2025 Audi S6 Lemon Law Case Study: Cash and Keep Settlement in Maryland

2025 Audi S6 Repair History: What the Repair Orders Show

Visit 1: October 7-21, 2025

• Owner states he was leaving his neighborhood and the vehicle stopped in the middle of the street.
• The vehicle showed a high voltage electrical system malfunction, vehicle sound malfunction, steering malfunction and electrical system malfunction.
• Has provided photos.
• Owner states the vehicle started shuttering and then stopped.
• He turned the vehicle on and off multiples times enough to get back home.
• Technician scanned vehicle had code P1D5D00: Hybrid/High-Voltage Battery Controller for Battery Cells Invalid System Configuration.
• Ran test plan for code, was advised to run a basic setting for control module 8C to reset to factory settings.
• Technician de-energized vehicle then ran basic setting for control module 8C to reset to factory settings, completed the basic setting then re-energized vehicle and completed a bus sleep then test drove vehicle made sure no lights came up on the dash as well as making sure the car doesn't turn off randomly while driving.
• Vehicle being towed in.
• Tow in.
• Owner states the vehicle's lane assist will push the vehicle out of the lane.
• Seems to happen when there are black tar crack fillings on the road versus the white lines or yellow lines.
• Scanned vehicle no relevant faults found.
• Tested operations and could not duplicate concern.
• Vehicle is currently operating as designed.
• Owner states the vehicle will recognize a generic sign with numbers on it as a speed limit instead of an actual speed limit sign.
• Vehicle also does not understand school zone speed limit signs and returning to the regular posted speed after the school zone ends.
• There will be a sign that says school zone end and the regular speed limit posted after that, but vehicle's speed limit on heads up display will not change.
• Scanned vehicle no relevant faults found.
• No TSBs applicable.
• No repairs have been recommended at this time.
• Owner states the radio sound stops working randomly.
• Sirius and FM radio.
• Has provided a video.
• HD radio was active.
• Turned off HD radio.
• Tested operations and verified repairs.
• Owner states the passenger side MMI turns off while moving and turns on when he stops.
• Provided photos.
• Scanned vehicle no relevant faults.
• Informed owner the passenger side MMI screen will time out and go black.

Visit 2: November 17-19, 2025

• The vehicle is showing multiple driver assistance feature warnings.
• Adaptive Cruise Control Malfunction, Active Front Assist/Distance Warning Malfunction, Adaptive Light Malfunction, Lane Departure Warning Malfunction, High Beam Assistance Malfunction, Emergency Assist Malfunction, Driver Assistance Systems Currently Limited and Traffic Sign Recognition Malfunction.
• Provided photos.
• Scanned vehicle and found active codes C13FCFO Front Cross Traffic Assist Status Feedback for HMI Implausible, C12DFFO Pre Sense Status Feedback for HMI Implausible, C13BAFO Rear Turn Off Assist Status Feedback for HMI Implausible, C13E4F0 Road Sign Detection Status Feedback for HMI Implausible, C12D8F0 Intersection Assistant Status Feedback for HMI Implausible, C13E5F0 Emergency Steer Assistant Status Feedback for HMI Implausible, C13E6F0 Online Traffic Light Info Status Feedback for HMI Implausible and U202B00 Driver Assistance System Personalization Function Restriction.
• Connected battery charger and performed multiple SVM updates to correct sporadic issues.

Visit 3: March 9-25, 2026

• 69D8 Certain seat belt assemblies may not comply with regulatory requirements, as the automatic locking retractor (ALR) may fail to prevent the seat belt webbing from being extended more than the allowable length after locking when a seat belt is used to secure a child restraint seat.
• If the seat belt webbing is extended more than the allowable length when a seat belt is used to secure a child restraint seat, there is an increased risk of injury to the occupant of the seat.
• A vehicle owner who uses a seat belt instead of the LATCH system to secure a child restraint seat will notice the seat belt may not stop before the seat belt webbing is fully retracted.
• Should this occur, owners are advised to contact an authorized Audi dealer without delay to have the vehicle issue diagnosed.

Visit 4: April 27-June 12, 2026

• The vehicle is showing a message for right front wheel loose message- previous concern.
• Scanned vehicle- no faults found.
• Inspected and found a small rust spot on rotor surface.
• Performed ABS stops to remove rust spot.
• Performed extended road test per owner request to monitor vehicle for fault.
• Drove vehicle for 340 miles, over 10 times.
• No warning messages have re-appeared.
• There is a still a stuttering felt when braking when driving in "B" mode.
• Previous concern.
• Issue was resolved for a little bit after the KD2 update was performed in the past, but the issue has resurfaced.
• Test drove vehicle and was not able to duplicate concern.
• No repairs have been recommended at this time.
• Intermittently while driving, the vehicle shows a message for adaptive cruise assist currently unavailable door open.
• Door is not open when this message appears.
• Owner can be driving 43 MPH or 8MPH and this message can appear.
• Owner has provided photos of message.
• TSB applicable.
• Software issue in the exterior door handle sensor.
• Solution is expected to be available by the end of the 2nd quarter of 2026 (subject to change).
• No repair available at this time.
• Vehicle shows that there is no license for third party apps.
• It says to please renew the license if you would like to view third party apps and install them directly.
• Vehicle shows there is 2 updates available but it does not update.
• Vehicle shows that the store is not up to date and to perform the nescessary updates to continue using the store to its full extent, Disney + installation has been cancelled.
• Vehicle shows thats the data plan has expired.
• Vehicles WiFi subscription has ended.
• Advised owner to renew WiFi subscription to address concerns.
• The favorites in the Sirius XM app keep getting lost.

$15,000 Cash and Keep Secured

Key Case Facts

• Vehicle: 2025 Audi S6
• Leased in: Maryland
• Status at purchase: New
• Mileage at first repair: 664 miles
• Systems involved: Electrical, Braking, Steering, Body/Trim
• Repair attempts: 4 visits
• Days out of service: 82 days
• Manufacturer: Audi
• Settlement type: Cash and Keep
• Settlement amount: $15,000 (Cash and Keep)

Attorney on Record

Steven Nassi, Esq.

Managing Partner, Easy Lemon by RockPoint Law P.C.

Licensed attorney whose practice is limited to lemon law. Steven leads the Easy Lemon legal team and has overseen thousands of successful lemon law claims against major manufacturers including Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and more.

2025 Audi S6 Lemon Law Questions in Maryland

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