Tl* the contact owns a 2005 audi a4. While driving approximately 45 mph, the headlights failed without warning. The failure recurred constantly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that a heater was drying up the lights. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.
Visibility & wipers
2005 Audi A4 Visibility problems
Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2005 Audi A4's visibility & wipers with NHTSA - 2% of all its complaints, most recently on December 2, 2015. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.
- Complaints
- 5
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Visibility complaints
The rear window of my a4 cabriolet started falling out. From talking to other owners mine is not the only one with this problem. *Tr
2005 Audi cabriolet; back window came unglued; dealer takes no responsibility. Said it was because of the florida heat; talking with an upholstery, he reported 5 audi cabriolet's coming in the last week with separated back window just here in naples, fl. Also the ecu transmission control module is out, will not go into reverse, indicator lights flashing; dealer of course said it is not a common problem, which I can see from my research it is! *Tr
"Intermittent headlight malfunction. Over the course of a year and a half of ownership, the right headlight has malfunctioned (turned off), with no consistent cause apparent. The specific error message that appears in the driver information screen is "left headlight dipped". This condition is both unsafe, and illegal - as many states will issue a traffic violation for driving with a non-functioning headlight. It has happened about 20 times, the headlight flickers, then goes out, but will come back on when the car...
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is restarted, then be fine for weeks or months at a time. The dealership has been notified of the problem on at least 3 visits, and has claimed that everything is fine and they can not reproduce. They have suggested/guessed that it is the xenon light bulb itself, however it has checked out fine each time, and as mentioned, has functioned flawlessly after each occurrence with merely a restart of the vehicle. No parts have been repaired or replaced, however they have claimed to perform a visual inspection of the electrical connections on at least one visit. Anecdotal evidence (conversational, and via internet owners' forums) suggests that the problem is widespread among a substantial portion of audi's model range and years 2005 audi a4 3.2 Quattro." *Tr
The power window motor on both front doors have recently self destructed, leaving the windows unable to be opened or closed. The car was not involved in any event that would have caused this problem other than normal operation of the vehicle and the windows. The driver's door window motor has been replaced and the passenger door will be replaced within the next few weeks. The inability to lower the window has created an unsafe condition for the driver and/or passengers of the car. *Tr
Audi A4 visibility complaints by year
A4 visibility problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data