Thursday, February 6, 2025

Morten's electric car is dangerous – Audi will only see it in 9 months

There is a risk of a fire in Morten Lied's car, yet he has to wait 9 months to get it repaired.

Norwegian Morten Lied owns one of the Audi e-trons that could potentially catch fire due to a battery fault, yet a local garage has asked him to wait 9 months.

This is what Motor.no writes.

The car has indeed been recalled. But the workshop cannot find time to look at the car until September 2025 at the earliest. Nine months after Morten Lied was told to contact the brand workshop himself because of the defect.

– They said there was only one person who had the skills to do the work, and many cars to check, Lied tells the media.

At NAF, which is the Norwegian answer to FDM, they also think it is worrying that Audi cannot look at the car until September. Especially because the problem is so serious that the owners have been notified by registered letter.

– The fact that they are sending a registered letter also indicates that it is serious. They should therefore give it a higher priority, NAF's lawyer tells the media.

It was only when Motor got involved that something apparently happened. Now the Audi importer has offered Morten Lied that he can have the car checked within two weeks. That is significantly more than the workshop actually had time for.

The cars that Audi has recalled were produced between March 2018 and March 2022. However, this has not prevented cars from catching fire. And the e-tron model, which will be discontinued in February, is not the only problematic electric car from Audi.

Back in July 2023, a brand new Audi Q4 e-tron burned down a villa in Hirtshals. A story Boosted has also told.

READ ALSO: Policeman charged with letting wife drive 200 km/h

The problems with the electric Audis are not the only ones currently plaguing electric cars. Stellantis importer Wismo Group has recalled almost 1,900 new electric cars in Denmark because the suspension arm pins are breaking. For some owners, this has meant that the wheels have come off.

However, recalls have been both worse and larger. For example, there are still problems with airbags from the scandal-hit Takata airbag manufacturer. In the US alone, the defective airbags have killed over 20 people.

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