2005 AUDI A4 Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4 2.0 LITER TURBO ENGINE. THE NON LINEAR ACCELERATION, IT WILL BOG AND SURGE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. WHILE PRESSING HARD ON THE GAS, IT WILL SUDDENLY SURGE FORWARD, CAUSING DRIVERS BEHIND HIM TO CONSTANTLY APPLY THE BRAKES. ALSO, THE LOW SPEED POWER STEERING WILL NOT COME ON. IT WAS LIMITED AND VERY HARD TO STEER. THIS PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING STARTED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF POWER STEERING ACCELERATION PREVENTED FROM BEING HIT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES FOR THE ACCELERATING PROBLEM, AND ONCE FOR THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT CORRECTED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP STARTED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER MANY TIMES, AND THEY WERE COOPERATIVE. THE REPAIRS ARE BEING DELAYED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP FORGOT TO ORDER THE PARTS. THE NUMBERS OF FAILURES WERE 100 TIMES AT LEAST. THE PROBLEMS FIRST BEGAN 10 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE ON APRIL 4, 2005, AND IT WAS IN FOR SERVICE ON APRIL 14, 2005. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE BOG AND SURGE WAS WITHIN AUDI'S SPECIFICATIONS AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WOULD TAKE PLACE. 11/15/05. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT ON JUNE 21, 2005. THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE HIT THE GUARDRAIL AND HIS AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. AUDI MANUFACTURER DID NOT SEEM TO BE TO INTERESTED. THE SPEED AT TIME OF IMPACT WAS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH. THERE WAS NO PRE-IMPACT BRAKING. A LARGE TRUCK CAME INTO HIS LANE HE STEERED TO THE RIGHT, STRUCK THE END OF A GUARDRAIL WITH THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE WENT OVER A 60 FOOT EMBANKMENT AND THEN ROLLED OVER. THERE WAS ONE OCCUPANT AND HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THIS WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THERE ARE PICTURES AVAILABLE. *JB

THE VEHICLE HESITATES FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. FROM JUNE 23RD, 2005, WHEN I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR, UNTIL JULY 1,2005, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN T-BONED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, 3 TIMES. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS!! I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER ON JULY THE 1ST. THEY TOLD ME THEN THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE. I THEN CONTACTED AUDI CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING BY THEM. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I BELEIVE THEY HOPE IT WILL GO AWAY. I HAVE NO WAY OF CHECKING, BUT I WILL GUESS THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEMS AND HAS CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS.

CONTACT STATES: BOUGHT A NEW 2005 AUDI, A4 AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON, AND AIR BAG MECHANISM WILL HAVE TO REPLACED. THIS IS AN AUDI A4, 2005.*AK

AT 2,200 MILES, A HEADLIGHT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT A MOUSE HAD CLIMBED INTO MY ENGINE, BUILT A NEST OUT OF THE HOOD INSULATION, AND CHEWED THROUGH WIRES. AUDI REFUSED TO COVER ANY DAMAGES. THIS INCIDENT COST ME $1,400. I HAVE PARKED IN THE SAME SPOT OF MY UNDERGROUND GARAGE FOR 3 YEARS, AND THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO MY PREVIOUS CAR. I FEEL AUDI SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES DUE TO POOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAR'S UNDERCARRIGE.*AK