2000 AUDI A4 Complaints

PASSENGER FRONT BRAKE PAD SEPATATED FROM THE METAL BACKING PLATE WHILE WITHIN SERVICE SPECIFICATION (0.25 IN OF PAD) AND RESULTED IN LONG BRAKING DISTANCES AND GREATLY REDUCED PEDAL PRESSURE. PEDAL PRESSURE COULD NOT BE RECOVERED UNDER REPETITIVE BRAKE ACTUATIONS. THE CAR BECAME UNSAFE TO OPERATE AT ANY SPEED. THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE THE FAILURE. AUDI OF AMERICA REFUSES TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART UNDER AUDI ASSURED WARRANTY STATING THAT THIS IS NOT RELATED TO A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. *AK

12/5/02 VEHICLE TAKEN TO PALISADES AUDI FOR 48,000/3 YEAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND TIRE ROTATION. 1/28/03 WHILE TRAVELING STRAIGHT AHEAD AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON UPHILL CITY STREET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER. WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED FOUND TIRE, SUSPENSION, BALL JOINT, CONTROL ARM, ETC. ON RIGHT FRONT HAD TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE DEEMED TOTALED BY CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL." THE ABS MODULE MALFUNCTIONS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AT 30 MPH AND SLOWER, THE PEDAL BEGINS TO THUMP AND KICK BACK AT MY FOOT. THE NOISE IS SO LOUD THAT IT CAN BE HEARD OVER THE STEREO. EVEN THE REAR PASSENGERS CAN HEAR THE NOISE. I FEEL AS THOUGH MY STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXTENDED BY THIS. THIS IS NOT ONLY ANNOYING BUT ALSO DANGEROUS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE MANUFACTURE HAS NOT ANSWER FOR WHAT CAUSING THIS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DONE ALL THEY COULD WITH THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURE. THEY REPLACED THE MODULE, BUT DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.*JB MODULE WAS NOT REPLACED. *TC

TWO OF THE VEHICLE'S ALLOY WHEELS BECAME BENT WHEN HITTING ROAD HAZARDS. *NM *TC

PERSISTENT FAILURE OF THE CENTER DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION COMPONENT. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, OTHER THAN NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE PART WAS REPLACED AT 70,000 MILES BY SEWICKLEY AUDI AND PARTIALLY COVERED BY WARRANTY (75%). THE CENTER DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED AGAIN AND AGAIN AT 100,000 MILES (ALONG WITH THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION) - NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. AUDI SERVICE (AT PAUL MILLER AUDI) REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FOR A VERY COSTLY REPAIR ($8,800) AND STATED THAT A FAILURE OF THE CENTER BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION OCCURED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST CENTER DIFFERENTIAL. *LA

MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES AND I HAVING ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE BRAKES PULSE A LOW SPEEDS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED FROM A FAILURE IN THIS SYSTEM. THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND IT WAS DEALER MAINTAINED UNTIL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT 1 YEAR AGO.*AK

AS SOON AS MY CAR HIT 50,000 (THE WARRANTY EXPIRATION) NUMEROUS PROBLEMS MYSTERIOUSLY APPEARED: THE MOTOR FOR THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW FAILED ($200 TO REPAIR), THE DRIVE SHAFT STARTED SLIPPING ($1,500) AND THE TRUNK LATCH FAILED TO CLOSE SECURELY ($150). *AK

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON AND WENT OFF INTERMITTENTLY, ALONG WITH BEEPING ALERTS. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *LA *NM *JB

POWER WINDOWS PROGRESSIVELY MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE WITHIN FIRST THREE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OF CAR.

WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE. THE NEXT DAY, A TECHNICIAN SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND A PART OF THE BRAKE PADS BROKE OFF. *AK