2006 AUDI A4 Complaints

THE ISSUE INITIALLY STARTED WITH BOTH HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERING AND THE AUDI DEALERSHIP STATED IT MAY JUST BE AN ISSUE WITH THE XENON BULBS. NOT LONG AFTER, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WOULD FLICKER AND GO OUT PROMPTING A "RIGHT HEAD LIGHT DIPPED" MESSAGE. THIS ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE RIGHT HEAD LIGHT TO WORK AGAIN IS TO SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY SINCE I AM NOT ABLE TO PULL OVER EVERY TIME TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON. UNTIL ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, IT WAS ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT BUT IT TURNS OUT THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHT IS DOING THE SAME. TWICE NOW I HAVE HAD BOTH HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN TSB 2013829/3 BUT AUDI WILL NOT DO A RECALL ON THE HEAD LIGHTS. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE AS I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AT NIGHT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT DIPPED/LOWERED. THE HEADLIGHT WENT DARK THEN TURNED OFF. AT THE SAME TIME THE PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER, AND SEEMED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO FAIL ALSO. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE IF THE ROAD, AS I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD. AFTER SOME TROUBLE SHOOTING I TURNED OFF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND TURNED IS BACK ON AND THE DRIVERS HEADLIGHT RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE PASSENGER SIDE STILL FLICKERS AND VIBRATES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF AT NIGHT. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND TURN OFF. THE FIRST TIME WAS LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY,BUT IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY IF DRIVING AT NIGHT. *TR

HAVING A HUGE ISSUE WITH MY 2006 AUDI A4 2006 S-LINE US SPEC, I KEEP GETTING HEADLIGHT DIPPED ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHT AND THIS HAPPENS 4 TO 5 TIME ON MY DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK. I'M STATIONED IN GERMANY AND HAVE TO USE THE AUTO BAHN AND SOMETIMES DRIVE AROUND 100MPH WITH TRAFFIC AND WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS GO OUT ITS VERY DANGEROUS NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT THE OTHER DRIVERS. THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING TO LOADS OF AUDI DRIVERS. THE XENON BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND THE BULBS ARE NOT CHEAP AND NOT THE ISSUE LIKE AUDI SAYS. THE AUDI DEALERSHIP HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY LIGHTS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHT OUT ON THE DASH. THEY SAID TO REPLACE THE LIGHT BULBS WHICH I HAVE ALREADY DONE AND DON'T WANT TO GET RIPPED OFF. AUDI NEEDS TO HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED ASAP BEFORE IT KILLS SOMEONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 AUDI A4 EQUIPPED WITH FALCON TIRES, DOT NUMBER: PC023R80LLTR4410, SIZE 235/45/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND EXHIBITING ABNORMAL NOISES WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE TREAD PATTERN HAD BECOME ABNORMALLY WAVY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY LEFT HEAD LIGHT TURNS OFF BY ITSELF AND I GET THE "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" WARNING. THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON IF I TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON BUT IT'LL GO OUT AGAIN. I TALKED TO THE AUDI DEALER AND TOLD ME TO CHANGE THE LIGHT BULB (WHICH WOULD BE AROUND 500 DOLLARS). BUT THE LIGHT BULB ISN'T OUT. IT STILL TURNS ON. SO THEY TOLD ME THAT I MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE THE WHOLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WHICH WOULD COST ME AROUND 1500-2000 DOLLARS. AFTER DOING A FEW RESEARCHES ON THE INTERNET, I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS ME AND NEITHER OF THE METHODS THE DEALER SUGGESTED WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE INVESTIGATE ON THIS. *TR

FOR THE PAST 12 MOUNTS MY AUDI A4 IS HAVING A CONSTANT DIPPED HEADLIGHT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. MOST OCCURRENCES ARE WITH THE LEFT HEADLIGHT BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE BOTH HEADLIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT COMPLETELY PUTTING ME IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE AND DEADLY ACCIDENTS. I WANT AUDI TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND COVER ALL ASSOCIATED COST TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING AND WOULD GO DIM. CONTROL PANEL IN CAR GIVES WARNING THE HEAD LAMP IS DIPPED. AS TIME WENT ON HEAD LIGHT WOULD GO OUT COMPLETELY. ROUGHLY SEVERAL MONTHS LATER BOTH HEAD LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER FOR A WHILE AND THEN BOTH GO OUT COMPLETELY. WHEN THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON. UNFORTUNATELY THIS ONLY LAST A FEW MINUTES AND THEY BOTH GO OUT AGAIN. I DRIVE ON RURAL ROADS SO THERE IS NO STREET LIGHTING AT NIGHT AND LITTLE TO NO SHOULDERS TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. LOSING BOTH HEAD LIGHTS IS VERY SCARY. TURN THE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH EVERY FEW MINUTES MAKES FOR A LONG DRIVE HOME. DEALERS CLAIM THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE. I STARTED OFF DRIVING A 1963 COVAIR WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED; IT NEVER HAD THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. CAN THE NHTSA HELP US ALL OUT AND GET THE NEWS OUT TO AUDI THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE. *TR

MY HEADLAMPS FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THE HEADLAMPS, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT, WILL "DIP". THIS WILL TURF THE LAMPS OFF. WHEN I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER THEY TELL ME THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT.

THE LEFT XENON HID HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 AUDI A4 IS CONSTANTLY FLICKERING AND GOING OUT. YOU NEED TO TURN IT ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT TO STAY ON, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. VERY ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS. SOMETIMES BOTH HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AT ONCE, ESSENTIALLY LIMITING MY VISIBILITY. AS STATED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND IT IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. *TR