2008 AUDI A4 Complaints

I ACCIDENTALLY DROVE OVER THE RUMBLE STRIP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW AND THE CAR FLIPPED OVER SIX TIMES AND CHANGED DIRECTION. EVERY SIDE AIR BAG INFLATED EXCEPTED FOR MY SIDE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. THE FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER. MY A4 WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED EXCEPT FOR WHERE I WAS SITTING. WHEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS CAME THEY DID NOT EXPECT FOR ME TO BE ALIVE AND THE ACCIDENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A LEVEL 2 TRAUMA. I HIT MY HEAD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND SUFFERED A MAJOR CONCUSSION WITH A HEMATOMA. I ALSO HAD MAJOR FACIAL LACERATIONS, A BROKEN NOSE, BROKEN RIBS, AND A SEVERE BONE BRUISE ON MY KNEE. AUDI SENT AN INSPECTOR TO THE CAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND HIS CONCLUSION WAS THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH IMPACT ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THE CAR FLIPPED SIX TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO DEPLOY MY SIDE AIR BAG. EVERY OTHER SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG DEPLOYED. THE ONLY OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE CAR WERE MY TWO LABRADORS. NO OTHER ADULTS WERE IN THE CAR. THE TWO LABRADORS EACH WEIGHED LESS THAN 65 POUNDS AND I WEIGH 135 POUNDS. AUDI HAS GIVEN ME A FREE MAINTENANCE PACKAGE FOR MY NEXT AUDI. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER. A DVD OF PICTURES WAS MADE OF THE CAR ALONG WITH A REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE CAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. *JS

INITIALLY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER SUGGESTED OIL CHANGE WELL BEFORE DUE AS SOLUTION. PROBLEM IS FAILING HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. FAILING FUEL PUMP CAUSES CAMSHAFT AND VALVE LIFTERS TO WEAR PREMATURELY. AS HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILS CAR LOSES POWER AND/OR LOSES ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. CAR IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS CROSSING TRAFFIC, ACCELERATING TO GET UP TO SPEED, MAY LOSE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS OTHER VEHICLES - VERY UNSAFE ON 2 LANE ROADS. PROBLEM OF LITTLE TO NO ACCELERATION IS INTERMITTENT AND WITHOUT WARNING AND CAN BE FREQUENT. SAME PARTS AND PROBLEMS AS DOCUMENTED ON PRIOR MODELS YEARS, INCLUDING 2007 AUDI A4'S (PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR) THAT WERE COVERED EITHER DUE TO RECALL OR MANUFACTURE EXTENDING THE WARRANTY DUE TO PRODUCT DEFECT. 2008 MODELS WERE STILL UNDER INITIAL MANUFACTURER WARRANTY FOR AGE OF VEHICLE WHEN PRIOR YEARS BECAME COVERED / RECALLED. COST AT AUDI DEALER TO FIX WERE OVER $1600. DEALER PAPERWORK STATES PROBLEM IS "NOT UNCOMMON ON THIS MOTOR." *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A VERY LOUD EXPLOSION SOUND. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BACK WINDSHIELD HAD EXPLODED AND THERE WAS SHATTERED GLASS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. UPDATED 11/20/14*CN

THE VEHICLE HAD A LONG STANDING OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM COMMONLY KNOWN ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE WHICH AUDI ACKNOWLEDGED BY AUTHORIZING A REPAIR. AS A RESULT, AUDI OF AMERICA AND SCHMITT'S AUDI IN BOWMANSVILLE, NY AGREED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE PISTON RINGS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH I REPORTED THE PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, AUDI DID NOT AGREE TO PERFORM THE REPAIRS UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE ENGINE WAS TAKEN APART BY SCHMITT'S IN OCTOBER 2013 AT JUST UNDER 57K MILES, THE TIMING BELT WAS REMOVED AND THE PISTON RINGS WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, APPROX. 3,000 MILES LATER, ON JUNE 30TH, WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON I-90 THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED WITHOUT NOTICE, CAUSING BENT VALVES AND MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE. THE CAR CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY SPLIT WITH RTE. 219 WHICH WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE POLICE HAD TO COME TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TRAFFIC. SCHMITT'S WAS THE LAST TO TOUCH THE ENGINE BUT DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BELT FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT WAS DEFECTIVE. AUDI OF AMERICA DENIED THAT THE BELT WAS DEFECTIVE, EVEN THOUGH ACCORDING TO THE 2008 AUDI MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THE BELT WAS NOT DUE TO BE CHANGED UNTIL 110K MILES. THE BELT BROKE AT ROUGHLY HALF THE MILEAGE IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE CHANGED AT. AUDI DENIED ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE $4200 ENGINE REPAIR COST AND STATED I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEREFORE NO COVERAGE WAS AVAILABLE. I HAD EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH AUDI PRESIDENT [XXX] OFFICE AND WITH SCHMITT'S AUDI OVER A 6+ WEEK PERIOD TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, TO NO AVAIL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2008 AUDI A4 AVANT WITH THE 2.0 LITER TURBO MOTOR/ ENGINE CODE IS BWT. CAMSHAFT LOBE AND HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PREMATURE WORN OUT. AUDI KNEW ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN 2010 ABOUT THE PREMATURE WEAR ON THE CAMSHAFT LOBE AND HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP. *TR

