2003 Audi A4

THERE IS A FAILURE WITH MY HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE(HID) LIGHTS THAT CAUSES THEM TO FLICKER AND SOMETIMES TO TURN OFF COMPLETELY WHILE IN USE/ THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE HID LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. BULBS HAVE BEEN CHANGED, BUT THE CONDITION IS NOT RESOLVED. AN ALARM COMES ON SCREEN WHICH READS "LEFT LIGHT DIPPED" OR "RIGHT LIGHT DIPPED" AND RESULTS IN THE LIGHT TURNING OFF COMPLETELY ON THE DIPPED SIDE. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 AUDI A4 1.8T QUATTRO. A MESSAGE CAME ON MY DASHBOARD STATING THAT THERE IS A LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT PROBLEM. WHEN RESEARCHING, IT SEEMS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OTHER AUDI A4S HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. THIS SEEMINGLY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS IT IS VERY UNSAFE NOT ONLY FOR THE OPERATOR, BUT FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS. THE BULB IS NOT "BURNED OUT" AS IT HAS WORKED SPORADICALLY SINCE THE FIRST WARNING CAME ON. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON 2002 THROUGH 2007 (AND POSSIBLY TO CURRENT) AUDI A4'S HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GO OUT RANDOMLY. OFTEN TIMES IT IS JUST THE SINGLE LEFT HEADLIGHT, OR RIGHT HEADLIGHT, WHICH GOES OUT. THIS IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ERROR MESSAGE "LEFT/RIGHT HEADLIGHT DIPPED" ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION SCREEN LOCATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS CAN OCCUR FROM THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: -HEAVY OR SUDDEN CHASSIS VIBRATION (SUCH AS HITTING A POTHOLE OR EVEN SOMEONE PHYSICALLY STRIKING THE HEADLIGHT) -COLD WEATHER (EXAMPLES HAVE OCCURRED IN AS LITTLE AS 35 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT) -WATER OR MOISTURE IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRING THIS FAILURE CAUSES A SUDDEN LOSS OF HEADLIGHT OUTPUT, ENDANGERING BOTH THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS OR OTHER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS IF THIS OCCURS AT NIGHT OR IN POOR WEATHER. SINCE A COMMON CAUSE IS POOR WEATHER/COLD WEATHER, OFTEN AT ITS WORST AT NIGHT, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK. AUDI OF AMERICA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS AN ISSUE DESPITE SPANNING SEVERAL YEARS OF VEHICLES. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HERE HAS REPLACED THE BULBS THREE TIMES (WHICH WERE FINE TO BEGIN WITH), THE HEADLIGHT ONCE, AND RUN SEVERAL ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSTICS - ALL AT OWNERS EXPENSE. THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY BRIEFLY AND THEN COMES BACK. CURRENTLY THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2003 AUDI A4 HAS BEEN OUT FOR 4 MONTHS WITHOUT RECOVERING. THERE ARE MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF THIS SAME ISSUE ALL OVER THE INTERNET, A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH WILL PROVIDE MORE EXAMPLES. THERE WAS NO CRASH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAILURE. *TR

HI, I AM AN OWNER OF AN AUDI A4 2003. I AM NOT TOO SURE IF ITS THE "RIGHT PLACE" TO COMPLAINT ABOUT MY CAR'S SAFETY. MY CAR'S HEADLIGHTS ARE GOING OUT THE WHOLE TIME WHILE I AM DRIVING AND I HAVE TO RESET THEM BY TURNING THE SWITCH OFF AND THEN BACK ON IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM WORKING FOR COUPLE MINUTES. AFTER SOME MINUTES THE SAME PROCEDURE. I WENT TO AN AUDI DEALER AND THEY WONT "REPRODUCE" THE ERROR. THEY SAY THAT ONCE WE CONNECT IT TO OUR DATABASE AND WE READ NO ERROR THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. I LOOKED INTO IT (ONLINE) FOR COUPLE WEEKS NOW AND I READ THE SAME STORIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY OWN CARS FROM YEARS 2000- 2006 . THEY SAID THEY CONTACT AUDI AND AUDI IGNORES THEM. THAT'S WHY I AM COMING TO YOU. IT IS SO DANGEROUS THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT WHILE WE RE DRIVING AND YET NOBODY CAN HELP US TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. *TR