2004 AUDI A4 Complaints

LOUD BUZZING NOISE COMING FROM REAR SEAT, SOUNDED LIKE BAD MOTOR BEARINGS. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE STALLED AND WAS FORCED TO STOP VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY POWER ASSISTANCE FROM ENGINE. THE AUDI DEALER FOUND IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP, REPLACED WITH NEW FUEL PUMP OK NOW. THEY INDICATED IT WAS NOT COVERED IN THE 2003 FUEL PUMP RECALL SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS AN 04. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A4. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRESS DOWN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE BRAKE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $5,000 TO REPAIR. THE DEALER WOULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE BRAKE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000. UPDATED 01/03/08. *LJ UPDATED 12/31/07

TL*THE CONTACT'S FATHER OWNS A 2004 AUDI A4. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR OF THE VEHICLE. FURTHERMORE, THERE WAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION THAT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A CRACKED KNEE CAP AND STERNUM. AS OF OCTOBER 5, 2007, THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 30,000.

AUDI 2004 A4. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, FUEL PUMP FAILS. BATTERY LIGHT LIT UP RIGHT BEFORE FUEL PUMP COMPLETELY FAILED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP THE VERY NEXT DAY. THERE IS A RECALL CURRENTLY ON THE FUEL PUMP FOR THE 2003 A4 1.8T. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THE FAILURE IN MY FUEL PUMP IS THE SAME AND THAT THE RECALL SHOULD ALSO COVER 2004? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 AUDI A4 AVANT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID PREVENTS THE WIPERS FROM WORKING PROPERLY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE WIPERS TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. TO HAVE THE WIPERS REPAIRED WOULD COST $500, SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 70,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING AND ATTEMPTING TO GET UP TO SPEED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN THE CLUTCH SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION FAILED IN-BETWEEN GEAR SHIFTS. THE CLUTCH PEDAL BECAME LODGED/STUCK AGAINST THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PANIC IN THE BELIEF THAT SOME FOREIGN OBJECT WAS INTERFERING WITH THE NATURAL RETURN OF THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THE VEHICLE REMAINED IN GEAR, AND WAS COASTED TO A SHOULDER WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL STILL STUCK AGAINST THE FLOORBOARD. ONCE SAFELY ON THE SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE DRIVER INVESTIGATED THE CAUSE OF THE CLUTCH PEDAL STICKING TO THE FLOORBOARD. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE BLOCKING/INTERFERING WITH THE CLUTCH. AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE CAR AND PLACE THE VEHICLE IN FIRST GEAR RESULTED IN THE CAR STALLING OUT. THE CAR WAS NO LONGER OPERABLE. AN AUDI DEALERSHIP ASSESSED THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND DETERMINED THAT THE SUDDEN CLUTCH FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE CLUTCH DISK BEING OVERHEATED, AND THE FRICTION MATERIAL BEING COMPLETELY WORN OUT DESPITE ONLY 29,000 MILES BEING LOGGED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS THE MATTER IS BEING LITIGATED. *TR

THERE WAS NO APPARENT SIGN OF THE FAILURE UNTIL TO THE MORNING OF WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A WHIRRING NOISE FROM NEAR THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 15 MILES THAT MORNING THE CAR SPUTTERED AND THE ENGINE QUIT AS THOUGH IT WERE OUT OF GAS. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN A LOW TRAFFIC AREA AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER AND CHARGED MORE THAN $500.00 TO DO SO. THE DEALERSHIP RETAINED THE OLD PART.*AK

ACCELERATOR STUCK FULL OPEN WHILE IT WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO A FREEWAY. HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES WITH ONE FOOT AND STOMP REPEATEDLY ON THE ACCELERATOR WITH THE OTHER UNTIL THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IMMOBILE ON A PRIVATE WINTER RESORT ROAD, IT WAS RAMMED BY THE VEHICLE COMING BEHIND AND PUSHED HIM FORWARD HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FRONT DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID THE SEAT BELT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT. THE SECURITY PERSONNEL OF THE RESORT WAS PRESENT BUT THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE REMAINED INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. UPDATED 02/13/07. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH UPHILL ON A STREET, UPON MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 40 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE WHICH STOPPED THE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.