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2018 Audi A4 Visibility problems

Owners have filed 1 complaint about the 2018 Audi A4's visibility & wipers with NHTSA - 2% of all its complaints, most recently on July 1, 2026. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.

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Visibility complaints

Electrical systemVisibility & wipers

The exterior side mirrors have intermittent electrical/memory malfunctions. When locking the vehicle, the side mirrors begin to fold, pause or glitch briefly, and then continue folding. Separately, when the vehicle is shifted into reverse, the right-side mirror tilts downward to assist with backing/parking, but when shifted back to drive or park, the mirror does not reliably return to its original saved position and requires manual readjustment. This is being reported as a safety concern because exterior mirror...

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position affects rearward and side visibility, backing visibility, lane-change awareness, and the driver's ability to maintain proper mirror alignment. An intermittent mirror control, folding, memory, or tilt malfunction may indicate an electrical, motor, control-module, wiring, switch, or mirror-memory issue. No crash, fire, injury, or fatality occurred. The vehicle/component is available for inspection, and service communications, issue lists, photos/video if available, and related electrical-system records are available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Unknown or other · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11747845

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