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Audi S4 Visibility problems by year

9 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Audi S4's visibility & wipers. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.

Visibility complaints by model year

YearVisibility complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest S4 visibility complaints

2005 Audi S4LightsVisibility & wipers

Driver headlight dipped info on dash. Headlight turns off or flickers till it turns off and must turn all lights off on the car while driving and reset lights to activate headlight back on. Sometimes this does not work and forced to drive with one headlight with is extremely dangerous condition, police have citied me twice for faulty headlight equipment. There needs to be a recall on this issue. There will eventually be a fatality crash involving this issue with dipped headlights on audi vehicle's. Also this...

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happens at all speeds from 0 to 70 mph. This issue has been going on for 6 months and going to cause a serious accident soon on i95 in miami as I drive home from work at 0430 a.M. *Tr

Filed Incident Exterior lighting · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 10683731
2006 Audi S4Electrical systemLightsVisibility & wipers

Hid xenon headlights randomly flicker and shut off during driving. It's getting worse. Dealers "never found" problem which recurs continually so they never fixed this issue under warranty after being asked several times since the vehicle was new. 100'S of other stories about this online. Huge safety issue when headlights just quit at random. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · VisibilityNHTSA 10451576
2004 Audi S4Visibility & wipers

While in rain all windows fogging up from inside, unable to defog, the a/c will not turn on, checked for leaks - no leaks observed, sporadically the a/c turns on and off, very common problem in cars from this year, may cause damage and injury. *Tr

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 10278370
2004 Audi S4Visibility & wipers

2004 S4 wipers stop working (stop in the middle of windshield) in rain, motor works seems as something sized, in some situations may cause big damage and injury. *Tr

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 10278368
2005 Audi S4Visibility & wipers

2005 Audi s4 cabriolet - rear window separating from soft convertible top. Top appears to be shrinking at the window edges as well. Independent convertible top repair facility as well as local audi dealer confirm that this is due to defective adhesive used in the manufacturing process. Audi of america refuses to remedy this issue to date. Vehicle has 49,000 miles on the odometer and has been out of factory warranty for only a few weeks. Rear window will almost certainly come fully loose from the top soon, and could...

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either strike a rear passenger or simply dislodge at highway speeds, potentially injuring or killing persons traveling behind this vehicle. The potential for an extremely dangerous accident is present here. This is a serious safety-related defect. A recall is needed here to prevent potential loss of life. Audi is handling these top problems on a case-by-case basis, and is fighting hard with owners not to pay at all. Audi dealers are quoting in excess of $6400 to replace the top, costly enough to prevent many owners from safely repairing the top. Per information sourced from audiworld.Com, many owners are not replacing the top due to the exorbitant cost but rather simply gluing or taping the rear window in place and hoping for the best. This is an issue which clearly requires a recall in the interest of public safety. *Tr

Filed Incident VisibilityNHTSA 10246401
2004 Audi S4Engine & coolingLightsVisibility & wipersAcceleration & cruise control

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 audi s4. When the weather was cold and the contact took his foot off of the accelerator, the vehicle would not slow down. The dealer could not duplicate the problem. The current mileage was about 75,000 miles and the failure mileage was less than 5,000 miles. Updated 01/24/08. *Lj the brake lights would come on and go off. The rear view mirror fell off. The cooling fan would stay on at all times. The dealer replaced a faulty fan module. Updated

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Exterior lighting · Visibility · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10212985
2001 Audi S4Visibility & wipersElectrical system

The lcd display screen in the center of the instrument cluster is unreadable, many missing lines and pixels, it notifies me of vital safety and hazardous conditions of my car and/or parts failure. Rear view mirror also not working. *Jb

Filed Incident Visibility · Electrical systemNHTSA 10204438
1992 Audi S4Visibility & wipers

Audi's electric sun roof with preselect feature cain maim or kill becaus eit has no stop switch to prevent crushing body part in the way of closing sun roof. *Ak

Filed VisibilityNHTSA 533128

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