2005 Audi A4

2005 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET WITH 38K MILES, CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPS BADLY, WON'T ACCELERATE, LOUD WHINING NOISE WHEN COLD. AUDI HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND EXTENDING WARRANTY FOR 2004 AND EARLIER VEHICLES, BUT NOT 2005 MODELS, AS SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR VEHICLES WITH THE SAME CVT TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY AUDI DEALERSHIP AS NEEDING NEW TRANSMISSION AND PROVIDED A QUOTE FOR REPLACEMENT RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION ($6,687.00 AND TAX). AUDI USA AGREED IN WRITING TO ASSIST WITH THE EXPENSE BY COVERING 50% OF TOTAL COST TO REPAIR. VEHICLE OWNER CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND RELIABILITY WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN TRAFFIC. *JS

BI-XENON DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEEDS. HAVE TO POWER OFF AND ON THE HEADLIGHTS WHILE DRIVING TO GET THE LIGHT TO WORK AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. AUDI SERVICE WAS NEVER ABLE TO ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM OR FIX IT ON MULTIPLE VISITS FOR SERVICE ON THE CAR. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE... *TR

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY, I WOULD GET THE "DIPPED LIGHT" WARNING ON MY DISPLAY, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF. I HAVE HAD THIS CHECKED AT THE SERVICE DEPT AND NO FAULTS WERE FOUND ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION INITIALLY. THEN, THE HEADLIGHT BULB WAS REPLACED AT ONE POINT AS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE DEPT OF THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I NOTICED THAT IT OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY IN COLD WEATHER. THE ONLY WAY TO TEMPORARILY RESOLVE IT DURING DRIVING IS TO PULL OVER, TURN LIGHTS OFF AND TURN BACK ON. SOMETIMES THEY WOULD DIP AGAIN AFTER DRIVING FOR A SHORT DISTANCE AND I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER AGAIN. I COMPLAINED TO AOA CUSTOMER SERVICE IN EARLY 2013. I WAS TOLD THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A "COURTESY PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT" OF THE COST OF HEADLIGHT BULB REPLACEMENT. T I HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE CHECK TO DATE. THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITHIN THE FIRST FEW YEARS AFTER PURCHASE OF THE NEW VEHICLE AND CONTINUE/REPEATS EVERY WINTER FOR THE LAST 7-8 YEARS. I FOUND MANY OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN MANY ONLINE FORUMS INCLUDING THIS NHTSA DATABASE BUT IT IS DISAPPOINTING THAT NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE THUS FAR. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE HEADLIGHT WOULD SUDDENLY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

STOPPED ON A HILL AT A STOP LIGHT, WENT TO GO AND CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND DIED. HAD TO IMMEDIATELY APPLY BRAKES, CAR STARTED AGAIN. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. WE ARE SECOND OWNER, HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS ALREADY REPLACED AT 49,000 MILES - UNDER WARRANTY TO OTHER OWNER. NOW, AT 130K MILES WE ARE BEING TOLD IT HAS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT IS A DANGER TO DRIVE AS THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL OR EVEN THE GEARS COULD SLIP CAUSING DANGER TO THE PASSENGERS. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF AUDI TRANSMISSION, KNOWN AS "MULTITRONIC" OR "CVT" HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND FAILURES. WE PAID 12K FOR THIS CAR USED AND HAVE A MAJOR MALFUNCTION WITHIN A YEAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAVE CONTINUOUSLY GOTTEN THE "DIPPED LIGHT" WARNING ON MY DISPLAY. MY LIGHTS PROCCEDED TO FLICKER AND THEN SHUT OFF. I WAS DRIVING RIGHT NEXT TO A CAR AND HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T COME ON. IT TOOK 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE HEADLIGHTS RETURNED TO NORMAL. I WAS EXTREMELY SCARED WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES SINCE THEN. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS AND THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I KNOW THERE IS A TSB FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT I THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR A RECALL AS I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY. *JS

LEFT AND RIGHT HEADLIGHTS DIPPED AUTOMATICALLY, WILL ALSO GO OFF; HEADLIGHT WILL ALSO FLICKER BEFORE DIPPING; HAVE GONE TO HAVE FIXED BUT DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM; THEY INDICATE THEY NEED TO GET THEM TP REPLICATE THE ERROR BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE; THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER APPEARS NOT WILLING TO FIX; APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH AUDI'S OVERALL; *TR