2005 Audi A4

2005 AUDI CABRIOLET; BACK WINDOW CAME UNGLUED; DEALER TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY. SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FLORIDA HEAT; TALKING WITH AN UPHOLSTERY, HE REPORTED 5 AUDI CABRIOLET'S COMING IN THE LAST WEEK WITH SEPARATED BACK WINDOW JUST HERE IN NAPLES, FL. ALSO THE ECU TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE IS OUT, WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE, INDICATOR LIGHTS FLASHING; DEALER OF COURSE SAID IT IS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM, WHICH I CAN SEE FROM MY RESEARCH IT IS! *TR

AUDI A4 A6 ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). MY 2005 A4 CAR HAD APPROX 45,000 MILES WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS TAKING THE CAR IN FOR AM OIL CHANGE SO I HAD THEM CHECK THE ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TCM AND THE CAR WAS REGISTERING FAULTY SAFETY CODES. I WAS INFORMED THAT IF I DID NOT GET IT FIXED THE CAR COULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING OR THE TRANSMISSION COULD BURN UP WHILE DRIVING. I ASKED WAY THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL AS IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE CAR COULD SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING CAUSING SEVERE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. THE UNIVERSITY AUDI SERVICE REPR (JORDAN) STATED IT WAS UP TO AUDI HQ TO MAKE SUCH A CALL. I ASKED IF HE HAD SEEN OTHER ISSUES. HE STATED YES THAT IS WHY AUDI CAME UP WITH AN UPDATED PART. I STATED WELL IF THERE WAS AN UPDATED PART THAT MEANS THE OLD PART WAS NO GOOD AND A RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUE. I CALLED AUDI HQ AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY TRACK THE FREQUENCY OF PART REPLACE AND DETERMINE A RECALL BASED ON THAT. I REPLIED WHAT ABOUT SAFETY AND THE DEATH OR INJURY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS. WHY WOULD YOU NOT EVALUATE AN ISSUE FOR RECALL BASED ON SAFETY? SHE INDICATED AUDI VALUES ITS CUSTOMERS, BUT RELIES ON DEALERS TO REPORT ISSUES. SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE IS IN DENIAL OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFETY AND LIVES OF AUDI CAR OWNERS. THEN, I WAS TOLD THE AMOUNT OF MORE THAN $1800 DOLLARS. I SAW SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE TCM AND COST OF MORE THAN $2500. NOW I KNOW WHY THEY DID NOT WANT TO ISSUE THE RECALL, BUT INSTEAD UPDATE A PART AND CHARGE ITS CUSTOMERS VERSUS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY ISSUE. I PAID FOR THE REPAIRS, AS IT IS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. I DID NOT WANT TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR WITHOUT THE REPAIRS AS THE DEALER CLEARLY STATED THERE WERE SAFETY CONCERNS. IS THIS ANOTHER HIDDEN TOYOTA SITUATION WHERE THE DEALER IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PROFITS OVER SAFETY? *TR

I OWN A 2005 AUDI A4. THREE MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WITH THE ODOMETER AT 24,616, THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT ON MY CAR STARTED SIGNALING A FAULT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, BOARDWALK AUDI IN PLANO, TEXAS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE UNIT WAS ABOUT TO GO OUT AND THAT THE CAR COULD JUST STOP WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. THE REPAIR COST WOULD BE $1490 AND IT WOULD TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO GET THE TCU BECAUSE OF BACK ORDERS. IF FACT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME WAS THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO ORDER SEVERAL OF THESE PARTS (NOTE - AT THIS ONE DEALERSHIP) AND THAT IT HAS TAKEN AT LEAST A WEEK TO GET THEM IN. I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE SUPERVISOR AND SERVICE MANAGER AND THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR 50% OF THE REPAIRS. BOTH REMARKED THAT IT WAS TAKING TWO OR SOMETIMES THREE WEEKS TO GET THE PART BECAUSE OF BACK ORDERS. IT SEEMS LIKE, WITH THAT LEVEL OF INCIDENTS, THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THAT TYPE OF FAILURE WITH LESS THAN 25,000 MILES. II REPORTED IT TO AUDI AMERICA WHO RESPONDED WITH COMPLETE INDIFFERENCE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE ESTIMATED COST OF $2,000. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS FOR THE PART TO BE AVAILABLE DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 51,000. UPDATED 6/15/09 *CN UPDATED 06/16/09.*JB

AUDI A4 ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES AT WILL. DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR ALL THE TIME. THEN CAR MUST BE TURNED OFF AND ON TO GET IT INTO REVERSE GEAR. ENGINE RACES UPON ACCELERATION, OR DOWNSHIFTS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS INTO LOW GEAR CAUSING LOSS OF SPEED. COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE. UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED. MY PEACE OF MIND IS SHATTERED. CAR AT DEALERSHIP NOW FOR REPAIR WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO COST $1500. THE INTEGRITY OF THE AUTO IS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRED. *TR

THE VEHICLE HESITATES FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. FROM JUNE 23RD, 2005, WHEN I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR, UNTIL JULY 1,2005, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN T-BONED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, 3 TIMES. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS!! I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER ON JULY THE 1ST. THEY TOLD ME THEN THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE. I THEN CONTACTED AUDI CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING BY THEM. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I BELEIVE THEY HOPE IT WILL GO AWAY. I HAVE NO WAY OF CHECKING, BUT I WILL GUESS THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEMS AND HAS CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS.