2005 AUDI A4 Complaints

LEFT OR RIGHT HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND FAIL EVERY TIME I USE MY HEADLIGHTS. NO WORSE OR BETTER WITH BUMPY ROADS. AFTER A LIGHT GOES OUT, TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON TEMPORARILY FIXES THE PROBLEM. BUT A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE LIGHT FLICKERS AND FAILS. MOST RECENT FAILURE WAS WHEN GOING AROUND A CORNER AT NIGHT. ONCOMING TRAFFIC DID NOT SEE ME AND NEARLY CRASHED HEAD ON. NEWLY PURCHASED CAR AND HEADLIGHTS FAILED FIRST NIGHT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND READ DOZENS OF THREADS WITH SEEMINGLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED AUDI HAS NOT PUT OUT A RECALL. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH NO CURRENT SOLUTION. THE QUESTION IS OUT OF ALL THE DEADLY ACCIDENTS IN AUDI CARS, HOW MANY HAD THIS ISSUE AS A FACTOR. I DON'T ENVY THE PERSON QUICKLY DRIVING DOWN A WINDING BACK ROAD, WHEN THEIR HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AN INSTANT BEFORE A QUICK TURN THEY WONT SEE AND WRAP THEIR CAR AROUND A TREE. *TR

MY AUDI A4 CONSTANTLY WILL GET A DIPPED HEADLIGHT, MEANING THAT THE HID LIGHTS WILL DIP AND FAIL TO STAY ON. IT HAPPENS ON BOTH SIDES AND WILL HAPPEN AT NIGHT. I HAVE DRIVEN IN COMPLETE DARKNESS AND HAD BOTH LIGHTS FAIL, IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND BACK ON THEY WILL RESET BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE LONG BEFORE THEY DO IT AGAIN AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME ANYTIME I DRIVE DURING DARK TIMES. I LIVE IN A AREA WITH SNOW AND ICE IN THE WINTER AND ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH DEER AND PEDESTRIANS DURING THE SUMMER. MY LIGHTS GOING OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN FOR NO REASON HAS ME QUESTIONING THE SAFETY MY CAR PROVIDES. I AM CONCERNED THAT I MAY HAVE MY LIGHTS GO OUT AND WRECK, OR POTENTIALLY HIT A ANIMAL OR PERSON. *TR

HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY FLICKER AND THEN GO OUT. TURNING THEM OFF THEN ON WILL ONLY BRING THEM ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. I HAVE HAD BULB REPLACED NO RESULTS, THOUGH VERY EXPENSIVE. MY LAST AUDI BURNED TO THE GROUND DUE TO SIMILAR DEFECT. COULDN'T IMAGINE THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. HAVE REACHED OUT TO AUDI WITH NO RESPONSE. *TR

1) HEADLIGHTS ARE THE MAIN PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS THE TYPE OF LIGHTS THAT MOVE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL. OCCASIONALLY, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BUT WILL REMAIN ON. THIS IS A NUISANCE BUT MAY BE RELATED TO THE NEXT, LARGER PROBLEM. THE LARGER PROBLEM IS, ALMOST EVERY NIGHT THERE WILL BE A HEADLIGHT DIP WARNING SIGNAL ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN THIS HAPPENS RARELY WILL THE HEADLIGHTS STAY ON ANYMORE. THEY USED TO DO SO, BUT NOW ONE OR BOTH OF THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FREQUENTLY TURN OFF. WE USED TO BE ABLE TO OVERRIDE THIS BY MOVING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON THE DASH FROM THE AUTO TO THE MANUAL MODE AND OFF MODE. HOWEVER, NOW WE HAVE TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE THE HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON AND IT TAKES A LOT LONGER NOW THAN IT USED TO. (THE HEADLIGHTS ARE STAYING OFF FOR LONGER PERIODS. ) ALSO, EVEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IN THE MANUAL MODE (RATHER THAN USE THE AUTO MODE AT ALL), THE HEADLIGHTS WILL STILL DIP AND TURN OFF.

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION: VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER ENTERING HIGHWAY. DRIVER PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANSMISSION). TACHOMETER CONTINUED TO INCREASE UNTIL IT RED-LINED. DRIVER PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THE THROTTLE RELEASED WITH A POPPING NOISE. DRIVER OBSERVED THE THROTTLE AND THE MAT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE PUSHING ON THE THROTTLE BUT THE MAT WAS NOT SECURED IN PLACE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER (WHERE IT WAS BOUGHT AND SERVICED REGULARLY). THEY RAN DIAGNOSTIC SCAN, NO FAULTS IN SYSTEM. OWNERS WROTE AND CALLED AUDI CUSTOMER CARE AND WERE INFORMED CAR IS WORKING AS DESIGNED. WEATHER WAS HOT AND DRY (JULY).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD DISPLAY HEADLIGHTS DIPPED ON THE INSTRUMENT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO WAS TOLD THE ENGINE VIBRATION CAUSED THE HEADLIGHTS TO SHUT OFF. THE DEALER PLACED RUBBER PIECES INTO THE CASING IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE VIBRATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

VIBRATIONS ON THE ROAD OR AT IDLE CAUSE MY AUDI A4 (B7)'S HEADLIGHTS TO FLICKER OR EVEN TURN OFF FOR A BRIEF MOMENT! IT OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY NIGHT, AND SO FAR AUDI HAS ISSUED NO REMEDIES. I HAVE THE XENON BULBS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS (EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT OR SOMETIMES BOTH) WILL JUST GO OUT. HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY, HAPPENS IN THE DRIVEWAY OR ON A SURFACE ROAD...IT HAPPENS NEARLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON. AUDI CAN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE WHEN I BRING IT IN AND DOESN'T HAVE A FIX. MANY PEOPLE REPORT THAT REPLACING HEADLIGHT BULB OR BALLACE DIDN'T FIX PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THEY JUST FLICKER AND GO OUT. THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL AS THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE ON THE A4. *TR

2005 AUDI A4 2.0T - HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTION. WARNING SIGN COMES ON "LEFT/RIGHT HEADLIGHT DIPPED OUT". DURING NIGHT, THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ONLY WAY TO GET LIGHTS BACK ON IS TO EITHER TURN HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN OR PULL OVER, TURN CAR OFF AND RESTART. THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX THOUGH. WITHIN 10 TO 15 MIN, THE HEADLIGHT WILL "DIP" OUT AGAIN (LIGHT FLICKERS AND GOES OUT). CHANGING BULBS DO NOT HELP. CHANGING BALLAST DOES NOT HELP. WITHIN A 20 MILE STRETCH, MY HEADLIGHTS WILL "DIP OUT" AND BLACK OUT ON AVERAGE OF 3 TIMES. THIS MAKES FOR VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY. THE PARKING, DRIVE AND NEUTRAL GEARS WERE ALSO ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 58,000.