2004 Audi A8L Problems, complaints & recalls

While driving and/or parking and/or putting key in ignition to start my vehicle abs light; stabilization; and speedometer seems as though being hacked...Sometimes especially in the summer when temperatures reach 100 degrees + my heater is hacked on and my interior of the vehicle is life threatening hot!!! Have to open windows to 100 degrees temperature outside...My interior lights just come on and drain my battery....And my sound system flips open and music plays when im in my house and has shut off my car and...

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 audi a8. While the vehicle was parked, a strong fuel odor emitted from the rear passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact was aware of nhtsa campaign number: 11v267000 (fuel system, other), but the vin was not included. The failure mileage was 170,000.

Driver smelled smoke shortly after starting his vehicle and driving away from his home. The smell was of plastic, and it was assumed from an electrical short/fire. The driver stopped the car and inspected the engine area. No evidence of fire, however the driver turned back and drove the vehicle home. Strong burning plastic smell again as the vehicle was stopped. The cabin was filling with smoke. Driver opened the trunk as the battery was located in the right rear section of the trunk. Smoke was emanating...

I own a 2004 audi a8 quatro, this morning the car accelerated on it's own. The driver seat, steering wheel, and the car suspension adjusted automatically while I was driving it and it went from 40mph to 150+ without me having my foot on the accelerator. For a minute I thought I was going to die. I slowly starting pressing on the brake pedal hoping the car would not flip. It took about 2 to 3 minutes for me to slow down the car. I put the emergency brake and turned it off. I turned it back on and the engine was still accelerated, it sounded it like the accelerator was stuck even though the car was on park. *Tr

Two air suspension systems went out for no reason in my car. My car is a 2004 a8l with 64,000 miles. They were leaking. This was $5,000 expense. I think they are defective. *Tr

While driving down the highway car suddenly stalled without warning. Restarted car and had it stall several times. Car has been sent to be evaluated by a mechanic. *Tr

2004 Audi a 8 l gas pedal sticks in acceleration mode. Has happened 4-5 times. Dealer was notified but did not respond or take action. I had to shift into neutral gear and pump pedal. This has happened several times when stepping on the accelerator hard. Last incident date below tim walker *tr

The windshield wipers will stop intermittently. They have stopped during heavy rain on an expressway several times resulting in a loss of vision. The dealers could not get the problem to repeat so they said that they couldn't do anything. I called the audi advocate phone line and was told that audi would not address the issue. Then I wrote audi and ask for a refund and the audi advocate returned the call and maintained the same response. *Tr

2004 Audi a8l, purchased in 07/2004. Front wipers "hesitated" in the rain a couple of times. Local dealer said could not reproduce. A few months later, wipers completely stopped, while driving at highway speeds, leaving me without visibility for several minutes. Pulled over and removed/replaced fused. Wipers started up again. Local dealer said couldn't reproduce. Wipers failed two more times, and hesitated numerous other times, when I finally decided to not drive the car. Throughout all, dealer claims he's...

Emergency brake control module failed. Factory had a recall on car to reprogram this module, dealer said module couldn't be reprogrammed because it had failed. Parts and labor was $509.00 Failure of this component I considered a safety related item as this also acts as emergency brake for vehicle. *Nm

Windshield wipers suddenly stop mid-swipe and park!!! *Jb

Dt: the contact stated a gallon of milk spilled into the driver's seat. The milk spilled underneath the seat. When this happened it shorted out the electrical module that operated the dashboard lights and headlights. As a result the lights were blinking in and out. Currently, the vehicle is at a certified dealership for repairs.*Ak updated 12/27/2005 - the tire pressure monitoring light illuminated on the dash. The dealer replaced the module. The trunk would not close properly. *Nm

Dt: the contact stated vehicle has accelerated on its own twice. The first time it took off he had to put in neutral and coast into a parking lot. The vehicle was put in drive and moved out of the main part of the parking lot. The vehicle was put back into neutral and turned off. It was towed to the dealership. They could not duplicate the problem. This happened again approximately 18 months later. He drove in driveway and put the vehicle in neutral to pick up the paper. The vehicle accelerated and he...

While driving the sunroof exploded. There were no cracks of any nature in the sun roof. The explosion left a hole the size of a football. *Ak

My audi a8 2004 model [[redacted]] cop device burned with a wire fire on dec 28, 2oo4 - I could only stop a further fire by using a fire ext. And disconnecting the battery. I was told by the audi shop dch maplewood n.J. And my regular repair shop langan motors, schenectady. N.Y. That they have never had seen such a problem. *Ak updated 07/24/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6)

While driving and upon depressing the accelerator pedal it stuck, causing the speed to go up to 70-80 mph. Accelerator pedal did not return to the upright position. This happened twice. *Ak

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration from 30 to 80 miles pmh. Consumer had to stomp on brakes several times in order to stop the vehicle. Taken to dealer to reset the computer, but the cause was undetermined.*Ak

Mmi system has intermittent resets and cause erratic performance of other systems such a windows, trunk, audio, navigation.*Ak

The head restraint would take up 35 to 40 % of the rear window. *Ak *sc *jb

Audo a 8 l gas pedel sticks in acceleration mode- reported to audi and they are unable to duplicate in shop. *Mr