2006 AUDI A4 Complaints

LEFT HEADLIGHT WILL INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND THEN COMPLETELY GO OUT. PROBLEM IS RANDOM, HOWEVER HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MONTHS. THE ONLY WAY TO REIGNITE THE HEADLIGHT IS BY TURNING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION AND BACK TO THE ON POSITION. AUDI DEALER HAS REPLACED HEADLIGHT BULB (AT A COST), HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. *TR

CAR: 2006 AUDI A4 AVANT. SAFETY ISSUE: HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. LIGHTS MUST BE TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON IN ORDER TO REILLUMINATE. THE FLICKER IS VERY COMMON AND IS AN ANNOYANCE. THE SHUTTING OFF HAPPENS PERIODICALLY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT CAN HAPPEN AT HIGH SPEED OR IN A CORNER. *TR

CAR DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS PRIOR TO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. WITHIN SEVERAL MINUTES OF CHECK IN LIGHT APPEARING THE CAR BEGIN DRIVING ROUGH AND SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY HUSBAND QUICKLY CUT THE WIRES OF THE COIL PACK FROM THE HOUSING TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING, AS I GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 AUDI A4, AND THE DIPPED HEADLIGHT (MOSTLY ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT OCCASIONALLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE) FLICKERS, THEN GOES OFF WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. IF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE LIGHT WILL COME BACK ON. SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON FOR AS LONG AS I DRIVE THE CAR, AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL REPEAT THE FLICKER, AND THEN GO OFF AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO AN AUDI DEALER FOR REPAIR, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY CHANGED THE LIGHT BULBS, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY SINCE 2007. I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS AGAIN RECENTLY, AND THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED A SOLUTION. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN WARM WEATHER, COLD WEATHER, DRY, WET, SNOW, OR RAIN. IT APPEARS TO HAPPEN WHEN I SLOW TO A STOP, MAKE A TURN, OR EVEN CHANGE LANES. IT HAS EVEN OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING ALONG A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD WITHOUT OUT STOPS. *TR

2006 AUDI A4. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT SOMETIMES DIPS WHEN ITS COLD OUT. LIGHT COMES ON AND SAID LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT IS CONSTANTLY FLICKERING AND OCCASSIONALLY WILL GO OUT. AT THIS POINT I HAVE TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND TURN THEM BACK ON. THIS WILL TURN THE LIGHT BACK ON, BUT IT CONTINUES TO FLICKER. MY VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAVE REQUESTED THE DEALER REPAIR IT. THEY STATED THAT IT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND THAT I WILL NEED TO PAY FO RTHE REPAIRS. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND I HAVE FOUND OTHERS TO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR, JUST TO HAVE IT OCCUR AGAIN. I AM CONCERNED THAT ONE NIGHT THIS LIGHT WILL FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A DARK ROAD WITH MY WIFE AND SON IN THE CAR.

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO HAS THIS ANNOYING -- AND DANGEROUS -- PROBLEM: 1. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS 2. IT THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF 3. THE MESSAGE "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS 4. THE MESSAGE IS CHANGED TO A SIGN INDICATING THAT THE LIGHTBULB HAS FAILED. IF I TURN THE LIGHT OFF (NOTE: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIVING AT NIGHT HERE) AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN, THE LIGHT WILL BECOME NORMAL AGAIN, FOR ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING A LOT RECENTLY WITH THE COLD WEATHER. I CAN'T TELL FOR SURE WHETHER IT IS TEMPERATURE RELATED. MY AUDI DEALER SAID THAT AUDI KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT -- CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *DT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE LIGHTLY PLACING HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO PROCEED FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. HE PLACED THE GEAR SELECTOR INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, BARELY AVOIDING A CRASH WITH A VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS IN POSSESSION OF THE DEALER FOR ONE WEEK; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,015.

MY LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS AND THEN GOES OUT. I DO NOTICE THAT THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE DURING THE EVENINGS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. I DO HAVE TO FLIP LIGHTS OFF QUICKLY BECAUSE I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THEN FLIP BACK TO LIGHTS ON. THEY WILL WORK FOR AWHILE. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN WARNED BY OUR STATE POLICE REGARDING THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND WILL PROBABLY GET A TICKET THE NEXT TIME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS BEGINNING TO BE A INCREASE IN COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. LETS GET THIS INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR SOMEONE CANNOT AFFORD TO DRIVE DUE TO TICKETS AND INCREASE IN INSURANCE FOR THE TICKETS. *TR

ON MY 2006 AUDI A4 WHICH HAS THE XENON LIGHTING, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS THEN GOES OUT, AND WILL COME BACK ON AFTER I TURN MY LIGHTS OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN, I AM WORRIED BOTH HEADLIGHTS MAY GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND CAUSE ME TO CRASH. *TR