2007 AUDI A4 Complaints

I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2013 THE KEY WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN THE IGNITION, AFTER 3 MONTHS, IT LOCKED UP ONE TIME IN THE GARAGE SO I JUST LEFT IT AS IT WAS AND TRIED THE NEXT DAY. AFTER YANKING ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALMOST BREAKING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT FINALLY STARTED. A WEEK LATER I WAS OUT SHOPPING AND IT DID THE SAME THING - TOW TRUCK DRIVER HAD NO WAY OF EVEN TOWING THE CAR BECAUSE THE WHEELS WERE COCKED TO THE RIGHT, KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION - THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TOTALLY FROZEN. A MECHANIC CAME AND GOT THE WHEEL TO MOVE IN TURN ALLOWED THE CAR TO START I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL WITH THE KEY IN IT FOR WEEKS WHILE WE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE. I CALLED THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED - I ASKED THEM WHY THIS WAS NOT CHECKED BEFORE THEY SOLD ME THE CAR THEY INSISTED IT DID NOT SHOW UP IN THE DIAGNOSTICS FOR A CERTIFIED PREOWNED AUDI I TOOK THE CAR TO MECHANIC. AFTER 7 DAYS TEARING THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN OUT THEY FOUND THE WHEEL LOCKING MECHANISM AND THE KEY/IGNITION SWITCH WAS BROKEN ALSO THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. AFTER MORE RESEARCH THE MECHANIC FOUND REPORTS ON THE FAULTY, IGNITION SWITCH, AIRBAG LIGHT AND THE WORST THE WHEEL LOCKING MECHANISMS WHICH SOME PEOPLE HAD THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I COULD NOT FIND ANY RECALL INFO AND THIS COST ME A LOT OF MONEY, TIME AND ANGUISH. AUDI WOULD NOT EVEN PERFORM THE DIAGNOSTIC ON THE CAR WITHOUT AN UP FRONT COST, ALSO THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF AFTER IT WAS TAKEN OUT AND PUT BACK IN IT MUST BE RESET WITH A SPECIAL AUDI TOOL AND THEY CHARGE FOR THAT AS WELL. SERIOUSLY I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW BECAUSE IF THIS HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY I COULD BE DEAD FROM THEIR LACK OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY MY AUDI IS A CONVERTIBLE ALL WHEEL DRIVE - SHOULD I TAKE OUT A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY? *TR

AUGUST 2010 AT 30K MILES, ADD OIL LIGHT CAME ON WITHIN 2,000 MILES OF LAST OIL CHANGE. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY FIXED PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE. ADD OIL LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, APPROX 1K TO 3K MILES. DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS NORMAL FOR THAT YR/MODEL. MAY 2013 AT 69K MILES, WHITE FOUL SMELLING SMOKE COMES FROM EXHAUST UPON ACCELERATION AND CAR DRIVES ROUGH. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP STATES NO CODES OR PROBLEMS UPON TEST DRIVING. JUNE 2013 IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND THIS TIME NEEDS TO BE TOWED. DEALER FIXES FUEL INJECTORS. AUGUST 2013 HAPPENS AGAIN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. DEALER DOES OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. FAILS TEST. SEPT 2013 DEALERSHIP REPLACES PISTON RINGS AND CYLINDER HEAD. ADD OIL LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AND WHITE SMOKE AND SHAKING INTERMITTENTLY. OCT 2013 TAKE BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACE TURBO. ALL OF THE ABOVE SERVICES DONE AT NO CHARGE DUE TO EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT. DEC 2013 IT HAPPENS AGAIN. DEALERSHIP FINDS ANOTHER LEAK IN THE VALVES. DEALERSHIP NOW WANTS TO CHARGE ME 50% OF REPAIRS ALTHOUGH PROBLEM STARTED BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED. CURRENTLY CAR IS NOT REPAIRED. IT IS DRIVABLE BUT CONTINUES TO NEED OIL EVERY 1K MILES OR SO AND INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCES WHITE SMOKE AND SHAKES. *TR

THE ABOVE LISTED VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER SIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY, WHICH CAUSED MAJOR INJURIES TO THE FOREHEAD AND OTHER BODY PARTS. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE AND IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OF AIRBAG BEING DEFECTIVE OR NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. *TR

