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2005 Audi S4 Engine problems

Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2005 Audi S4's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 9% of all its complaints, most recently on November 9, 2017. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
4
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0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

The complaint is about the motors losing oil every 1000 miles a 1qt is need each time. The engine is caused and burns oil fast to the motor to lose oil more rapidly. Needs to be replaced. My motor is losing oil! And so do other models havening this problems isnt good.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11044873
Engine & cooling

2005.5 Audi s4. 104,000 Miles. Chain tensioner damaged. Cause damage to engine. Engine should be replaced. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10398800
Engine & coolingElectrical system

Car started misfiring and within less than 5 miles in the highway then started to build up smoke inside the cabin, car then stopped and towed to a mechanics who confirm the diagnosis of misfiring of 3 cylinders and found overheating of the passenger side catalytic converter that lead to a melting a connector of the transmission. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Electrical systemNHTSA 10345903
Engine & coolingFuel systemTransmission & drivetrainLights

Front headlights (both sides) flicker(blink) but not all the time. When they flicker I turn them off and then turn on again, then they are fine. But I am worried that it may go bad during driving causing safety issues. Its not the bulb issues as on-board diagnostics wouldn't detect the problem. It has happened several times over last couple of weeks. I tried finding solution online and found this forum http://forums.Audiworld.Com/showthread.Php?P=23809262. This tells me this problem is part of notorious design by...

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audi of america. My car is out of warranty and audi wouldn't take care of it as they have provided no assistance to sort out other mechanical issues with my car which has only 50000 miles. Those issues include failing of fuel pumps, leaking of transmission fluid and melting of gasket cover caps (main) leading to inconvenience and financial stress for us and on a car which is not even 12 months out of warranty. I request you to do your research and hope they do a recall for these faulty headlights. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Fuel system, gasoline · Power train · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10326620

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