2006 AUDI A4 Complaints

THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS KEEP FLICKERING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING.AUDI: THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONDITIONS THAT BOTH OCCUR IN VEHICLES WITH BI-XENON, WITH OR WITHOUT ADAPTIVE LIGHTING (AFS): ONE XENON LIGHT ON EITHER SIDE SPORADICALLY FLICKERS OR FLASHES AND GOES OUT. WHEN HEADLAMPS ARE TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN OR AT IGNITION CYCLE, THE HEADLAMPS MAY FUNCTION PROPERLY OR EXHIBIT THE SAME BEHAVIOR; ONE XENON LIGHT ON ONE SIDE FAILS PERMANENTLY. *TR

HEADLIGHT FLICKERS THEN GOES OUT. WHEN CAR IS RESTARTED THE LIGHT WORKS BUT THEN GOES OUT WHEN DRIVING AGAIN. *JB

IN REGARDS TO HID HEADLIGHTS ON 2006 AUDI A4 MODELS AND SPEAKS TO MY EXACT FRUSTRATION & NON-ACTION TAKEN BY AUDI TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AS I FEEL IT IS THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THAT OF THE OWNERS. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS AUDI, ONE OF MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLICKER WHILE I WAS DRIVING, & THEN PRODUCE AN ERROR CODE: "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT." THE PROBLEM EVENTUALLY WENT AWAY.THE BULBS STILL PRODUCE LIGHT, BUT WHILE DRIVING BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER,"RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" AND "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT". ONE WAY TO GET THE LIGHTS TO START WORKING AGAIN IS TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CAUSES ME TO PULL OVER FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND OTHERS. THE BULBS ARE SOMEWHAT NEW AND ALL THE HEADLIGHT PARTS ARE OEM, AND THIS BECOMES EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING AT NIGHT IN THE DARK. I UNDERSTAND FROM ONLINE BLOGS THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2006 AUDI A4 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH TIES BACK TO THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT NHTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE GIVEN THAT HEADLIGHTS ARE AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF A CAR WHILE AND THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND OTHER DRIVERS WHEN DRIVING IN THE DARK. I HAVE RECENTLY SERVICED MY CAR AND FELT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE THIS MATTER INTO MY OWN HANDS AND HAVE FAITH THAT THE AUDI DEALER SERVICE WILL RESOLVE THIS. ALTHOUGH, I HAVE TAKEN IT THERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE HEADLAMPS AND COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. TODAY, THEY SEEM TO HAVE FIGURED IT OUT BUT IT WILL BE VERY COSTLY. I STRONGLY BELIEVE AUDI AS A MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME SORT OF RECALL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR ANY SERVICES DONE REGARDING THE HID HEADLAMPS AS IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

UPON INITIAL START OF THE VEHICLE, JUST ABOUT EVERY START, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WILL FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF AND SHOW A LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT ON THE DISPLAY. SHUTTING OFF THE LIGHTS AND TURNING THEM BACK ON ALLOWS THE BULB TO TURN ON AGAIN, BUT THE FLICKERING KEEPS HAPPENING UNTIL THE LIGHT WARMS UP THEN IT STOPS. THE BULB WILL REPEATEDLY FLICKER AND SHUT OFF CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS: RANDOMLY, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS AND THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF. I GET AN ERROR MESSAGE THAT STATES, "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT." IF I TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATES AGAIN. SOMETIMES, IT WILL STAY ON FOR AS LONG AS 2 HOURS. OTHER TIMES, IT GOES THROUGH THE ABOVE STEPS WITHIN MINUTES. MY LOCAL AUDI DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS (DESPITE MULTIPLE ONLINE FORUMS WHERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE VERY SAME PROBLEM). THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. THE COST TO TROUBLESHOOT THIS, ACCORDING TO MY AUDI DEALER, WILL RUN INTO THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, AT MINIMUM, BUT AGAIN, THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS. *TR

AUDI A4, 2006 CONVERTIBLE : AFTER DRIVING THE CAR 12 MILES IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON A 2 LANE STREET I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, NOT A LOT. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH. TEMP OUTSIDE WAS 75. SO I DROVE ANOTHER 2 MILES, THEN I SAW A LOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD - I TURNED ON THE TURN SIGNAL TO GET INTO THE OTHER LANE AND THEN THE COOLANT LOW SIGN CAME ON THE DASH. THEN A LOT MORE SMOKE. AFTER LETTING THE CAR COOL IN A PARKING LOT, I ADDED THE COOLANT/WATER MIX AS CALLED FOR IN THE SERVICE BOOK ( HAD THE STAFF AT OREILLY AUTO PARTS LOOK UP THE CORRECT COOLANT). AS SOON AS I STARTED THE ENGINE ALL THE COOLANT RAN OUT. I CALLED THE TOW COMPANY TO TOW THE CAR TO THE SERVICE STATION. IT APPEARS TO BE A CRACKED VALVE. ALSO 3 RADIATOR HOSES ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR JUST HAD A FULL TUNE UP 2 MONTHS EARLIER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SWEET, BURNING SMELL PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE CONTACT WAS ALWAYS ADVISED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE RADIATOR FAILED AT ONE POINT AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT A PLASTIC PIECE OF THE RADIATOR HAD FRACTURED ON AND ALLOWED ANTI -FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE SWEET, BURNING ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *TR

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MARCH 2012. APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS LATER THE "CHECK ENGINE " LIGHT CAME ON . HAD THE CODES CHECKED AND MAIN CODE CAME BACK P0722 WHICH DIRECTED ME TO A "DEALERSHIP ONLY" REPAIR. IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT THE TCM WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACING. I FIND OUT AUDI INITIALLY USED A FAULTY PLASTIC PART THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF WOULD FAIL. I CALLED AUDI USA FOR ASSISTANCE AND THEY WORKED OUT A 15% DISCOUNT WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND NO ASSISTANCE FROM AUDI USA. I INFORMED THEM THAT I STILL FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IF THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH AUDI TRANSMISSIONS THEN THEY SHOULD COVER FULL COST OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 HAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM: 1. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS 2. IT THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF 3. THE MESSAGE "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS IF I TURN THE LIGHT OFF (NOTE: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIVING AT NIGHT HERE) AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN, THE LIGHT WILL BECOME NORMAL AGAIN, FOR ABOUT A FEW SECONDS TO MINUTES AND THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. A NUMBER OF OTHER DRIVERS SEEM TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AS EVIDENCED BY THE COMMENTS ON SEVERAL OTHER FORUMS AND SPEAKING WITH THE AUDI DEALER. I WAS TOLD NO "CAMPAIGN" HAS BEEN ISSUED. *TR

LEFT HEADLIGHT/PARKING LIGHT DIPPED. EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE SIGNAL. FLICKERED THE BULB AND SHUT OFF. IF YOU SWITCH OFF THE LIGHT AND RESTART, IT IS ON FOR A MINUTE AND AGAIN THE SAME. *TR