Audi A4 Allroad Problems by year

The contact owns a 2024 Audi A4 Allroad. The contact stated that while cleaning the interior of the vehicle, there was a burning odor inside the vehicle. Upon inspection the contact discovered smoke coming from the front driver's and passenger's side seats and there was damage to the leather caused by overheating and melting. The contact stated that during the failure the seat heaters were in the off position, but the heaters were operational while the vehicle was turned off. The fuse for the seat heaters were removed, and the seat heaters were deactivated. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 39,000.

A few minutes into the drive the transmission oil is too hot warning light came on and the car went into a 'limp' mode, car could only be driven less than 10mph. If this occurred while making a turn or in the highway it could have been disastrous or even fatal. We took it to the dealer and by then the engine light was on without the transmission oil is too hot. Car was still on limp mode. Final verdict was that the Transmission control module was bad. Car only has a little over 45k miles but out of warranty due to being over 4 years.

Date: [[redacted]] Time: Approximately [[redacted]] Location: Street in front of [[redacted]]. At approximately [[redacted]], my wife was seated and properly belted in the front passenger seat of our 2020 Audi A4. The vehicle was completely stationary and parked on the street, between a parked car in front of us and a garbage can behind us. There were no moving vehicles, pedestrians, impacts, or other apparent events occurring around the vehicle. Without warning, the passenger seatbelt suddenly and forcefully...

My 2020 Audi A4 has an open safety recall campaign. Audi Corporate and my local dealership are formally refusing to perform the recall remedy unless I pay over $2,000 out-of-pocket to replace a broken J949 SOS Telematics Module. The manufacturer claims the module is separate from the recall, but its total failure physically blocks their diagnostic tools from applying the mandatory safety update. Conditioning a federal safety recall on a customer-paid repair violates recall compliance regulations, and has left my automatic emergency crash reporting and vehicle communication systems completely disabled.

The contact owns a 2020 Audi A4. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the message SOS module no longer connected was displayed on the instrument panel, and the vehicle failed to shut off. The contact believed that the failure was a safety issue due to the loss of communication, including the hands-free features, mobile phone connectivity, and the regular safety features failing to operate as needed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be diagnosed, and it was determined that the communication module failure was the same as the SOS module failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,000.

The contact owns a 2020 Audi A4. The contact stated that the emergency-call/communication system was inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to be repaired under TSB: 91-20-29; however, the software update was unsuccessful due to the module. The dealer informed the contact that the module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact had not experienced a failure prior to the vehicle being taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 26,000. The VIN was not available.