2013 Audi Allroad

STEERING NOT FLUID, BEGIN TURN, FALL IS INE, THEN RESISTANCE, , THEN EASIER AGAIN, THEN MORE RESISTANCE. NOTCHY ALMOST LIKE THE STEERING IS REFUSING TO TURN. STEERING RESPONSE/FEEL IS CONFUSINGLY ERRATIC TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSETTLING. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS NOT UNUSUAL, RUSTING U JOINT,. REPLACED INTERMEDIATE, STEERING SHAFT. AT COST OF OVER $600. 33,000 MILES ON CAR. WITH ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE BY DEALER. CAR NEVER IN ACCIDENT AND NO BODY RUST. EXCELLENT CONDITION OTHERWISE.

2013 AUDI A4 ALLROAD WITH 70K MILES - THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BECOME INCREDIBLY 'NOTCHY' AND OFFERS VERY INCONSISTENT FEEDBACK WHILE DRIVING. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE FEELING IS THAT THE EXPERIENCE LEAVES ME FEELING AS THOUGH THE STEERING WHEEL IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRONT WHEELS FOR CERTAIN INTERVALS OF TIME BEFORE RE-ENGAGING. THIS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS ISSUE WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO DRIFT IN THE LANE, WITH CONSTANT DRIVER INPUT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A REASONABLY STRAIGHT TRAJECTORY. THIS IS A KNOWN AUDI ISSUE FOR THE 2013 MODEL YEARS WITH ELECTRIC STEERING, YET NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. THIS IS DANGEROUS.

THE COMPLETE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL STEERING SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAD COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HAD LEFT THE CAR WITH THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES. THEY KEPT GIVING IT BACK TO ME, TELLING ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, THAT THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT THERE WHERE NUMEROUS REPORTS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND ON THE AUDI FORUMS THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE A THOUSAND CURES FOR THE COMMON COLD ON THE INTERNET. WHEN THEY SPOKE WITH AUDI USA THEY CLAIM THAT AUDI USA DISAVOWED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL COMPONENT PROBLEM. I FINALLY LEFT THE CAR WITH THE DEALER FOR A WEEK AND THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE ENTIRE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL STEERING COMPONENTS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS HIDDEN DEFECT AND THAT AUDI USA IS BE ENTIRELY DISHONEST ABOUT THIS. THIS CAR COULD HAVE KILLED ME OR ANYONE ELSE THAT WAS DRIVING IT OR RIDING IN IT. THE ONLY REASON THIS CAR WAS FIXED WAS BECAUSE I WAS PERSISTENT. I WAS CONTINUALLY TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AS AN OFF LEASE CAR WITH 36,000 MILE IN OCTOBER 2016. I STARTED NOTICING THIS PROBLEM SOON AFTER I BOUGHT IT AND TOOK INTO THE DEALER IN EARLY JANUARY 2017. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL STEERING COMPONENTS (THEY REFER TO THIS AS 'THE RACK') WASN'T DONE UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY 2017. WITHOUT BEING OVERLY DRAMATIC I HAD TO DRAG THEM KICKING AND SCREAMING THAT I WAS CRAZY UNTIL THEY FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE SCARIEST PART OF ALL THIS IS THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER DROVE THIS CAR FOR 36,000 MILES WITH THIS PROBLEM. THEN I WAS SOLD THE CAR AS A AUDI CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED CAR. AND WORSE I AM CONVINCED THAT AUDI USA WAS FULLY AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. AND HAS HIDDEN THEM. THIS WAS A CONTINUAL ON GOING PROBLEM WHENEVER THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS.

THE STEERING WILL NOT ALLOW THE DRIVER THE ABILITY TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. IT PULLS FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS A MAGNET ON BOTH SIDES OF CENTER PULLING YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IT SEEMS TO BE TEMPERATURE RELATED. ONCE THE CAR GETS WARM, OR THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE GETS WARMER, THE PROBLEM IS NOT AS PRONOUNCED. AUDI SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS IS A CONCERN WHEN DRIVING WHEN IT IS COLD AND ICY OUT. PULLING SIDE TO SIDE SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY CONCERN. APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MODELS THAT USE THIS NEW ELECTRONIC STEERING MECHANISM. *TR