2005 AUDI A4 Complaints

2005.5 AUDI A4 WITH XENON LIGHTS. BOTH HEADLIGHTS FLICKER CONSTANTLY AND FREQUENTLY TURN OFF. BY TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON, THE BULB COMES BACK ON. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR OTHER DRIVERS (FLASHING HEADLIGHTS) AND FOR ME (NO HEADLIGHTS!). IT IS ILLEGAL, TOO. DEALERSHIPS AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS HAVE SUGGESTED A RANGE OF REPAIRS BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO BE SURE WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS (BALLASTS AND BULBS) ON A REPAIR WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS WAY FOR YEARS. *TR

I WILL BE DRIVING MY 2005.5 AUDI A4 2.0T AT NIGHT AND RANDOMLY MY HEADLIGHTS WILL START TO FLICKER THAN COMPLETELY FAIL. I HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF THAN BACK ON THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY THEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN. THE PARTS ARE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE SO I"M PUTTING OFF GETTING IT FIXED. *TR

I OWN A 2005.5 AUDI A4 3.2 QUATTRO. WHILE DRIVING, I CONSTANTLY GET A ERROR MESSAGE "DIPPED RIGHT HEADLIGHT" AND THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS THEN SHUTS OFF. I CAN GET THE HEADLIGHT TO COME BACK ON ONLY IF I TURN OFF THEN ON THE HEADLIGHTS AGAIN WHICH I BELIEVE IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 3X AND PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. BASED ON INTERNET CHATS, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING WHICH AUDI HAS YET TO FIND A SOLUTION TO. IT IS AN EVERYDAY SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO HAS THIS ANNOYING -- AND DANGEROUS -- PROBLEM: 1. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS 2. IT THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF 3. THE MESSAGE "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS 4. THE MESSAGE IS CHANGED TO A SIGN INDICATING THAT THE LIGHTBULB HAS FAILED. 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 MINUTES AND THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING A LOT RECENTLY WITH THE COLD WEATHER. I CAN'T TELL FOR SURE WHETHER IT IS TEMPERATURE RELATED. MY AUDI DEALER SAID THAT AUDI KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT -- CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE A REPEAT COMPLAINT, BUT MS. DEMETER SAYS IT IS NOT ON FILE. 2005 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET, 6 CYLINDER (NORMALLY ASPIRATED). SUDDEN PERSISTENT ACCELERATION. I WAS RAPIDLY ACCELERATING FROM ABOUT 25 MPH GOING UP A HILL TRYING TO MAKE A GREEN LIGHT ABOUT .2 MILE AWAY. WHEN I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION, I RELEASED THE PEDAL BUT THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. FIRM BRAKE PRESSURE SLOWED THE CAR, BUT IT REACCELERATED UNTIL I BROUGHT IT TO A STOP. I MADE SURE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS IN THE "OFF" POSITION, EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT USED IT. I DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE NEXT MAJOR INTERSECTION, WHERE I STOPPED FOR ALIGHT. WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND IT REDLINED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND REACHED DOWN TO SEE IF THE FLOOR MAT WAS OUT OF PLACE. I GAVE IT A PULL BUT DID NOT FEEL IT OVER THE GAS PEDAL. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, AND SLOWLY ACCELERATED AWAY FORM THE INTERSECTION. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED, EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO REPRODUCE IT. *TR

ON 2005.5 AUDI A4 WITH HID HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND THEN WILL TURN OFF. CONSOLE WILL REPORT "LEFT/RIGHT HEADLIGHT DIPPED". THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, AUDI HAS TAKEN NO ACTION TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2005.5 AUDI A4. MY HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY FLICKER, WHICH IS DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON AUDI-TECH FORUMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM WITH MANY AUDI VEHICLES. WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR, I USED TO GET A FLICKERING PROBLEM BUT THE DEALERSHIP FIXED IT BY REPLACING THE BULBS. HOWEVER, I DO NOT THINK IT IS THE BULBS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM HAS APPARENTLY FLARED UP AGAIN. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS AS IT MAY BE REASON FOR A RECALL. *TR

DIPPED HEADLIGHT WARNING AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING. BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR SERVICE SAID MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED $200-350 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE ENTIRE BUMPER OFF. I AM DRIVING THIS CAR BECAUSE MY FORMER 2001 A6 CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO HEADLIGHT PANEL IN WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR. CAR BURNT TO THE GROUND ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN LEAVENING JUST THE FRAME. AUDI COULD NOT HAVE CARED LESS, OFFER ME A $2000 INCENTIVE FOR A NEW OR USED AUDI/VOLKSWAGEN. AFTER READING ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS DUE TO LIGHT FLICKERING I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY A4. *TR

AUDI A4 2.0T AVANT - 2005. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE XENON LIGHTS FLICKERING ON AND OFF. TODAY I HAD CARS PULLING OVER IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. THIS OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM CAN BE SEEN AT: HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=3977997 -AND- HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=23809262 THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

LEFT HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS, DIPPED HEAD LIGHT WARNING COMES ON DASH, LIGHT SHUTS OFF. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE TRAVELING DARK WINDY ROADS. TURNING LIGHTS OFF THEN ON GETS THE LIGHT TO WORK AGAIN. *TR