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Thanks for your tips; I hope no one else has these issues.
One thing with the CVT I'd like to point out. I have read they use to only put them in smaller engine cars. I think this is an issue with the CVT not standing up to the horsepower of the 3.0 V6.
My car has been sitting at the dealership since then. They told me that the source of the leak is the coolant flange and that the part is backordered. Here's my question. What is the likelihood of a significant leak of coolant caused by a worn coolant flange appearing suddenly? Is it reasonable to assume that the dealership knew about the leak when they sold me the car?
Also, I've heard cases of Audi dealerships not honoring warrenties because customers are not able to provide full maintenance documentation for the life of the vehicle. This vehicle was sold to me by the dealership as "certified pre-owned", but I was not provided with maintenance documentation for the 28k miles on the car at the time of sale. Should I be concerned?
Finally, one of the documents I was given during the sale contains warrenty information. It says "Buyers Guide" at the top. There are two big checkboxes, one says "AS IS-NO WARRENTY" and the other says "WARRENTY". The latter is checked. Within that, there are two small checkboxes: one says "FULL" and the other says "LIMITED WARRENTY". Neither one is checked, but the text for "LIMITED WARRENTY" has two fill-in-the-blank spots. The first sentence reads: "The dealer will pay 0% of the labor and 0% of the parts for the covered systems that fail during the warrenty period." That sounds pretty bad. I also paid for an extended warrenty; an additional 2 years and 50,000 miles of covereage.
What actions should I take to protect myself? I was so excited about my new car, but now I'm just worried.
good luck
Please, I would love to talk with you in more detail. Is there a way I can contact you?
I just leased an '07 A4, 2.0, standard audio system. Prior to getting the '07 I drove an '06 A4 3.2 for a week and when I wanted to change the radio station on the 3.2 I would just roll the steering wheel control and it would go to the next station on my preset list. Now on my car when I roll the control it seeks the next station it can pick up, not the stations I have in the preset - which really makes no sense to me. Are the systems just different, or is there something I can change in the settings?
Just wondering if someone can give me some advice. My wife has just bought a second hand Audi A4 SE 20V, 1996 model auto. Every time she starts it she needs to put her foot on the accelerator as soon as it fires to keep it going or it conks out. Once it is going it is fine and has never stalled but it is every time she starts it.
The other question is that it has the little red light on the dash that suggests an immobiliser or alarm but it never flashes. The dealer gave her the key to the car which isn't a remote key (seemed strange).
Would really appreciate any help or feedback
I shifted the car immediately into N and pulled off into the left shoulder -- with the engine still racing (probably 7,500 rpm!). The car came to a stop (again, I was in Neutral). My heart was racing. I shut off the car, put the gear selector in park and restarted.
Everything seemed normal for the rest of the 15 mi left to get home.
I know the A4 is a drive-by-wire vehicle with no accelerator cable to get stuck. I was wondering if anyone else had this experience with their A4? Did my winter mat somehow get stuck under the pedal and cause this? I was/am totally freaked by it given Audi's past history with sudden accel.
I called the dealer -- they said they had no TSB's on this and had not had any A4's where someone came in with this problem. Nonetheless, they said to be safe to bring the car in Monday to have them check it out. All I can figure out they'd do is hook it up to their diagnostic machines and see if any code was saved (did the A4 record any problem?) and/or check to make sure all sensors involved with the drive-by-wire check out and are working properly.
Any Audi technicians that read this board have any ideas?
I am totally afraid to have anyone else in my family (wife or kids) drive this thing.
Yes! You need a RED antifreeze. The dealer has it or sometimes you can find it at parts stores...one brand is called "PENTOSIN", and it is supposed to be nitrite-amine and phosphate fee.
RE: Speedometers. A4 speed sensors are a known frequent failure item.
This looks like a good source but I haven't dealt with them personally. They'll sell you all the correct fluids for your make/model.
http://www.blauparts.com/fluids.htm
i believe i am experiencing the same problem you describe. i recently took in my 2002 a4 1.8 cvt in for a 80k maintenance. after the first day where the outside mechanic did the maintenance and flushed my coolant system, he ended up fixing a leak in the coolant system and replacing a purge valve. now i feel a tremor at low speeds. although he seems to have done a good job in the past, he does not have a lot of experience on these "new" cvts and suspects it may be the transmission. he recommends bringing it into the more expensive dealer for some kind of computer that he does not own to run a diagnostic. if it is the transmission, he recommends complaining to audi to fix it although it isn't under warranty. what do you think? reply to me at jsiaw@yahoo.com if you don't mind. thanks
julian
See the following post on the Texas Audi Club forum:
http://texasaudigroup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=844
"YOU SHOULD CONSIDER HAVING AN AUTO GLASS SHOP DO IT FOR YOU. IF,HOWEVER,YOU ARE DETERMINED FIRST TAKE THE MIRROR OF THE BRACKET BY LOOSENING THE SET SCREW AND SLIDING IT UP.
