Car was parked outside our apartment building. It was off and hadn't been driven in over 20hrs. At 11am a fire broke out in the rear driver side seat. Fire department arrived put out the fire, said it was not arson but rather electrical issue. The car front dash was partially melted, rear seat big char black seating material and showed exposed wires.
Electrical system
2011 Audi A4 Electrical problems
Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2011 Audi A4's electrical system with NHTSA - 6% of all its complaints, most recently on August 1, 2019. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Dead batteries, warning lights, wiring, alternators, infotainment and electronic module failures.
- Complaints
- 2
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Electrical complaints
Ignition coils went out. Car stopped on busy street but was able to move to side street. Come to find out after I purchased the car the coils were recalled.. Spoke with someone at audi and they verified there was a recall on the coils. No one notified me including the dealership gurley leep and he did not notify me and I had to come out of $1,000 to have that process fixed then I had to turn around less than 24 hours again and something was wrong with the steering again I had to come out of another $1,000 this is...
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b******* someone should have contacted me about the problems with the vehicle but that did not happen so to audi and to gurley leep screw you that was $2,000 I came out of. No help from audi nor dealership what so ever.. And I do believe I still have the transcript from the audi representative that verify there was something wrong with the ignition coils.... Not sure of the exact date but I believe it was april of 2015.
Audi A4 electrical complaints by year
A4 electrical 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