Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Audi) is recalling certain 2021-2022 AUDI A8, A6 Allroad, E-TRON Quattro, 2022 S3, RSQ8, RS7, RS6 Avant, Q8, Q7, Q3, E-TRON Sportback Quattro, S5 Cabriolet, E-TRON GT, S5 Sportback, A7, A6, A5 Sportback, A5 Cabriolet, A4, A4...
Equipment & accessories
Audi A4 Equipment problems by year
50 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Audi A4's equipment & accessories. Trailer hitches, mobility equipment, accessories and aftermarket parts.
Equipment complaints by model year
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Latest A4 equipment complaints
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 audi a4. Upon activating the air conditioner, an abnormal burning odor emerged from the vents. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 36,000. The vin was not available.
The glove box broke by simply opening the glove box. The whole glove box door failed. *Tr
2012 Audi a4 avant with 55,000 miles and the driver's side door latch, mechanism and sensor are intermittently failing. Central locking thinks door is open, dome lights and door ajar chime constantly turning off and on. Fixed at audi dealership. Audi usa deemed the issue "wear and tear". *Tr
2000 Audi a4. Consumer writes in regards to the ovd 2 unit in audi and vw vehicles *tgw the consumer stated the problem involved the ovd 2 unit which communicated the smog test results to the computer and dmv. Although, the vehicle would pass the emissions test, there would be a communication error. The dmv required the communication and made no exception. The root of the problem stemmed from the ovd 2 unit placed into the radio. When the radio is replaced with a non audi or vw radio the ovd 2 unit is no longer there. The consumer was informed the price to replace the radio containing the ovd 2 unit is $1000 and up.
The car jack broke down while replacing a flat tire, and the car fell on the ground after being suspended in air. Fortunately while all the bolts have been removed, the wheel was stuck to the hub or otherwise I would have been seriously injured. I think the jack has a very flawed design. Where the two parallel frames can be easily bent outward because they don't have enough support and then the support can slide out of its designated channel I have pictures of the failed jack. I am really concerned of what...
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would have happened to my hands if not the miracle of the stuck wheel was there to prevent injury of my hands.. I have contacted the manufacturer to investigate this faulty design but they responded that they recorded the information for the future and there haven't been enough incidents yet to justify design review. *Tr
My audi, along with thousands of others have had their abs control unit malfunction because of design. This malfunction causes the abs to not work on the affected vehicle. Volkswagen, the company that produces audis and vws actually recalled this exact part on their vw vehicles, but for some reason refuses to correct the problem for their audi customers. The cost to replace this control unit is $1,400 - $1,700, and as such I have been driving my vehicle without its abs functioning. Below is a description of the...
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recall for this exact part, but on the vw jetta: "2002 volkswagen jetta gls nhtsa recall id number: 02v031000 recall date: jan 31, 2002 component: service brakes, hydraulic:antilock potential units affected: 55000 summary: on some passenger vehicles, short circuits can occur within the electronic control unit of the anti-lock braking system (abs). Consequence: this can result in a fire. Remedy: dealers will replace the abs control unit. Owner notification began march 8, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact volkswagen at 1-800-822-8987. Notes: volkswagen of america,inc," please look into this issue and help vw to make the right choice for the safety of their customers and others on the road. Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter! *Tr
Hid headlights go out while driving the car. Operator must shut off headlight switch and turn back on for headlight to go back on. This happened to the left headlight at 50,000 and the right at 90,000 after dealer put in a waterpump. Dealer denied responsibility, not covered under warranty price form repair >$700.00. *Tr
In replacing a flat tire after jacking the car up, the original car jack broke down and the car fell back down. Luckily I haven't been injured, but was really a close call. *Tr
Tire jack for 2008 audi a4 failed. The car was jacked up on a flat concrete surface with the parking brake engaged as stated in the manual. A minute after settling, the jack failed for no apparent reason. The jack has caused damage to the sideskirt and door section due to the car falling on to it. Submitted a warranty claim with audi of america. However audi denied the warranty claim with no technical explanation as to why the jack failed. Upon researching the topic, I have found this is a very common occurrence among other a4 owners. *Kb
