2005 AUDI A4 Complaints

AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO TRIP. FIRST OCCURRENCE FAULT INDICATED DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG UPPER LIMIT EXCEED. REPLACED DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG AND CONNECTORS. CAR WAS 47 DAYS OUTSIDE 4 YR WARRANTY WITH ONLY 42K MILES. 5 MONTHS LATER LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED AGAIN, LIGHT CAME ON AFTER ONE DAY. SERVICE TECH STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW IF AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. INSTRUCTED TO PUT A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES ON CAR. SCHEDULE TO GO BACK TO DEALER THIS WEEK. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. MESSAGE ON DASH READS 'DIPPED HEADLAMP'. HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN BACK ON IF LIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND MANY TIMES NOW, THE LIGHTS HAVE TURNED OFF ON THE FREEWAY OR ON DARK MOUNTAINOUS ROAD SECTION. THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF APPROXIMATELY 100 TIMES DURING A 2600 MI TRIP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4 WHICH WAS PURCHASED JANUARY 30, 2006. HE STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WHEN SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND SAW BLACK SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. SOMEONE PASSING BY ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A STANDARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE WAS NEAR THE BATTERY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS ELECTRICAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 68,000. UPDATE 12/14/09 *CN UPDATED 12/16/09*JB

I BOUGHT 4 BF GOODRICH TRACTION T/A'S FROM BIG O TIRES IN SAN RAMON, CA FOR MY 2005 AUDI A4 2.0T, AND WITHIN A YEAR (12,000 MILES) THE FRONT TWO WERE SHOWING CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL, ONE OF WHICH INTO THE CORDS. THAT TIRE GOT REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THE ASSISTANT MANAGER AT BIG O, JAMES, TOLD ME "IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME", AND "PROBABLY FROM RUBBING AGAINST CURBS". HE THOUGHT THE ONE THAT JUST HAD SURFACE CRACKING AROUND AND NO DAMAGE TO THE CORDS WAS OKAY TO NOT REPLACE "SHOULD BE FINE". ONE AND A HALF MONTHS AND ONE FREEWAY BLOWOUT LATER, IT'S OBVIOUS THE TIRES WERE ALL BAD FOR SOME REASON. THE BACK TWO: ONE NOW SHOWING SAME SIDEWALL CRACKS AND THE OTHER ONE BLEW OUT. FRONT ONE NOT REPLACED IS MORE PRONOUNCED. THE BLOWOUT HAD THE TREAD FULLY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. JAMES, WHEN I CAME BACK TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THESE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE TIRES, SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME TRYING TO REFUTE THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND EVEN TRIED TO ARGUE THAT THEY WERE THE WRONG TIRE FOR THE CAR (A STUPID ARGUMENT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, INCLUDING THAT THEY SOLD THEM TO ME AND THAT THEIR WEBSITE STILL RECOMMENDS IT FOR MY CAR....HE CALLS TO THEIR "TECH CENTER" TO PROVE HIS POINT, ONLY TO FIND OUT HE WAS WRONG...WHAT A WASTE OF TIME). NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS NO MENTION OR CONCERN ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY; A BUSINESS THAT SHOULD MAKE CUSTOMER SAFETY THE #1 PRIORITY SHOULD AT LEAST SAY SOMETHING LIKE "WAS EVERYONE OKAY", OR "I'M SORRY TO HEAR YOU HAD SOMETHING SO BAD HAPPEN". INSTEAD IT WAS JUST JAMES TRYING TO FIND WAYS OF BRUSHING IT OFF, JUST LIKE HE DID A MONTH AND A HALF EARLIER, WHEN A FRIGHTENING FREEWAY BLOWOUT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED PERHAPS IF SOMEONE WHO BOTH KNEW TIRES AND CARED ABOUT A CUSTOMERS SAFETY HAD CHECKED THEM OUT INSTEAD OF THESE DANGEROUS CROOKS. THESE TIRES WERE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE, AND I HOPE THE NHTSA CAN HELP DETERMINE IF THIS WAS A ONE-TIME EVENT, OR IF THERE IS AN ONGOING SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE TIRES. THANK YOU. *TR

DRIVING AN 2005 AUDI A4 QUATTRO ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND EXPERIENCE ACCELERATION SURGING AND DECELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE ROADWAY AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, EEE MOTORS IN SPRINGFIELD VIRGINIA. EEE MOTORS IDENTIFIED A FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM, HAD VEHICLE SHIPPED TO AUDI OF ALEXANDRIA FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. AUDI DEALER REPORTED FUEL PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS A LOW PRESSURE FUEL SENSOR. APPEARS TO BE SAME PROBLEM AS THAT WHICH RESULTED IN THE 2004 AUDI A4 FUEL PUMP SAFETY RECALL. PLEASE RECALL THIS MODEL YEAR BEFORE SAME SAFETY PROBLEM OCCURS FOR 2005. *TR

