2006 AUDI A4 Complaints

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO HAS A HEAD LIGHT PROBLEM AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS 2. IT THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF 3. THE MESSAGE "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS 4. THE MESSAGE IS CHANGED TO A SIGN INDICATING THAT THE LIGHTBULB HAS FAILED. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS EVERY TIME I NEED TO TURN ON MY HEAD LIGHTS, I TOOK TO DEALER, THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT PART MIGHT BE BAD, SO THEY RECOMMEND TO REPLACE ALMOST ALL PARTS INVOLVE WITH THAT, AND ITS COSTLY. I CHECKED ON LINE TO FIND A SOLUTION, I FIGURED OUT IT'S NOT ONLY ME, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF AUDI DRIVERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN HERE AND EVEN IN EUROPE. *TR

BOTH HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT AT RANDOM TIMES. SOMETIMES IT SAYS RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT AND SOMETIMES LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT AND SOMETIMES BOTH. *TR

THE GLOVE BOX BROKE BY SIMPLY OPENING THE GLOVE BOX. THE WHOLE GLOVE BOX DOOR FAILED. *TR

WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON ONE RANDOMLY TURNS OFF AND THEN I GET A DISPLAY IN THE DASH THAT'S SAYS "LEFT HEADLIGHT DIPPED" THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO THE RIGHT SIDE. I HAVE TO TURN THE KNOB KN THE DASHBOARD ON THE OFF POSITION AND TURN THEM BACK ON THE ON POSITION AND THEY START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND UNSAFE. PLEASE HELP. ALSO MY ENGINE IS BURNING OIL VERY FAST I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND DROVE THE CAR FOR 80 MILES AND THE DIP STICK ALREADY SHOWS HALF WAY FULL. I HAD THE HEAD GASKET AND VACUUM PUMP GASKET REPLACED BUT IT STILL HASN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

AUGUST 2014, DRIVING AT NIGHT, HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65MPH+) BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED AND WENT OUT, NO ILLUMINATION. TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO RESET BY LIGHT CONTROL SWITCH. WOULD RESET, THEN FLICKER AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS OUT. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND ABLE TO GET THERE OK. VEHICLE IS IN AT SERVICE FOR REPAIR. *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, BEFORE THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE ENGINE FAILED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE AUDI DEALER AND AFTER TWO DAYS THE DEALER QUOTED $7000 TO START WORKING ON THE ENGINE. TECHNICIAN FOUND THE TIMING SLIPPED AND VALVES WERE DAMAGED. THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT DETERMINE WHY THE OIL PRESSURE FAILED. SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT FOR A4'S THROUGH 2005. *TR

ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 P.M. IT WAS DETERMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT ASE CERTIFIED AUTO-CENTER IN MILFORD, OHIO THAT THE ENGINE HAD GOOD OIL PRESSURE HOWEVER AUDI STATED THAT THERE WAS ENGINE DAMAGE. THE CAM SHAFT DID SHOW WEAR AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE P CODES P2293 AND P0089 ON THE HPFP. I THEN RETURNED THAT INFORMATION BACK TO AUDI DEALERSHIP ? AUDI CONNECTION IN MONTGOMERY, OHIO WHERE I SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINING THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF LOW OIL PRESSURE ISSUES AND REQUESTED THEM TO HONOR THE INTERNALCAMPAIGN ON THE WORN CAM SHAFT/CAM FOLLOWER ISSUE. HE THEN REFUSED TO HONOR MY APPEAL AND STATED THAT IT DID HAVE INTERNAL DAMAGE DUE TO LACKOF OIL PRESSURE SHOWING NO EVIDENCE ONLY TO REFUSE TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER ANY FURTHER WITH ME RETURNING BACK TO HIS OFFICE. THEN AUDI CONNECTION DID RELENT WEEKS LATER, AFTER STATING EARLIER THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE WORK, OFFERING TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS AT A LATER TIMELINE; A TIMELINE THAT I COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND PAYING ON A RENTAL. THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE TYPE; AUDI A4 T2.0 QUATTRO 2006 YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL HAS A HISTORY OF OIL SLUDGE ISSUES AND AUDIUSA HAS HAD CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ON SUCH EVENTS-BELOW IS ONE SIMILAR TO MINE..."A SETTLEMENT NOTICE FOR THE VW AND AUDI OIL SLUDGE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WILL BE MAILED AND PUBLISHED IN USA TODAY ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 29, 2010. THE FINAL APPROVAL HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11, 2011." SINCE THEN, WHILE THE INDEPENDENT ASE CERTIFIED AUTO-CENTER IN MILFORD, OHIO DID LATER DISCOVER UNREPAIRABLE ENGINE DAMAGE DUE TO OIL SLUDGE ISSUES-KNOWN ISSUES TO AUDIUSA. I HAVE PAID OUT OF POCKET OVER $9,000 ON REPAIRS ALONE THAT AUDI KNEW ABOUT, BUT FAILED TO HELP IN ANY WAY...ANOTHER BIG BUSINESS WINS AGAIN OVER THE COMMON PERSON. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS MORE TO THIS ISSUE THAN WE KNOW. *TR

