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2012 Audi A4 Steering problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2012 Audi A4's steering with NHTSA - 8% of all its complaints, most recently on July 14, 2018. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.

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Since purchasing my cpo audi with extended maintenance package & I have immaculate repair records. It's glaringly clear now that the dealership avoided diagnosising my repeated complaints about steering vibration feedback. Countless dollars spent on alignments & rim, tires changes.My steering has completely decayed to hazardous conditions and no audi support on recalling this issue. Feels like a crosswind pushing car on highways, notching is so bad that it requires muscle endurance to turn it while doing k turns...

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now. Just out of warranty & finding out about this obvious defect of manufacturing that should have been recalled a long time ago. No fix available that is a guaranteed success. Truly disgusted. 90,000 Miles outright fraud! Please do something about this before someone is killed.

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 11111303
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Steering wheel shimmies/vibrates. The vibration is very noticeable at low speeds when the steering wheel is being turned. It may occur at higher speeds but it cannot be detected since roads are not smooth. The current updated hose -- not sure which one -- was oem on car but at 28583 miles the "servotronic valve/converter" was replaced and problem corrected for a time. Original problem has returned and continues during and after the warranty period -- i.E., Problem has been present starting with the purchase...

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in 2011 and is still present at 12/26/2015. Audi authorized service center confirmed with audi that this is a defect in the manufacture of the car and is present in other 2012 audi cars. Safety of drivers is being compromised.

Filed Incident SteeringNHTSA 10816264

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