2003 Audi A4

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION WHO DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 06V017000 REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED.

AFFECTED VEHICLE: 2003 AUDI A4 SEDAN. AIR BAG FAILURE LIGHT REMAINED ON, NO PRIOR ACCIDENT OR EVENT THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE LIGHT TO REMAIN ON. HAD PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY AUDI DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY A FAULTY AIRBAG IGNITER IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IGNITER REPLACED WITH A NEW PART FROM AUDI BUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. TRANSPORT CANADA HAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM FOR THE SAME VEHICLE, 2003 AUDI A4. TRANSPORT CANADA RECALL # IS 2002221 AND DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON: (HTTP://WWW.TC.GC.CA/ROADSAFETY/RECALLS/RECALL_E.ASP?RECNO=10276&). TRANSPORT CANADA REPORTS THAT CANADIAN AUDI DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIRBAG UNITS ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. NHTSA HAS A SIMILAR RECALL FOR THE 2003 AUDI A6 AND THE NHTSA RECALL ID IS 02V275000 AND DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON: (HTTP://WWW.AUTOMALLUSA.NET/2003/AUDI/A6/RECALLS.HTML). NHTSA REPORTS THAT AUDI USA DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE AIR BAGS ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. *JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS BETWEEN JANUARY 2006 AND MAY 2006, AFTER FULLY STEPPING ON AND SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR. I THEN QUICKLY PRESSED ON AND RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE THE THROTTLE FINALLY LET UP AND THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. AFTER BOTH OCCASIONS, I CHECKED THE FLOOR MAT AND IT WAS SECURED TO THE FLOOR AND AWAY FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *JB

OUR 2003 A4 HAS FAILED TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE CAR STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I LEARNED ABOUT THE RECALL ON FUEL PUMPS AND CONTACTED AUDI USA AS OUTLINED IN NHTSA WEB SITE. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL. WHEN I SHOWED IT TO THEM THEY SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NEW PUMPS AND MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO PLACE AN "IN STOCK" POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE PUMP IN MY CAR UNTIL THE NEW PUMPS ARRIVE. I TOLD THEM I DID NOT WANT THE OLD PUMP BECAUSE MY FAMILY HAD BEEN LUCKY TO ESCAPE INJURY IN THE FIRST TWO FAILURES. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION. IN SUM, AUDI HAS INTENTIONALLY PLACED MY FAMILY AT RISK BY INSTALLING A POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE PART IN OUR CAR. *NM

MY 2003 AUDI QUATTRO 3.0 HEATED SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BEFORE IT SPREAD. A HOLE WAS BURNED IN THE SEAT WHICH AUDI REPLACED. I WAS LUCKY THAT I NOTICED THE FIRE BEFORE I LEFT MY CAR IN MY GARAGE OR ELSE THE CAR AND HOUSE COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THE AUDI DEALER TOLD ME THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN THEIR ALL ROAD MODEL..IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SEVERELY INJURED FROM THIS TYPE OF DEFECT.*JB

UNDER HARD ACCELERATION, THE THROTTLE ON MY 2003 AUDI A4 BECAME STUCK WIDE OPEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS. IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR, I NEEDED TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION. I WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, AND THE THROTTLE SEEMS TO PERSISTENTLY STICK WHEN THE ENGINE REVS OVER 5000 RPM. I'M PLANNING ON TAKING THIS CAR TO AN AUDI DEALER TOMORROW TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED FURTHER. *JB