2004 AUDI A4 Complaints

2004 AUDI A4 W. APPROX 38,000 MILES. FAILURES INVOLVE PLUG & LEAKING WATER PUMP WHICH RUINED TIMING BELT. TOTAL CHARGE FOR REPAIR: APPROX $1700. *TR

MY AUDI A4 AVANT WITH THE 3.0 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN FUEL PUMP FAILURE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE EVENT WAS NOT PRECEDED WITH ANY CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA INVESTIGATION # PE08027. THE PUMP FAILURE EVENT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL OF THE 2003 A4 VEHICLE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO MENTION OF FUEL FILTER OR OTHER COMPONENTS HAVING FAILED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, THERE WAS A POP, THEN THE CAR STARTED RUNNING POORLY. I STOPPED THE CAR AND CHECKED THE GAUGES; THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I RETURNED HOME AND CALLED THE DEALER WHO SUGGESTED I CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK AND HAVE IT BROUGHT IN. HE SAID THAT THE VEHICLE COULDN'T BE DRIVEN IN THIS CONDITION. HE TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE COIL PACK. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE COIL PACK THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED AT NO CHARGE TO ME, IT HAS RUN FINE SINCE. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW FAIL TO OPERATE FROM DRIVERS POSITION. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR WAS FAULTY, THEY REPLACED IT AND IT. THEY SAID THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WASN'T WORKING BECAUSE THE SAFETY LOCK WAS ON. PICKED UP VEHICLE AFTER THE SERVICE DEPT. WAS CLOSED AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE REAR WINDOW STILL DOESN'T WORK, NO MATTER WHAT POSITION THE SAFETY LOCKOUT IS IN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND SAID TO RETURN BUT BECAUSE OF LOCATION I WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY. *TR

2004 A4 AUDI FUEL PUMP FAILURE 1. NO NOTIFICATION JUST FAILURE. 2. THE FAILURE OCCURS QUITE OFTEN, MOST COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND ON YOUR WEB SERVICE. 3. TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE FAULTY FUEL PUMP. *TR

THIS IS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE VTO FUEL PUMP ON AN 04 AUDI A4 MANUFACTURED DATE OF 6/2003. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS PUMP DUE TO FAILURE, THIS FAILURE WAS PREMATURE AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PART. I WAS LUCKY AND THE FUEL PUMP DID NOT FAIL WHILE DRIVING. THE ISSUE BEGAN ON OR AROUND JULY OF 2009 WITH A WHINING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR, THIS WAS TRACED DOWN TO THE FUEL PUMP. UPON DEALER INSPECTION AND RESEARCH MOST PEOPLE REMEDIED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE FUEL FILTER, THIS WAS DONE ON JULY 20TH 2009 WITH A AUDI FACTORY PART PURCHASED FROM AUDI. THIS FIXED THE SOUND ISSUE UNTIL OCTOBER OF 09. THE REPLACED FILTER WAS NOT CLOGGED CATASTROPHICALLY BUT WAS NOT AS PASSIVE AS THE NEW FILTER. IN OCTOBER THE SOUND RETURNED AND KNOWING THE FILTER HAD BEEN REPLACED I NEW IT WAS THE PUMP. ON NOVEMBER 5TH 2009 THE CAR WOULD NOT START, THE PUMP WOULD NOT PRIME. AFTER INSPECTING THE TANK AND THE PUMP THERE WAS NO DEBRIS IN THE TANK NOR IN THE SURGE TANK AROUND THE PUMP. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED MORE THAN MOST CARS WITH PREMIUM 91 GAS USED THE ENTIRE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 60K MILES ON IT AND HAS HAD TWO FILTER CHANGES, ONE AT 30K AND THE OTHER AT 47K DUE TO ANOTHER ISSUE AND POSSIBLE CAUSE. BUT THREE FILTERS IN A CAR THAT HAD 60K IS RIDICULOUS FOR A VEHICLE. *TR

2004 AUDI A4. ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE. TOOK TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AND FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED. SEEMED TO BE FIXED, TWO WEEKS LATER ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WE WERE DRIVING TO A PARTY WHEN THE CAR STARTED MAKING NOISE AGAIN AND THEN STALLED AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. LUCKILY WE AVOIDED GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER WHO INFORMED US IT WAS A FAILED FUEL PUMP. APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE WITH AUDI A4S, AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR 2003 FUEL PUMPS. 2004 FUEL PUMP OBVIOUSLY ALSO HAS DEFECTS AS I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED PREVIOUSLY. *TR

2004 AUDI A4 3.0 L QUATTRO PRODUCTION DATE OCT 3, 2003. PREMATURE FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP WHILE DRIVING, NO WARNING NO SPUTTERING. IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MVA. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AT 55MPH, CAR LOST ALL POWER. I DRIFTED TO THE SHOULDER, LUCKILY THERE WAS A WIDE SHOULDER. AFTER AN HOUR WAITING FOR A TWO TRUCK I OPENED THE FUSE BOX TO SEE IF I COULD SEE AN ISSUE. FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP FUSE WAS BLOWN. REPLACED FUSE, CAR STARTED IMMEDIATELY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. DESPITE BEING UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME BECAUSE THE FAILURE DOES NOT "THROW A CODE". FOR NOW I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR WITH MY FAMILY IN IT FOR FEAR OF GETTING STUCK, OR WORSE, HAVING AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN AN INTERSECTION. *TR

LOST ALL ENGINE POWER DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. DISCOVERED BLOWN FUEL PUMP FUSE. REPLACED FUSE, ATTEMPTED TO START, IMMEDIATELY BLEW THE SECOND FUSE. CAR TOWED TO AUDI DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A FAILED FUEL PUMP. THE FAILED UNIT HAD 1.1 OHMS RESISTANCE, INSTEAD OF THE SPECIFIED 28 OHMS. INSTALLED NEW FUEL PUMP. *TR