 at 5 seconds or less but still fast. That is the same time my 1981 Porsche did to 60 mph. I recently did a detail job on the paint and now it even looks new. The downside of this car is, if the turbos go, I have to pull the engine and then I will probably give it up and buy an S4. However, with the newer 3.0T Audis have to pull the engine to replace the timing chain so nothing new here. Audi does not seem to care about that major event for its customers. Fun car, this one was built well and well treated and if that is done they can go a lot of miles. Hoping to get close 300,000 miles. Driving a 2.7T with a manual transmission and hydraulic steering, not electric, transmits a lot of road and car feel to the driver.
- Safety
- Technology
- Performance
- Interior
- Comfort
- Reliability
- Value
My A6 Deserted Me!
Don Schwinn, 10/25/2009
Audi A6 2.7T Quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl Turbo 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I wrote a very positive earlier review about how reliable the car was after 6 years of ownership. It must have jinxed me. Since then I've had an $1100 alternator replacement, a frozen front caliper and a broken right front coil spring (the day before I was to trade it in!) I bought a new 2009 Ford Fusion SEL AWD with nav, leather, heated seats, alloy wheels, rear backup sensor, Microsoft Sync, etc for 1/2 the price of a new A6. A close friend of mine who has the same car just spent $4000 in repairs on his 2001 A6.
2001 Audi A6 for sale near you
3 of 3 listings
- 2.7T quattro SedanMSRP: $5,495149 mi away
- 2.8 quattro SedanMSRP: $5,995198 mi away
- 2.8 quattro SedanMSRP: $3,944535 mi away
Nothing but poblems
Disgusted, 07/23/2005
Audi A6 2.7T Quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl Turbo 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
This is a fun car to drive, that is when it is not in the shop. I've had so many problems with this car that I will never every consider an audi again and judging with all the things I've been reading on the Internet, I'm not in the minority. It seems like they are incapable of fixing the electrical problems assocaited with this series. What ever happened to German Craftsmanship and quality. Maybe this car was made in East Germany !
Too many problems
jaggi20, 02/24/2009
Audi A6 2.7T Quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl Turbo 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I purchased my vehicle independently from a very nice old lady with 150000 miles on the vehicle and she had nothing more than the usual things to fix like brakes and fluid. I have had the car for half a year now and have spent 7k on repairs so far. 5k of that coming within a week and a half of each other. It is a fantastic car to drive but is not nearly reliable enough for someone who depends a great deal on their car. It has turned out to big nothing more than a money pit for me. So much for all the buzz about German engineering that I heard when I first purchased the car.
What was I thinking ?
Joe, 08/15/2005
Audi A6 2.7T Quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (2.7L 6cyl Turbo 5A)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The first 4 months were great, then the problems started ... weird problems, you open the sun roof and the air conditioning would stop working, turn the headlights on and the wind sheild wippers turn on, accelerate on the highway, ABS lights come on, brakes are applied and you couldn't go over 20 miles / hour/ And the worst thing is, the dealer doesn't know how to fix it. I'm gonna trade it in.