TOOK THE AUDI A4 QUATTRO TO THE AUDI CONNECTION OF CINCINNATI DEALERSHIP FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) ON P CODES P2293 & P0089 WHICH INDICATES A POSSIBLE CAM FOLLOWER, CAM SHAFT, AND/OR HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) ISSUES BACK ON THURSDAY MORNING APRIL 10TH, 2014. LATER, I SPOKE WITH LEE AT THE SERVICE DESK WHO STATED THAT THE CAM SHAFT WAS WORN AND WOULD BE A COVERED ITEM ON THIS INTERNAL AUDI CAMPAIGN; HOWEVER, HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO IT UNTIL THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY SINCE IT WOULD TAKE A FULL DAY TO REPAIR PUSHING IT INTO FRIDAY.I RECEIVED A CALL FRIDAY APRIL 11TH AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 A.M. AND IT WAS LEE STATING THAT THE CAM SHAFT WOULD NOT BE REPLACED DUE TO AN OIL PRESSURE ISSUE THAT DAMAGED BOTH CAM SHAFTS AND ENGINE. HE LATER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED THAT COULD COST UPWARDS OF $8,000.00. I LATER SUSPECTED OIL SLUDGE ISSUES THAT WERE ALSO ON A RECALL. YES, THE AUDI CONNECTION DID LATER RELENT, AFTER STATING EARLIER THAT THEY WOULD NOT PERFORM THE WORK, OFFERING TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS AT A LATER TIMELINE; A TIMELINE THAT I COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND PAYING ON A RENTAL. THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE; AUDI A4 T2.0 QUATTRO 2006 YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL HAS A HISTORY OF OIL SLUDGE ISSUES AND AUDIUSA HAS HAD CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ON SUCH EVENTS- ALL ANYONE HAS TO DO IS TO DO THEIR RESEARCH AND LOCATE ISSUES CONCERNING THE VERY ISSUES I TOO HAVE EXPERIENCED. BELOW IS ONE SIMILAR TO MINE... "A SETTLEMENT NOTICE FOR THE VW AND AUDI OIL SLUDGE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WILL BE MAILED AND PUBLISHED IN USA TODAY ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 29, 2010. THE FINAL APPROVAL HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11, 2011." *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND HAD THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT GO OUT. THE FAULT INDICATOR STATED THAT THE RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT HAD A FAULT, THEN THAT THE BULB WAS BAD. I KEPT DRIVING, AS I THOUGHT THAT I COULD SEE WELL ENOUGH WITH THE LEFT LIGHT. AFTER A WHILE, THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT. AGAIN, I KEPT DRIVING, AS I THOUGHT THAT I COULD SEE WELL ENOUGH WITH THE RIGHT LIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I ENTERED THE INTERSTATE, AND INCREASED MY SPEED TO ABOUT 65 MPH, AND DROVE IN THE MIDDLE LANE AS I ANTICIPATED GOING TO THE LEFT SIDE WHEN THE ROAD SPLIT IN ABOUT THREE MILES AND THEN EXITING SHORTLY AFTERWARD. THEN BOTH LIGHTS WENT OUT. I HAD TO SIGNAL TO GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, THROUGH TWO LANES OF FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND STOPPED. LUCKILY, ANOTHER DRIVER WHO HAD NOTICED THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS OFFERED TO DRIVE SLOWLY IN FRONT OF ME TO ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE UNTIL I COULD GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE SLOWLY ON OFF-HIGHWAY STREETS TO GET HOME, BUT BOTH LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD THREE OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. *TR

WHILST DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN A DOWNPOUR ESP AND EPC LIGHTS LIT UP AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE, DISABLING THE MAJORITY OF ENGINE POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED PRIOR ONLY IN WET RAINY CONDITIONS. *TR