On my 2000 audi a4 the anti lock braking system no longer works. I get a solid amber abs warning light along with a flashing brake light accompanied with three warning tones when I start the car. After much research, this is a common problem on 1998 to 2001 audi and vw models. I have not heard of any recall, however there should be one. This is a serious problem that will not allow me to brake quickly in all situations especially winter conditions and the cost to get it replaced is far too much. *Tr
Car loses power as it travels . Has been to dealer for analysis and fuel pump replacement recommended. Checked and found recall campaign 07v375000 is active. Dealer refuses saying our car is not eligible even though symptoms are identical and make, model and year are same. They claim vin is not in recall base. Who determines the accuracy of the vin numbers eligible? We have spent several hundreds of dollars to try and fix the problem over the past year and after several diagnosis we are told it is the fuel pump. We just recently found out about the recall. *Tr
I own a 03 audia4 1.8T cabriolet. For the pass two years I have to repair the transmission twice- the car could not move, the gears weren't switching. Audi usa are aware of this issue and still there is not a recall for that. Second and bigger issue is the rear window which is separating from the convertible top. It is dangerous as the window can fly away while I drive the car with a higher speed on the highway and hit the cars behind me. Also very common problem for this model cars. *Tr
My 2003 audi a4 3.0 V6 driver side automatic window began to fail for the first time about two years ago in 2008. One day it just stopped working completely: still could roll down, but once down, it couldn't roll up any more. I had to use my hands to hold it from both sides to pull it up. It caused so many problems, sometimes real dangers, during the operation, until I paid a few hundred dollars to fix it a few weeks later. Especially it's so difficult to go through toll booths or some narrow lanes when I can't...
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open the door easily while not able to roll down the window, or in cases I had the windows down for whatever reason, it became dangerously difficult to get it back up when needed due to rain or snow conditions. I can hardly describe all the difficult situations that made me feel helpless. But two years later (2010), the same window failed again with exactly the same issue, not able to roll up. I delayed repair until now. What's worse now is at the same time, another window -- the rear passenger side window began to fail too! That's a window I barely use during the last several years of owing the car. One day while driving, there was this big loud sound like an explosion coming from that window, and I had to stop dangerously on the highway to inspect what happened until confirming it's the window failure. It's beyond any reason to explain why it would fail with no usage. This rear window presented more security issues to me too, because even if I push it all the way up with my hands, it always slowly slide down to leave a big opening about 5 to 10 inches wide. Since I park the car on the street almost daily, it's a real issue to worry about burglars or break-ins. For this serious concern, I had to send it to the dealer for repair, who quoted me $460 to fix it including parts and labor. Considering this has happened to me total three times, including one that's happened to a window I rarely use, this seems to me strongly an obvious manufacturer's defect. *Tr
Headlight malfunction. Right headlight has malfunctioned (turned off), with no consistent cause apparent. The specific error message that appears in the driver information screen is "right 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 7-8 times, the headlight flickers, then goes out, but will come back on when the car is restarted, then be fine for weeks or months at a time. The...
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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. Annecdotal evidence (conversational, and via internet owners' forums) suggests that the problem is widespread among a substantial portion of audi's model range and years. *Tr
I bought a 2002 3.0 A4 quattro about 9 months ago. A month after buying it the left headlight went out. When you start the car it gives you a "left dipped headlight" warning and then has a picture of a bulb with an x across it. I took the car in and ended up buying a new bulb for it. Turns out the bulb wasn't out and the problem resolved itself in about a week. The light worked fine after that. About 5 months ago I installed aftermarket headlights. They worked perfectly up until two weeks ago. Now I am getting the...
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same "left dipped headlight" warning when I turn on the lights. This only affects the low beams. The parking lights and high beams work just fine. I figured the problem would resolve itself as it did last time, but that has not been the case. I've done a lot of research and found that many audi owners have had this problem and nobody has found a fix for it. Regardless of how many times they take the car to the dealership or replace the bulbs, the problem still returns. I'm not sure what to do about this problem. *Tr
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data