YOU WILL NEED A PAIR OF PLIERS AND A HEAT SOURCE SUCH AS A LIGHTER,HEAT GUN OR HAIR DRYER.ADJUST THE PLIERS SO THAT THEY WILL GRASP THE BRACKET WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GLASS.YOU WILL HAVE TO WARM UP THE AREA OF THE BRACKET SLOWLY, A SUDDEN APPLICATION OF HEAT IN ONE SMALL AREA MAY CAUSE THE GLASS TO CRACK. AFTER THE BRACKET IS TO HOT TO TOUCH A FEW SECONDS LATER THE HEAT WILL TRANSFER THRU TO THE GLUE SIDE,ABOUT 180 DEGREES IS NEEDED,THEN YOU CAN APPLY A GENTLE TWISTING(NOT PULLING)MOTION AND IT WILL COME OFF."
My question: Can I legally request the dealer for a new car and refuse the car being repaired?
Thanks
If so, what does it do, or better yet, I am assuming it increases the RPM's, but to what?
Thanks.
My current plan is to take it to an idependent mechnanic (suggestions in the Northern VA area are welcome) and pay to have a full in-depth inspection. Though, I would like to come to this mechanic with a list of things to check for based on the most common problems experience by other owners in this forum. I would appreciate if you could post a list of the problems that you have experienced as an A4 owner. Any other advice will also be very much appreciated.
http://www.topgear.com/blogs/planettopgear/024-cant-get-no-satisfaction/
Anyway, I was leaving the other day and my car started just fine but was running very rough, then the chk engine light started blinking so I turned it off. Went out today to start it and it did the same thing, albeit still very cold.
Now i've heard about freezing gas lines and that is very possible here but I was under the impression that the car would not start at all if that were the case.
Has anybody had any similar experiences and could this be a cold weather problem or do I have an engine problem. Thanks in advance.
This was hands down the scariest experience of my driving life- I could have killed someone. I was interested to know that other people had similar experiences. What ever happened with your car? Has it happened again since? I'm kinda scared that they are going to give me the car back and say that "nothing was wrong." Something was defiantly wrong with the car! There were 5 people watching that will agree that while I was standing outside the car, it sounded as though it was going to take off. Luckily there was no real damage to my car, but sadly I can not say the same for the car I hit. I just feel so lucky that this was not a worse accident. I never want to be in this situation again. What should I do?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Were you able to solve this problem? I have an '02 Audi A4 with similar lagging/lurging problems when trying to accelerate. Just wondering if you were able to find what was causing this. Thanks.
My parents had the same problem with their A8 that they literally just leased. My dad was driving and out of nowhere the car lurched forward, luckily noone was in front of them so they did not hit anyone. They had to pull over and wait for the car to stop revving before they could drive home. I was curious what the dealership ended up telling you about this acceleration problem. They told my parents that there is nothing wrong at all and are not really being helpful. They are talking to a lawyer because they do not want to drive an expensive death trap.
Any info would be helpful.
I just got the car back from Audi, after a week and a half. They told me that they were unable to find anything wrong and the car is "running up to manufactures standards." A customer service rep from Audi of America called me to discuss the actual results that their engineer found but we have been playing phone tag and have not yet spoken. I would be very interested to know how your parents do with the lawyer. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know. I would be happy to talk to you or your parents about this personally. By any chance was it very cold when your parents had the problem?? If anything comes from my conversation with Audi I’ll write you back.
Diana
I just bought a 07 A4 quattro 2.0T 6MT - w/ Prem, Conv. and Cold W. packages. I came home and noticed a few things were amiss. Some of them seem genuinely wrong while others I can't find the wrong info.
1. The 2.0 T on the read trunk lid - the T is supposed to be red. Correct? Mine isn't.
2. The right mirror doesn't bend down automatically on engaging reverse.
3. I test drove an Sline and heard a beeping (warning) tone when I engaged reverse gear. I thought that's standard to all A4s.
Can any other owners shed some light on these three points? Any useful help appreciated. Thanks.
The windshield broke very soon after I got the car and again after that. I went with American glass next, and it has been OK since. The car uses oil, but that seems to be normal. I lose a quart in the normal amount of time between oil changes. My sunroof frame(plastic)broke. I took it in and they replaced it. The first time I put a hose on the car,it leaked into the interior. I took it back and they fixed the leak. That night I took the car out and the interior lights didn't work. Back to the shop. They had to pull the headliner out and reconnect the wires. I get it back, and the headliner is dirty with hand prints. I cleaned up and then noticed that they forgot the wind deflector when they put the sunroof back in. They had to order a new one. After that I was cleaning the rear window, I noticed the rear part of the headliner was not placed in the channel that holds it up. I got it in myself.
I went through 2 batteries and knew something was wrong. I got in the car one night, and the radio had turned on by itself, without the key in the ignition. I take it in after reading the ignition switch on some models was a problem. The dealer says no recall on mine. I pay for a new switch.
A couple of years later I get a recall notice on the switch.
Now I have to take it in to Miramar Volkswagen Audi to get the switch replaced again. It seems that the switch turns things off all by itself. Imagine that! At 77000 miles the rear suspension broke. The whole piece had to be replaced. That was over $2000 parts and labor. The shop I took it to ordered a new piece from Audi. It gets there and they pull off the rear suspension. It seems like Audi forgot to drill the holes in the suspension part. They had to order a whole new one with holes. The shop finds a bad control arm up front(common problem). The other common problem, is the dashboard is coming loose at the windshield. Now the front suspension is leaking oil. I guess it is time for the rack and pinion to be rebuilt. I love the Quattro system and the engine has been reliable. The paint has held up fine also. I wouldn't buy another Audi.
If you notify them that you have hired a lawyer, they may consider coming clean on the other oil changing records.