2006 AUDI A4 Complaints

AUDI HEADLIGHT SHUTTERS AND SHUTS DOWN. INDICATOR STATES 'LEFT HEADLIGHT DIPPED'. FAILURE STARTED AS INTERMITTENT AND IS NOW AS OFTEN AS EVERYDAY WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. WHEN THE LIGHT IS TURNED OFF THEN ON AGAIN, THE LIGHT WILL WORK AND THEN WILL SHUTTER/SHUT DOWN AGAIN. CONSEQUENCE IS A MISSING HEADLIGHT AT NIGHT WHICH CAN CAUSE OTHER VEHICLES NOT TO SEE ME OR LACK OF LIGHTING IN THE DRIVING PATHWAY WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT (PEDESTRIAN, OTHER VEHICLES, BIKES, ANIMALS, ETC..). CAR WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT DEALER HAS CLAIMED THAT NO ISSUE IS BULB RELATED AND WILL COST OVER $400US TO REPLACE AT MY EXPENSE. *TR

ON OUR 2006 A4 2.0 QUATTRO AFTER TURNING ON LOW BEAM XENON CONTINUALLY FLICKERS AND EVENTUALLY GOES OUT. THIS IS FOLLOWED A LEFT BULB FAILURE INDICATION. RECYCLING THE LIGHT SWITCH MAY OR MAY NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. TURNING CAR COMPLETELY OFF SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVE BUT ALL IS OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS A VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS. I TOLD MY AUDI SERVICE GUY ABOUT THIS BUT ALTHOUGH AUDI SAYS TO REPLACE BULB (OVER $200US ) HE WAS SURE THIS WOULD NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. HE SAID HE HAS NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS WITH THE PROBLEM. I CANT BELIEVE THIS IS ALLOWED. DRIVING WITHOUT A HEADLAMP IS A TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR A REASON. IT IS A MAJOR DISTRACTION FOR DRIVER AND I'M SURE ON COMING TRAFFIC. *TR

2006 AUDI A4 DIPPED HEADLIGHT / FLICKER / PROBLEM. LEFT OR RIGHT HEADLIGHT WILL DIP AND MINUTES LATER, THE OTHER LIGHT WILL GO OUT. AUDI SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED LATE AT NIGHT AND ALMOST RESULTED IN A TICKET. TURNING OFF THE LIGHT AND TURNING THEM BACK ON DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN ONE OR BOTH GO OUT. IF YOU STOP THE AUTO AND TURN EVERYTHING OFF AND THEN RESTART THE CAR AND TURN THE LIGHTS ON THEY TEND TO STAY ON. ABSOLUTELY SCARY ON A HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. DASH WARNING COMES ON INDICATING A DIPPED HEADLIGHT OCCURRED. *TR

XENON GAS HEADLIGHT GOES OUT. RIGHT OR LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT MESSAGE APPEARS. SOMETIMES IT WILL GO OUT FOR DAYS. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT CAN GO DAYS WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

ABOUT 2MINS AFTER I TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS, MY LEFT HEADLIGHT STARTS TO FLICKER AND SOON TURNS OFF. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT WHICH SAYS "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT". I HAVE TO TURN OFF MY HEADLIGHTS FOR AT LEAST 20SEC BEFORE MY LEFT HEADLIGHT RELIABLY COMES BACK ON. PROBLEM IS ESP PRONOUNCED WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMP IS BELOW 40. *TR

IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 2010 THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2006 AUDI A4 CABRIO AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO BE SERVICED AND WAS TOLD THE AIR BAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS PART HAS NEVER BEEN USED. IF I'D BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED. ALTHOUGH A TSB HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE READ SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO THE SAME CAR AFTER THE SAME # OF YEARS. SUGGEST THAT THE NHTSA TAKE A LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. HAD I BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEEDED THE AIRBAG TO WORK, IT WOULD NOT HAVE. SINCE THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, THIS INDICATES THE PART WAS FAULTY ALL ALONG. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED AND AUDI USA SHOULD REPLACE THIS PART FREE OF CHARGE FOR ALL VEHICLE OWNERS TO AVOID THE INEVITABLE LAWSUIT IF THE PART FAILS WHEN SOMEONE DOES HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

ON MY 2006 AUDI A4 2.0T QUATTRO SEDAN, THE XENON DIRECTIONAL LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, GIVING A MESSAGE OF "RIGHT DIPPED HEADLAMP." THE LIGHTS COME ON AGAIN ONLY AFTER TURNING THE SWITCH TO "OFF" POSITION, WAITING TEN SECONDS, THEN SWITCHING THEM BACK ON. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT OCCURS EVERY DAY. AUDI DEALERS HAVE REPLACED XENON BULBS, IGNITERS AND PIGTAILS TO LAMPS, ADVISING THAT WIRES BECOME VERY HOT. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND CONSTITUTES GREAT DANGER ON DARK ROADS. THIS HAS BEEN RECURRENT ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS WITHOUT A SOLUTION. *TR

DRIVING WHILE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON , HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND THEN SOMETIMES ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER WILL SHUT OFF AND A ERROR MESSAGE " RIGHT/LEFT HEADLIGHT DIPPED " WILL APPEAR. OCCURRENCE IS TOTALLY AT RANDOM. BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NO CHANGE IN PROBLEM VEHICLE IS A 2006 AUDI A4 AVANT. *TR

2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO 3.2L...THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN GO OFF AND EITHER "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" OR "RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" ERROR MESSAGES OCCUR. MUST TURN OFF THE LIGHTS (OBVIOUSLY VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT) AND TURN THEM BACK ON AGAIN FOR THE XENON HEADLIGHTS TO WORK PROPERLY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECURRING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM WITH THESE HEADLIGHTS AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR