2003 AUDI A4 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY A4 1.8 LOST POWER...I BARELY MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR WHO MUST NOT HAVE NOTICE MY SPEED OR THAT MY HAZARDS LIGHTS WERE ON...I WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IT WAS A FAULTY FUEL FILTER THAT CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP TO FAIL. BOTH PART WERE REPLACED, THE CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY TEST DRIVEN TO ENSURE IT WAS OPERATING PROPERLY...HOWEVER, A MONTH LATER I HAD ANOTHER FAILURE (NOT RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM). *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 10-15 MPH THE ENGINE BEGAN TO STALL, FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THERE HAD BEEN NO PRIOR INCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 20 MPH. THERE WAS THE DISTINCT ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BUT NO SMOKE. HE PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION COIL IN CYLINDER THREE. THIS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SAME SYMPTOMS LATER RETURNED AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AND HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL IN CYLINDER ONE. HE OFFERED NO EXPLANATION OF THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. UPDATED 01/19/06. *JB

DT: 2003 AUDI A4. HAD A FLAT TIRE AND I CALLED INSURANCE COMPANY. THEY SENT A TECHNICIAN TO CHANGE TIRE AND TIRE WOULD NOT COME OFF THE WHEEL. HAD TO GET UNDER VEHICLE AND KICK THE TIRE TO GET IT TO COME OFF. THEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE TIRES TAKEN OFF, GET SURFACES CLEANED, AND TIRES ROTATED. THE TIRES ARE PIRELLI , P235/45 R17, AND WERE ON VEHICLE WHEN PURCHASED. THE TIRE PRESSURE THAT MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED WAS 32. THE PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE WAS WHEN THE LUG NUTS WERE REMOVED THE WHEEL WOULD NOT COME OFF. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HAD TO CHANGE TIRES SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE.*AK UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF

2003 AUDI A4 QUATTRO 3.0 - WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING AS IF OUT OF GAS. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE LOCATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. THIS CAR HAS BEEN FULLY SERVICED BY THE DEALER AND HAS 33K MILES. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE STARTED TO SEE THESE SHOW UP. *JB

I OWN A 2003 AUDI A4. I CAN NOT REFUEL THE CAR WITH THE OPW MODEL 12VW NOZZLE. THE NOZZLE SHUTS OFF IMMEDIATELY AND SPILLS GAS BACK OUT ONTO THE CAR AND PERSON FUELING THE CAR. ALL OTHER OPW MODELS AND OTHER MAKES OF NOZZLES WORK NORMALLY. THIS IS CAUSING MORE OF A PROBLEM IN MY AREA LATELY BECAUSE MOST NEW GAS STATIONS USE THIS NOZZLE AND AS OLD NOZZLES ARE BEING REPLACED, THEY USE THE OPW 12VW. *NM

OUR BRAND NEW 2003 AUDI A4 WAS REAR-ENDED BY A FORD F-550 TRAVELING AT APPROX. 55 MPH. THE FORD F-550 DID NOT BRAKE BEFORE IMPACT AND HIT THE AUDI WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT IMPACTED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT WHICH HIT THAT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. ALL WERE STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. MY WIFE, THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND DRIVER, HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE AUDI. SHE SUFFERED PERMANENT BRAIN INJURY AS A RESULT OF HITTING THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR AND WINDSHIELD. SHE ALSO SUFFERED NUMEROUS OTHER INJURIES. SHE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH SUCH FORCE AS TO BEND THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL INWARD. MY COMPLAINT...THE DRIVER AIR-BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHILE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR-BAG DID DEPLOY. HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR-BAG DEPLOYED, SHE MAY HAVE NOT SUFFERED BRAIN INJURY FROM THIS EVENT. I'VE CONTACTED AUDI SEVERAL TIMES FOR AN EXPLANATION WITH "BS" ANSWERS. I FINALLY TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN HER A NEW CAR. PERHAPS I'M A BIT NAIVE. IN ANY EVENT, I'M CERTAIN THAT THE AIR-BAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED HAD IT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY. *NM

2003 AUDI A4 QUATTRO 3.0L, 38,517 MILES. FULLY MAINTAINED BY AUDI DEALER W/ DOCUMENTATION. ENGINE SHUT OFF DURING NORMAL DRIVE IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC. ALMOST LED TO AN ACCIDENT AT AN INTERSECTION. AUDI DIAGNOSED AS FAILED FUEL PUMP WHICH THEY REPLACED. SERVICE MANAGER NOTED THAT 3 OTHER NEW MODEL AUDI'S WITHIN SAME WEEK HAD FUEL PUMP FAILURE. HIGHLY CONCERNING TO HIM AND US. *JB

ON JULY 2, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M., I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TWO CHILDREN (AGES 7 AND 9) NORTH ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR LAJOLLA, CA. I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MILES PER HOUR. SUDDENLY, MY CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THINKING THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD ENGAGED, I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO DISENGAGE IT. ALTHOUGH MY CAR SLOWED A SMALL AMOUNT, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV HIGHER. I THEN TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE (FEARING THAT MY BRAKES WOULD WEAR OUT AND WERE NOT VERY EFFECTIVE IN ANY EVENT), AND THE CAR ACCLERATED AGAIN. I SUCCEEDED IN MOVING TOWARD THE SHOULDER, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, AND APPLIED THE BRAKE. WHILE THIS SUCCEEDED IN STOPPING THE CAR, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV UP AS I WAS STOPPED IN THE EMERGENCY LANE. WITH MY LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I USED MY RIGHT FOOT TO STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR IN AN EFFORT TO DISENGAGE IT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE, THE ACCELERATOR DISENGAGED, AND THE ENGINE REV'D DOWN. AFTER THE INCIDENT, I DROVE THE CAR HOME AT A SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER SPEED, AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT RECUR. ON TUESDAY, JULY 5, I CALLED MIRAMAR AUDI AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO BEN BOSWELL. HE ASKED ME WHEN AND WHERE THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE, AND WHETHER THERE WAS ANY CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. HE EXPLAINED THAT AUDI NORTH AMERICA HAD INSTRUCTED HIM TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE THEY HAD RECEIVED OTHER COMPLAINTS OF AUDI A4S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. (THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION). HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE HAD 4 OR 5 A4S IN THE SHOP WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. MY CAR WAS AT MIRAMAR AUDI FROM JULY 5 UNTIL JULY 13. ON MONDAY, JULY 11, MR. BOSWELL TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD RUN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC ON MY CAR, AND COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE HAD HAD EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH AUDI NORTH AMERICA, AND THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD TO RELEASE THE CAR TO ME. AFTER SEVERAL CONTACTS WITH AUDI NORTH AMERICA (WHICH I CAN PROVIDE IN DETAIL), I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY MY FLOORMAT BEING OUT OF POSITION.

MY AUDI A4 BROADSIDED A TOYATA AVALON (REAR PASSENGER SIDE). POLICE ESTIMATE IMPACT SPEED OF APPROX. 40 MPH. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IN AUDI.

THE VEHICLE IS AN AUDI A4 3.0 (NON-QUATTRO). I HAVE EXPERIENCED ON MULTIPLE OCCASSIONS THE FOLLOWING...... WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED AND THE CAR IS PLACED IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO BUCK VIOLENTLY. IF I WAS PARALLEL PARKED, I WOULD HAVE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND IN BACK OF ME OR POSSIBLY A PERSON. I KNOW FOR SURE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS I HAVE SEEN IT ON AUDI MESSAGE BOARDS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO SINCE THE SITUATION IS HARD TO REPEAT AT WILL.