2004 AUDI A4 Complaints

CAR IS 2004 AUDI A4 WITH 1.8 ENGINE AND CVT TRANSMISSION. CAR'S ENGINE WILL UPON ACCELERATION FROM STANDSTILL, OFTEN HESITATE AND STUMBLE. AT TIMES WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC FROM STANDSTILL, IT WILL AT TIMES NOT ONLY HESITATE, BUT ACTUALLY STALL OR HAVE A NO POWER SITUATION FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THIS HAS LED TO SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS. I HAVE REPORTED TO OUR AUDI DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT A NUMBER OF TIME. EACH TIME, THEY MERELY SAY THAT THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND RETURN AUTO TO US. A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE FIXES TO THE AUTOMOBILES ECM(COMPUTER). *TR (EXCERPT FROM E-MAIL 4-1-08) I WAS THEN TOLD BY ONE SERVICE REP THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON THOSE AUDI'S THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE SO CALLED "CVT" TRANSMISSION BEFORE BUT THAT AUDI HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ADDRESS. HE SAID THAT HE APPLIED A SOFTWARE FIX TO THE AUTO'S ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, BUT THIS DID NOT HELP. *SMCH

VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN IN TRAFFIC DUE TO IGNITION COIL FAILURES. REPLACE 6 IGNITION COILS, VEHICLE RUNS FINE AGAIN. THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT OF THIS GENERATION AUDI A4. *TR

VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN IN TRAFFIC (55 MPH HIGHWAY) ~100 MI FROM HOME DUE TO FAILED FUEL PUMP. NO WARNING OF IMPENDING FAILURE. VERY DANGEROUS FAILURE LOCATION. TOTAL REPAIR COST = $602.13 INCLUDING FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT, TOW, RENTAL CAR, ETC. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THEN SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 29,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000. UPDATED 03-04-08 *BF THE VEHICLE HESITATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. AFTER A WHILE, IT WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN. UPDATED

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LCD INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ON THIS COMPONENT AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL CLUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000.

HAD ONE PREVIOUS INCIDENT WHERE THE CAR STALLED. IT SEEMED THIS WAS CURED BY REPLACING THE FUEL FILTER. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE CAR DIED WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. ENGINE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. MY CAR IS A 2004 AUDI A4 3.0 QUATTRO. THE DEFECT APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE 2003 AUDI A4 RECALL. *TR

I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED MY 2004 AUDI A4 AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS RECENTLY IGNITED AFTER MY CAR HAS PASSED THE 50,000 MILE WARRANTY PERIOD. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS I NEED TO PAY 300 OUT OF POCKET TO COVER. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM AS I HAVE NOT GOT INTO ANY ACCIDENTS OR ACTIONS WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN THE AIRBAG GOING OFF. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 85 IN SOUTH CAROLINA RETURNING TO CHARLOTTE, N.C. WHEN THE ENGINE OF MY 2004 AUDI A4 STARTED SKIPPING SEVERELY. AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LETTING THE CAR SIT FOR A WHILE, I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO MINIMIZE SOMEWHAT. THE FOLLOWING MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK THE ENGINE STARTED SKIPPING SEVERELY, AND THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE BUCKING HEAVILY. I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE TRAFFIC AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED AUDI OF CHARLOTTE, AND THEY ADVISED TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THERE FACILITY IF IT WAS DRIVABLE. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR THERE DRIVING AT 25 MPH WITH THE MOTOR SKIPPING HEAVILY. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN IGNITION COIL FAILURE, AND WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $472.04. THIS WAS THE SECOND MAJOR FAILURE OF A COMPONENT OF THIS VEHICLE IN A TIME SPAN OF TWO MONTHS ( FUEL PUMP-6/14/07 ), AND AS A FEMALE DRIVER I AM CONCERNED THAT I'M GOING TO BE LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT NIGHT. *TR

MY 2004 AUDI A4 STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHILE I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO ANOTHER STREET. I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BUSY STREET FOR ALMOST AN HOUR UNTIL A TOW TRUCK COULD ARRIVE FROM THE AUDI DEALER. AN OFFICER FROM THE CHARLOTTE, N.C. POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND DIRECTED VEHICLES TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE POLICE AND OTHER MOTORISTS HELPED DIRECT TRAFFIC AROUND MY VEHICLE TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT, AS IT WAS RAINING AND FOGGY AT THE TIME OF THIS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A FUEL PUMP FAILURE BY AUDI OF CHARLOTTE, AND THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT A CHARGE OF $869.18. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2003 AUDI A4 MODELS FOR FUEL PUMP FAILURES. *TR

I BROUGHT MY 2004 AUDI A4 TO JACK DANIELS MOTORS IN MARCH OF 2007 TO GET NEW TIRES. THEY OF COURSE SUGGESTED PIRELLI TIRES AND REALLY DIDN'T OFFER ME ANY OTHER CHOICES. SO I SPENT $826.21 FOR NEW PIRELLI IN MARCH, 2007. WELL NOW IT'S NOVEMBER OF 2007 AND I BROUGHT MY AUDI BACK TO THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TIRES HAD TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE THEY LOST THE THREADS AND WERE GONG BALD. WHEN I TOLD THEM I JUST PUT THE TIRES ON EIGHT (8) MONTHS AGO AND WEREN'T THEY WARRANTED, THEY TOLD ME THEY WEREN'T. WHY WOULD AUDI PUT ON TIRES THAT DIDN'T COME WITH A WARRANTY???? I CALLED PIRELLI CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING. . I HAVE HAD MY TIRES REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON ESPECIALLY WITH THE WINTER MONTHS UPON ME. I DID NOT GET TIRES FROM THEM, I BOUGHT TIRES THAT HAD A WARRANTY FROM AN TIRE DEALER AND THEY WEREN'T PIRELLI. I WOULD NEVER AGAIN BUY PIRELLI TIRES AND FEEL I SHOULD GET MY MONEY BACK FOR THE GARBAGE THEY PUT ON THE CAR AT SUCH A RIDICULOUSLY HIGH PRICE. *TR