2014 Audi A4 Allroad

MY AUDI A4 PASSENGER OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM IS NOT DETECTING AN ADULT PASSENGER WITHIN A RANGE OF 120 LBS SITTING STRAIGHT IN NORMAL POSITION AND THE AIRBAG STAYS OFF. WHEN THE PERSON SITS APPLYING MORE FOR ON ONE SIDE OF THE BODY THE PODS DETECTS THE PERSON AND THE AIRBAG IS ON. HAVING THE PERSON SIT BACK IN NORMAL POSITION THE AIRBAG TURNS OFF AGAIN. THIS BEHAVIOR HAPPENS IN AT LEAST THREE OTHER A4 LOANERS WE GOT, MODEL YEARS 2014 AND 2015. THE PODS WAS CHANGED TWO TIMES ABOUT 1 YEAR APART BUT THE ISSUE WAS STILL THERE EVERY TIME. THE THIRD TIME THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE, AUDI DECIDED NOT TO CHANGE THE PODS DUE IT WAS BEHAVING IN THE DETECTION RANGE. THEY STATED "THE CAR IS PROGRAMMED THAT ANYONE THAT SITS IN THE FRONT WITH A WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY LESS THAN 150 LB, THAT IS ABOUT THE MINIMUM WEIGHT POINT THAT TRIGGERS THE PODS TO WHICH IT WILL TELL THE CAR TO EITHER TURN THE AIRBAG ON OR OFF. THIS ISSUE HASN'T BEEN PRESENT WITH THE SAME ADULT ON OTHER AUDI CARS WE HAVE OWNED OR DROVE. I KNOW THAT ACCORDING TO 49 CFR 571.208 THE WEIGHT REQUIRED FOR THE PODS TO ACTIVATE THE AIRBAG IS 102LB FOR THE 5TH PERCENTILE ADULT FEMALE TEST DUMMY OR BETWEEN 103 AND 113 LB FOR HUMAN USED INSTEAD OF AN DUMMY. THE HEIGHT OF THE PERSON IS ALSO STATED AND THE ADULTS THAT MY CAR DIDN'T DETECT ARE ABOVE THE MINIMUM RANGE OF 55 TO 59 INCHES TALL. I REQUESTED A BETTER ANSWER FROM AUDI SEVERAL TIMES AND NO ANSWER WAS GIVEN. THEY WERE RIGHT A PERSON ABOVE 150 LB MAKES THE PODS TO TURN THE AIRBAG ON BUT A 120 LB DOESN'T. AND IT HAPPENS ON AT LEAST 4 A4 SAME PLATFORM WE TESTED. TWO OF THEM PLUS MY CAR THE AUDI DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL WITNESSED IT.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 3-MONTH TO CURRENT. SOMETIME, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE WHILE DRIVING (EASILY MOVES NO RESPONSE), LIKE IT IS UN-AWARE OF WHERE THE FRONT TIRES ARE OR THE STEERING DISENGAGES WITH THE CAR, THEN IT CATCHES AND TURNS INTO THE LANE AND REALIZES THE POSITION OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I BELIEVE THIS IS CALLED "NOTCHY." ON-GOING, FROM DAY TO DAY.

MY 2024 A4'S 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC WILL NOT ALWAYS SHIFT INTO 8TH GEAR. I'VE WENT 18 MILES BEFORE IT FINALLY SHIFTED INTO HIGH GEAR. I WAS EVEN GOING DOWN A LONG HILL AT 60 MPH AND IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD. YOU CAN SEE WHAT GEAR ITS IN BY SHIFTING THE GEAR LEVER OVER INTO MANUAL MODE. I ALSO NOTICED IT WILL SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR FASTER IF YOU LET UP ON THE GAS PEDAL AFTER YOU REACH 50 OR MORE MPH. MY CAR HAS THE DRIVE SELECT OPTION ( COMFORT, AUTO, AND DYNAMIC MODES) IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH MODE ITS IN, I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. I NOTICED THIS LAST YEAR AND IT IS STILL HAPPENING.

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING BECOMES STIFF WHEN CHANGING LANES AND IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO GOING BACK TO THE CENTER OF LANE RIGHT AWAY IT GIVES RESISTANCE IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING ON TO THE LAST DIRECTION THE STEERING WAS GOING IT HAS GRADUALLY GOTTEN WORST EVEN ON CITY STREETS NORMAL DRIVING I COULD FEEL RESISTANCE THE STEERING FEELS STIFF AND HEAVY THE STEERING WANDERS FROM STRAIGHT PATH ON HIGHWAY THE STEERING SOMETIMES GOES AGAINST DIRECTION YOU WANT CAR TO GO CAUSING A MOMENT OF PANIC GOD FORBID A FATALITY OCCURS TOOK IT TO SERVICE AUDI DRIVING TEST WE CAME BACK THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC THEY SAID THE COMPUTER SAYS NOTHING WRONG IT SEEMS TO ME THEY SET COMPUTER WITH LOW SAFETY STANDARD THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER THIS UP SOMEONE OF AUTHORITY NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE I SEE MANY SAME COMPLAINTS ON CONSUMER WEBSITES PLEASE HELPS US AGAINST THIS POTENTIAL AND FATAL HAZARD. *TR

I AM FINDING THAT AUDI IS NOT HANDLING THE AIRBAG RECALL VERY DILIGENTLY. AUDI HAS MY NAME, MAIL ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS AND CELL PHONE NUMBER AND HAS MADE NO EFFORTS TO CONTACT ME. I RECEIVE MAIL FROM AUDI REGULARLY, INCLUDING EMAILS WITH SERVICE SPECIALS AND YET NONE OF THEM MENTION THIS RECALL WHATSOEVER. YOUR PDF ISSUED THE REQUIRED RECALL ON OCTOBER 23. WHY ARE THEY NOT REQUIRED TO ACT QUICKLY? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDIO A4. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE WAITING TO TURN LEFT, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN THROUGH THE LIGHT AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE AIR BAG WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES OR IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD WHERE IT WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.