OIL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS AFTER A 75,000 MILE CHECKUP WAS PERFORMED (EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 75,000 MILES) THE CAR PETERED OUT ON ME, HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE WHERE I WAS TOLD IT HAD A BLOWN ENGINE. *TR

THE OIL LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. I'VE HAD IT CHANGED TWO WEEKS AGO AND TODAY IT APPEARED AGAIN. IT WAS TOTALLY EMPTY AND ONCE I FILLED IT UP THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THE CAR WAS JUMPING AND MAKING A HHUMM LIKE NOISE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TURBO PART OF THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND FELT AN EXTREMELY HOT DROP FALL ON TOP OF MY FOOT WHILE WEARING SANDALS. THE PAIN WAS SO BAD I HAD TO STOP ON THE EMERGENCY LANE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. THERE WAS A BROWN OILY SUBSTANCE LEAKING FROM WHERE THE GAS PEDAL IS RIGHT ON MY FOOT. I HAD A PINK MARK AFTER I CLEANED OFF AND KEPT DRIVING. GOT HOME ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER AND NEVER FELT IT AGAIN. 2 DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, ALSO DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS TIME I ALMOST CRASHED BECAUSE OF THE BURNING SENSATION ON MY FOOT. ONCE AGAIN IT WAS THE SAME OILY SUBSTANCE. I WENT TO MY VERY TRUST WORTH MECHANIC AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE HEATER CORE? IMMEDIATELY I KNEW IT WAS EXPENSIVE TO FIX. IT'S AN 8 HOUR LABOR JOB. TOOK IT TO AUDI AND WAS TOLD THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING ON THEIR CARS, AND SEEMED TO BLAME ME BECAUSE MAYBE "I AM NOT MAINTAINING MY CAR WELL" MEAN WHILE I AM ON TOP OF EVERY LITTLE THING ABOUT THAT CAR. THEY WANT ME TO BRING IT FOR AN INSPECTION ON THIS WEEK, AND THEY SAID THEY WILL HAVE ME SPEAK WITH A SERVICE MANAGER AFTER. HOWEVER IN THE MEAN TIME I AM AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT AGAIN. IT WAS SUCH AN EXPENSIVE CAR AND TO HAVE TO FIX SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. ALSO THE FACT THAT MY FOOT HAS NOW BEEN BURN TWICE, THIS NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED A RECALL. I ALMOST CRASHED THE 2ND TIME AROUND AND COULD HAVE INJURED MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS.

THIS AUDI AND MANY OTHERS SUFFER FROM EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. ABOUT 1 QUART SYNTHETIC OIL IS USED/LOST EVERY 1000-2000 MILES. *TR

SEAT BELT TENSION SYSTEMS ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE FAIL. THEY LOCK THE SEAT BELT BUT DO NOT WITHDRAW THEM. *TR

LOW PRESSURE ALARM CAME ON AND ENGINE STALLED . MECHANIC TOLD ME THE CAM SHAFT CHAIN IS BROKEN AND THAT IS FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE AND THAT AUDI DOES NOT HAVE ANY MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR THE CHAIN. THERE IS SEVERAL THOUSANDS IN DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY COULD HAVE RESULTED IF THIS HAD THIS OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, A CAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ME CROSSED OVER A SOLID LINE AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE HIS WAY INTO MY LANE. HE CAME WITHIN INCHES OF SIDE BLINDING ME. I QUICKLY JAMMED ON MY BRAKES, AND BEEPED MY CAR HORN. HE THEN SWERVED BACK INTO HIS LANE. FORTUNATELY FOR QUICK ACTIONS, THIS INCIDENT DIDN'T RESULT INTO AN "ACCIDENT." BUT WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THE FACT THAT BOTH SEATS IN THE BACK FELL FORWARD EXPOSING MY TRUNK! IF MY FIVE YEAR OLD WAS WITH ME, HE WOULD'VE BEEN SITTING IN THE BACK AND COULD HAVE POSSIBLY GOTTEN INJURED, AS EVERYTHING FROM THE TRUNK INCLUDING THE SEATS FLEW FORWARD. PLEASE CHECK IF THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH SAFETY RATING. *TR