2002 AUDI A4 Complaints

VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND STARTED SHAKING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

ENGINE COIL?? MY A4 HAS NOW BEEN TOWED FOUR TIMES DO TO MISFIRING. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE ENGINE COIL NOW FOUR TIMES BUT LAST SAURDAY WAS THE ONE THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK. WHEN YOUR ON THE TOLL IN RUSH HOUR AT 65 MILES AN HOUR WITH NO SHOULDER ITS USUALLY A BAD THING WHEN YOUR CAR STALLS OUT AND BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY.OUT AT 10,000-18,000-20,000-AND NOW IT IS IN A SHOP WHY I DRIVE A RENTED ACCORD(IT GETS BETTER THEY TELL ME THAT THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER-MAYBE IN A COUPLE DAYS? DID SOMEBODY SAY LEMON-LAW.

THROUGH ARTICLES IN THE BOSTON (MA) GLOBE NEWSPAPER 1/26 AND 2/1 2003, I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH MY 2002 AUDI A4 1.8T AUTOMOBILE. IT SEEMS THAT THE IGNITION COILS ARE DEFECTIVE AND AUDI HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL TO REPLACE THEM.

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 8 TIMES FOR MISFIRING OF THE FUEL INJECTORS. NOT ONE ATTEMPT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. ON ANOTHER, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE CAR. ON ANOTHER, THE CAR REPROGRAMMED THE KEYS AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO START THE CAR. ON TWO OCCASIONS THE CAR'S ENGINE STOPPED WHILE PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE. AUDI IN MIAMI, FL AND IN ALEXANDRIA, VA HAVE FAILED TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND HAVE "NEVER HEARD" OF SUCH COMPLAINTS. DESPITE THESE PROBLEMS, AUDI CONSUMER RELATIONS REFUSES TO REPLACE THE CAR AND THEREFORE, I AM FORCED TO FILE UNDER FLORIDA LEMON LAW. THIS IS A DISGRACE ON BEHALF OF AUDI AND BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND AUDI ON THE CORPORATE LEVEL, I WOULD NEVER BUY ANOTHER AUDI NOR RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY ELSE. *JB

AUDI A4 (1.8T) WAS "MISSING" ON STARTUP, SHAKING, SEVERE LOSS OF POWER. I TRIED DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAD TO TURN AROUND AND PARK IT AT HOME, FOR SAFETY. WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I LEARNED IT WAS A FAILED IGNITION COIL PACK, AND I SOON LEARNED I WAS IN GOOD COMPANY: TECHNICIAN THERE ESTIMATED THERE WERE AT LEAST 85 CARS -- ALL 1.8TS OF AUDI AND VW -- IN SEVERAL NEARBY LOTS WAITING FOR REPLACEMENT IGNITION COILS. GERMAN PRODUCTION WAS ON 3 SHIFTS TO CRANK THEM OUT, WORLDWIDE. I ENJOY THIS CAR BUT CAN NO LONGER RELY ON IT UNTIL ALL OF THE ORIGINAL IGNITION COILS -- ENDING WITH AN "-H" PART-NUMBER SUFFIX -- ARE REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT, UPDATED ONES ENDING WITH A "-J." I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED (AS ARE U.S. AUDI DEALERS, I'VE SINCE LEARNED) THAT VW WON'T RECALL ALL 1.8TS TO REPLACE THE BAD COILS, WHICH ARE DESTINED TO FAIL AT SOME POINT. UNLESS THERE'S A RECALL, I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER AUDI OR VW AND WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN TO AVOID THEM. THIS IS SHODDY CUSTOMER CARE AT BEST, AND A DISREGARD FOR MY SAFETY AT WORST.

FAILED COIL PACK ON AUDI A4. SAFETY ISSUE SINCE AUOT STALLS ON HIGHWAY. DEALER INDICATES AUDI WILL NOT REPLACE MORE THAN 1 COIL (4 IN THE CAR) AND I CAN EXPECT FURTEHR FAILURES. THIS IS MAJOR SYSTEM-WIDE FAILURE PROBLEM, THAT AUDI SIMPLY WILL NOT DEAL WITH. I URGE A MANDATORY RECALL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE ACCIDENTS ENSUE.

FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILURE, "GAS TANK" FAILURE, COILPACK FAILURE ON AUDI A4, 2002

IGNITION COIL CAUSED VEHICLED TO STALL. AUDI AGREED TO REPLACE 1 COIL BUT SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FIX THE OTHER 4. WHEN ASKED IF IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN I WAS TOLD "IT IS A CRAP SHOOT". THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME DEFECTIVE AND I NOW CONSIDER IT "PARTIALLY FIXED". IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD BEING AS IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF I-95 LAST NIGHT.

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLES COIL PACK HAS DIED OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE AND SHUT OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

TWO FAILED COILS IN LESS THAN 1 MONTH. MAY INVOKE MA LEMON LAW ON NEXT FAILURE IF AUDI REFUSES TO REPLACE REMAINING TWO DEFECTIVE COILS. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770864