2006 AUDI A4 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR BOX MECHATRONICS UNIT NEEDED BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,200.

AT AN INTERSECTION, A FORD F250 PICKUP, PULLING A TRAILER, TURNED LEFT INTO MY 2006 AUDI A4 AVANT. MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT THROUGH INTERSECTION TRAVELING AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH.. I WAS TRAVELING ALONE, WITH MY SEAT BELT ON. MY VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED UP TO THE FIREWALL AND WAS TOTALED (PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE). THE AIR BAGS ON MY VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY. THE BELT TENSIONER DID DEPLOY. *TR

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT DIPS OCCASIONALLY, WITHOUT WARNING, RANDOMLY. THEN YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS TO HOPEFULLY CORRECT/RESET THE HEADLIGHT. IT'S CLEARLY A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

I EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY CAR WHEN I STARTED ACCELERATING AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I HAD NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, SLAMMING ON THE BREAKS AND USING THE EMERGENCY BREAK THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED AFTER GOING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE. ONCE I GOT THE CAR TO STOP, I KEPT THE CAR TURNED ON AND CALLED 911 WHO DISPATCHED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR BECAUSE I WAS SCARED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS OK TO TURN THE CAR OFF. BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR WAS FLOORED BY THE CAR MAT THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED. THE FIREMAN HAD TO BREAK THE WINDOW TO GET INTO THE CAR AND THE FIREMAN FOUND THE CAR MAT LODGED UNDER THE ACCELERATOR AND HAD TO RIP IT OUT FROM UNDER THE PEDAL. I HAD NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THAT MY CAR MAT COULD MOVE AND GET LODGED. PER THE FIREMAN, THIS HAPPENS A LOT WITH THESE TYPES OF CAR MATS. I DIDN'T GET FURTHER EXPLANATION FROM HIM, BUT AFTER TALKING TO MANY PEOPLE AND SCOURING THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE ACCELERATOR GET STUCK BECAUSE OF THE CAR MAT IN THEIR AUDI'S. IN SOME CASES IT WAS THE AUDI DEALERSHIP TELLING THEM THE CAUSE WAS THE CAR MAT. AUDI REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE ANY FLAW WITH THE DESIGN AND REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR MY EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT. LUCKILY THIS OCCURRED ON A SUNDAY AROUND 11:30AM SO THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS ON THE ROAD. TOYOTA RECALLED THEIR CARS WITH MATS THAT SLIPPED, WHY SHOULD AUDI NOT HAVE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON I-45 S TO HOUSTON AND AT 9 PM, I TRIED TURNING MY FRONT FOG LIGHT ON AS IT WAS GETTING FOGGY OCCASIONALLY. I WAS AT 75 MPH SPEED ON RIGHT LANE, ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT, I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE MEDIAN AND AFTER PLAYING AROUND SOME KIND OF LIGHT CAME BACK, DROVE TO NEAREST EXIT TO GAS STATION ABOUT A MILE FURTHER AND CHECKED ALL LIGHTS, IT WAS WORKING FINE NOW. I HAVE READ SIMILAR KIND OF COMPLAINT HERE AND NOT SURE IF IT IS GETTING ATTENTION. DOES DEATH HAS TO OCCUR BEFORE NHSTA AND AUDI LISTEN TO THIS PROBLEM. 75 MPH IN INTERSTATE AT NIGHT WITHOUT LIGHTS ON, CAN YOU IMAGINE MY SITUATION. IT CAN EASILY CAUSE DEATH AND DAMAGE. FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS NOT BULB ISSUE, IT IS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

2006 AUDI A4 DIPPED HEADLIGHT / FLICKER / PROBLEM. LEFT HEADLIGHT WILL FLICKER AND GO OUT, HAPPENS AT RANDOM, AT SPEEDS FROM 0 TO 70 MPH. AUDI DEALER SAID THE GAS LEVEL IN THE HEADLAMP IS LOW, RECOMMENDED NOT TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME, TO ADDRESS, TURN LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON WHEN IT OCCURS. HAVE HAD TO DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN A 10 MINUTE PERIOD TO KEEP THE HEADLAMP ON. *TR

THE CAR WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT. ONCE THE TEMPERATURE REACH APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ACTIVATED, BUT DEACTIVATED WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED AND I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MONTHS, THIS MALFUNCTION COMPLETELY DRAINED MY BATTERY. *TR

AFTER THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED, THE LEFT HAND LIGHT FLICKERED THEN WENT OUT. THE DISPLAY AREA GAVE ME A WARNING THAT THE HEADLIGHT BULB WAS OUT. IT HAPPENS EACH NIGHT AND IS REMEDIED BY DEACTIVATING THE HEADLIGHTS THEN TURNING THEM ON AGAIN. I HAD BOTH HEADLIGHTS CHANGED IN JUNE, BUT THE RIGHT HAND HEADLIGHT DOES THE SAME NOW. *TR

IN OCTOBER 2006, PURCHASED A NEW 2006 AUDI A4 FROM CAROUSEL AUDI IN GOLDEN VALLEY, MN. THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND HAS LESS THAN 62,000 MILES TODAY. IN LATE SUMMER OF 2013, I BEGAN NOTICING THAT THE CAR JERKED HEAVILY WHEN PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE FROM A PARKED POSITION. THE CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND I THEN BEGAN NOTICING THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY AND LABORING WHEN NEARING 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MOTOR WOULD REV UP AND MAKE AN UNUSUAL SOUND AND IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE AUDI DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER MODULE WERE NOT COMMUNICATING PROPERLY AND THAT IT NEEDS A NEW MODULE AT A COST OF ABOUT $3800. THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE REPAIRS. WHEN I ASKED BOTH THEM AND AUDI NORTH AMERICA ABOUT A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT REGARDING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH 61,000 OTHER AUDI OWNERS ACROSS THE U.S., THEY REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. I BELIEVE THAT AUDI HAS KNOWINGLY MADE AND SOLD A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE THAT IS DANGEROUS AND POSES GREAT RISK TO ITS OWNER AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT AUDI SHOULD BE FORCED TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND RECALL VEHICLES WITH THIS WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT AND PAY FOR MY REPAIR AS WELL AS FOR OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SOMETIMES EMIT A WARNING THAT STATES "TIPPED HEADLIGHT" WHICH TRIGGERS THE CAR TO IMMEDIATELY TURN THE AFFECTED HEADLIGHT OFF--THIS CAN OCCUR WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED OR IN MOTION. IT USUALLY HAPPENS TO ME WHEN I AM DRIVING, BUT THERE IS NO PATTERN AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON, WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! THERE IS CURRENTLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST AUDI WHERE THEY WILL REFUND A PORTION OF YOUR REPAIRS FOR THE FAULTY HID HEADLIGHTS ON THE 2006 AUDI A4, BUT AUDI STILL CLAIMS THAT THEY ARE NOT LIABLE AND NOT AT FAULT (HTTP://WWW.HIDHEADLIGHTSETTLEMENT.COM/). PLEASE FORCE AUDI TO RECALL THIS HEADLIGHT PROBLEM--I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY MY LOCAL DEALER CLOSE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO SAFETY REASONS (THE CLASS ACTION SUIT ONLY REFUNDS REPAIRS PRIOR TO AUGUST 2013 AND WON'T EVEN COVER THE ENTIRE COST). THERE ARE A LOT OF 2006 AUDI A4'S OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM--THE COMPLAINTS ARE ALL OVER MULTIPLE MESSAGE BOARDS, AND THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY ENOUGH PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM OR THE CLASS ACTION SUIT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. *TR