I TOO AM HAVING ISSUES WITH MY AUDI A4 TURBO I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN MY VEHICLE SEEMS LIKE EVERY MONTH OR SO. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ONLY 6 MONTHS AND I HAVE HAD 2 OIL CHANGES AND ABOUT 10 QUARTS OF OIL IN THAT TIME. MY MECHANIC SAYS WITH SYNTHETIC OIL YOU SHOULD ONLY NEED OIL CHANGES TWICE A YEAR. I TOO KEEP GETTING TOLD THIS IS NORMAL...THIS IS NOT NORMAL, THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION....THIS CAN NOT BE GOOD FOR MY ENGINE. I ALSO WENT TO HAVE MY AC LOOKED AT AND FOUND THAT THIS VEHICLE ALSO HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THE AC THIS CAR IS TURNING OUT TO BE NOT WORTH THE MONEY AT ALL. I CANT NOT BELIEVE AUDI IS SELLING THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH AUDI IN THE PAST BUT THIS TIME I THINK I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. *TR

AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN ON THE MORNING OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH I WENT TO USE THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WAS EXTREMELY HARD. IT WOULDN'T PRESS DOWN AT ALL. I ENDED UP RUNNING THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND COASTING IN TO A PARKING LOT WHERE I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON A NUMBER OF TIMES AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE BRAKE WAS STILL HARD EVERY TIME. I CALLED AUDI EXPERIENCES AND BY THE TIME I HAD EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED THE BRAKES BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. (FOR 15 MINUTES THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK!) I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR THAT DAY BUT AT A CAUTIOUS SPEED. LATER THAT EVENING, AROUND 8:50PM, I WAS DRIVING HOME AND AGAIN, THE BRAKES REFUSED TO WORK, SAME HARD PEDAL AS EARLIER THAT MORNING. I CALLED AUDI EXPERIENCES AND SCHEDULED A TOW PICK UP. AUDI SERVICES SAYS THAT A VACUUM HOSE HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND CAUSES THE HOSE TO COLLAPSE ON ITSELF CAUSING THE BRAKES TO "LOCK UP." THEY WANT TO REPAIR THE SAME HOSE AND USE IT AGAIN. IT DEFINITELY NEEDS REPLACED WITH A THICKER HOSE THAT ISN'T GOING TO COLLAPSE ON ITSELF AND CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FAULTY HOSE AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. I HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE HAPPEN TO THEM. LUCKILY I WAS NOT HURT AND DIDN'T HURT SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

HEADLIGHTS HAVE A MALFUNCTION WHERE THEY TURN OFF AND ON. THE SENSOR SAYS THAT THE LEFT FRONT BULB HAS DIPPED BUT AUDI DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS OR HOW TO FIX IT. *TR

WAS CHANGING LANES AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE THEN IN AN INSTANT WENT EXTREMELY FAST. I HIT THE BRAKES BUT THE CAR WAS REVVED SO HIGH AND GOING SO FAST THAT I JUST SKIDDED INTO TRAFFIC. BEFORE THE INCIDENT WE NOTICED IT WOULD DO IT BUT THE LAG WASN'T SO BAD... WASN'T UNTIL WE DROVE IT ON THE FREEWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THAT IT REALLY BECAME A PROBLEM. VERY SCARY TO HAVE A CAR FULL OF KIDS AND NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE ACCELERATION. *TR

I HAVE THE DIPPED HEADLIGHT PROBLEM IN MY 2009 AUDI A4/B7 DRIVER-SIDE HEADLIGHT. I HAVE MY LIGHTS SET TO ALWAYS BE ON. EVERY NOW AND THEN I'LL SEE THE LIGHT FLICKER OR GO OUT AND GET THE DIPPED HEADLIGHT WARNING. WHAT I DO IS TURN MY LIGHTS FULLY OFF, LEAVE THEM OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND THEN SWITCH THEM BACK ON. THIS SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. UNTIL NOW THE HEADLIGHT COMPLETELY GOES OUT WITH ONLY THE (DIPPED HEADLIGHT) WARNING ON MY DASHBOARD. THIS IS A RECALL WORTHY PROBLEM AS I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET WITH NO LUCK ONLY MORE VICTIMS WHO HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MALFUNCTIONING HEADLIGHTS. *TR