2002 Audi A4

WHILE TRAVELING 15-20 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND HIT A SMALL TREE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY DEALER/MECHANIC, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THAT THIS VEHICLE MIGHT DO THE SAME THING AGAIN, AND DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CVT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL IT HESITATION WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR WE LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN THAT WAS VERY FLAT WITH NO HILLS. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ON MOSTLY BACK ROADS AT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. AFTER A FEW MONTHS WE MOVED AND THE CAR WAS DRIVEN FASTER, NOW THE PROBLEM WAS BECOMING VERY NOTICEABLE. AS YOU ACCELERATE THE CAR HESITATES AND YOU HAVE TO PUSH HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR THEN THE CAR JERKS FORWARD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR DIFFERENT ADJUSTMENTS AND STILL THE PROBLEM WAS THERE. NEXT I MET WITH AN AUDI TECH REP, WHO DROVE THE CAR AND SAID THAT WAS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. AFTER MORE COMPLAINING THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION MODULE, THIS STILL DID NOT FIX. NOW I HAVE MOVED TO AN AREA THAT IS HILLY, AND WHEN YOU STOP AT A RED LIGHT ON A HILL THE CAR DRIFTS BACK WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. THE CAR HAS GONE TO A NEW DEALER FOR ANOTHER MODULE AND MORE ADJUSTMENTS AND IS STILL NOT FIXED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT OTHER AUDI A4 OWNERS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO HAVE. AUDI SHOULD HAVE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BE FOR SOMEONE GETS HURT. I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A SAFE, WELL BUILT, LONG LASTING CAR, I GUESS I WAS WRONG. WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR, I WOULD NEVER BUY ANOTHER AUDI. I ONLY HOPE THAT THE OTHER AUDI A4 OWNERS WILL TAKE THE TIME TO PASS ON THEIR PROBLEMS WITH THIS DANGEROUS TRANSMISSION.

STEREO-FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT ON AT LEAST (4) OCCASIONS WINSHIELD FLUID DISPENSER/WIPER MALFUNCTION SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT MALFUNCTION-AT LEAST (5) OCCASIONS SOLENOID VALVE BAD CLUTCH SWITCH BAD BLOWER IN AIR CONDITIONING/HEATER UNIT BAD PIRELI TIRES-BROKEN BELTS IN ALL FOUR (AT 25,000 MILES)- THESE ARE THE TIRES PLACED ON THE VEHICLE BY AUDI COILS BAD GAS GAUGE MIS READ

THE IGNITION COIL MADE THE VEHICLE RIDE ROUGH. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND CUT OFF. THE DEALER STATED THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE 1 OUT OF 6 COILS. *TS THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE FIVE MILES AND THE A SECOND COIL FAILED. AUDI REPLACED ALL SIX COILS THEN THE REMAINING FIVE WERE "J" COILS. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED REPEATEDLY BY FATHER'S & SONS, BUT THEY HAD NOT COMPLETED THE REPAIR. ALL OF THE OXYGEN SENSORS AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD BEEN REPLACED. (SOME TWICE) THE OTHER EMISSION PARTS WERE REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEALER DID NOT GIVE THE CONSUMER THE PAPER WORK BECAUSE AUDI DID NOT PAY THE FULL COST FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *SCC *JB

THE DRIVER'S SEAT POSITION IS CONTROLLED BY MOTORS, CONTROLLED BY 3 CONTROLS ON THE SIDE OF THE SEAT. THE MOTORS MOVE AT RANDOM, BOTH WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND WHILE IT'S PARKED (NO KEY, NO PERSON IN VEHICLE). THE FIRST OCCURRENCES INVOLVED THE SEAT BACK MOVING BACK AND FORTH. THIS WAS AN INCONVENIENCE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND CHOSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO RESOLVE IT. THE PROBLEM HAS INCREASED IN SEVERITY AND NOW THE SEAT ITSELF MOVES BACK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. I AM 5' TALL - IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH MOVEMENT FOR MY FEET TO COME OFF THE PEDALS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AND BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE DEALER WILL NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM IF THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT, LEAVING ME AT RISK. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND PERSISTENT - THERE IS NO SINGLE DATE ON WHICH IT OCCURS/OCCURRED. THE LUMBAR SUPPORT ALSO APPEARS TO BE MOVING, WHICH MEANS ALL THREE MOTORS/CONTROLS ARE MOVING ON THEIR OWN. *JB