I OWN A 2005 AUDI A4. THREE MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WITH THE ODOMETER AT 24,616, THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT ON MY CAR STARTED SIGNALING A FAULT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, BOARDWALK AUDI IN PLANO, TEXAS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE UNIT WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT AND THAT THE CAR COULD JUST STOP WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. THE REPAIR COST WOULD BE $1490 AND IT WOULD TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO GET THE TCU BECAUSE OF BACK ORDERS. IF FACT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME WAS THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO ORDER SEVERAL OF THESE PARTS (NOTE - AT THIS ONE DEALERSHIP) AND THAT IT HAS TAKEN AT LEAST A WEEK TO GET THEM IN. I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR AND SERVICE MANAGER AND THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR 50% OF THE REPAIRS. BOTH REMARKED THAT IT WAS TAKING TWO OR SOMETIMES THREE WEEKS TO GET THE PART BECAUSE OF BACK ORDERS. IT SEEMS LIKE, WITH THAT LEVEL OF INCIDENTS, THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THAT TYPE OF FAILURE WITH LESS THAN 25,000 MILES. II REPORTED IT TO AUDI AMERICA WHO RESPONDED WITH COMPLETE INDIFFERENCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF $2,000. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS FOR THE PART TO BE AVAILABLE DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 51,000. UPDATED 6/15/09 *CN UPDATED 06/16/09.*JB

THE LIGHTS ON MY AUDI A4 3.2 QUATTRO WILL FLICKER AND SOMETIMES GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME. IF I STOP AND PULL OVER THE LIGHTS WILL GO BACK ON, BUT THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER. SOME DAYS I HAVE THE PROBLEM FREQUENTLY- SOMETIMES I'LL GO FOR A STRETCH OF 5-7 DAYS WITH NO PROBLEMS AT NIGHT. AFTER RECENT RESEARCH I HAVE BEEN LEAD TO THIS SITE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND MAKE SOMEONE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MULTIPLE AUDI OWNERS HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM ALSO. I WAS REFERRED FROM FIXYA.COM- AND I HOPE THAT A SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND FOR AUDI OWNERS. THE PROBLEMS THE LIGHTS CAN CAUSE ARE DISTRACTIONS FOR OTHER DRIVERS, AND IT MAY LEAD TO A TICKET OR ANOTHER TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR SAFETY REASONS. THE LIGHTS FLICKER AND A DIPPED LIGHT WARNING WILL APPEAR ON THE DASH AND IT HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE FOR MY VEHICLE IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS. *TR

MY CAR HAS BEEN TAKING TO SERVICE FOR 3 TIMES WITH A PROBLEM ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT MAKES NOISES LIKE GAS GOING OUT OF THE TANK AND WHEN YOU FILL THE GASOLINE INTO THE TANK, SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT IT STOP AND DOES NOT ALOUD YOU TO PUT GAS INTO THE TANK, IT ALSO SPIT OUT THE GAS WHEN YOUR TRYING TO PUT GAS ON THE CAR. *TR

I PURCHASED CERTIFIED PRE OWNED CAR FROM DEALERSHIP-AUDI A4 3.0 QUATTRO, 2005. 2 DAYS LATER I COULD NOT PASS REQUIRED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO "CHECK ENGINE" ISSUE-MISFIRE ON A 6TH CYLINDER. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP A FEW DAYS LATER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED TEMPORARILY AND CAR PASSED THE INSPECTION-'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS RESET BY DEALERSHIP. A FEW MONTHS LATER "CHECK ENGINE" ISSUE CAME BACK AFTER SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE (AT 50,000 MILES) WAS DONE BY AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM WAS TEMPORARILY CORRECTED 2ND TIME. IN DECEMBER 2008 AFTER 3RD TIME "CHECK ENGINE" ISSUE, DEALERSHIP PROPOSED TO REPLACE WHOLE ENGINE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, WHICH WAS DONE. ON FEBRUARY 11, 2009 DRIVING BACK HOME FROM WORK I'VE NOTICED AN EXHAUST GAS SMELL INSIDE THE CAR, CAR WAS SHAKING AND "CHECK ENGINE " LIGHT WAS "ON"/NOT STEADY. I CONTACTED AUDI CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVOCATES TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND START THE CASE. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR 4TH TIME. THEY PERFORMED NECESSARY STEPS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT FAILED (2 SENSORS WERE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THEM AND "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT STILL "ON"). I WAS INFORMED THAT DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE BACK IN DECEMBER 2008 - THEY ONLY REPLACED LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MISFIRE ON 6TH CYLINDER (UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE). AFTER 3 WEEKS OF WAITING AND CONSTANT REPAIRS I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED PERMANENTLY. FACTS: CAR WAS PURCHASED AT 49,000 MILES ON APRIL 29, 2008. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP FOR 75-80 DAYS OUT OF 10 MONTHS SINCE I PURCHASED IT. TOTAL MILEAGE AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2009 IS 52,450. *TR