2001 AUDI A4 Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH PIRELLI TIRE EQUIPMENT.*MR (NAR) 3 OUT 4 OF THE CONSUMER TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND HE IS REQUESTING THAT PIRELLI AND AUDI CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY PROVIDING HIM WITH 4 REPLACEMENT TIRES THAT ARE EQUALLY RATED WITH THE ONES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PUT ON THE VEHICLE. *CB

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND LOSE POWER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. DRIVER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

ABS IS BROKEN WITHOUT ANY REASON.T'S ONLY 2 YEARS OLD BUT 67000 MILES. AUDI A4 1.8T 2001 MODEL.*AK

INTERMITTENT AND ONGOING PROBLEM WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

TIMING BELT TENSIONER FAILED AT 59,016 MILES. RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF BOTH TENSIONER AND BELT ON A 2001 A4 1.8T QUATTRO PER OWNER'S MANUAL IS 105,000 MILES. ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES HAD BEEN DONE ON SCHEDULE BY SAME DEALER. THIS CAR IS ONLY USED AS COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION AND IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN ON FREEWAYS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS SITTING FOR TWO HOURS WITH ENGINE OFF. CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM OUT OF THE DASH, AND FLAMES CAME THROUGH THE PASSENGER SEAT. VEHICLE'S BATTERY WAS UNHOOKED AND FIRE WENT OUT. RADIO AND WINDOW WERE FUNCTIONING ON THEIR OWN. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES TO FIX THE GAS GAUGE. GAUGE WILL READ 1/2 FULL, AND THE TANK IS EMPTY, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CUT OFF. *AK

IN SEARCHING FOR COMPLAINTS FILED FOR 2001 AUDI A4'S I NOTICED A NUMBER RELATED TO VERY POOR BRAKING IN WET WEATHER. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 A4. AUDI DOES HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE ROTOR BACKING PLATES MUST BE REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN. WHEN I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE AND MENTIONED THE PROBLEM NO ONE IN THE DEALERSHIP WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM. A FACTORY REP. WAS VISITING THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME AND WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM. HE ORDERED NEW BACKING PLATES WHICH, I AM TOLD, CAN ONLY BE ORDERED BY A FACTORY REP. IT TOOK 3 MONTHS FOR THE PARTS TO REACH THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVEN'T HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE THE NEW BACKING PLATES WERE INSTALLED.*AK

INTERMITENT COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES THE WEEK OF 6/27/03. DEALER CAN NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM AND IS MAKING ME TAKE CAR OUT OF SERVICE AREA. THE DEALER ADMITS THEY WOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR WITH THIS PROBLEM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. *NLM

SCREEN ON THE RADIO FLASHES INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING YOU TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROAD EXPECIALLY AT NIGHT. IT COULD BE SOME SORT OF SHORT WHICH I BELIVE COULD LEAD TO FIRE.*AK