4.1% of complaints about the 2005 Audi A4 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2005 vehicle — around the middle of the 245 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is exterior lighting (101 complaints), typically at 6.1 yr or about 59,000 miles.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedan, A4 Avant, S4 Avant and S4 Sedan, 2007-2008 RS4 Sedan, 2004 RS4 Cabriolet, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet and S4 Cabriolet, 2005-2011 A6 Sedan, 2006-2011 A6 Avant, and 2007-2011 S6 Sedan vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occur
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet, S4 Cabriolet, A6 Avant, A6 Sedan and S6 Sedan vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Additionally, unless included in "Zone B" above, Volkswagen is recalling certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Avant, A4 Sedan, A6 Sedan, S4 Avant and S4 Sedan vehicles,
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2011 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Volkswagen is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Audi A4, and 2005-2008 Audi A6 vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Distri
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The Gates Corporation (Gates) is recalling certain aftermarket Tru-Flow Water Pumps, part number TFW 41127, sold at certain NAPA Auto Parts and/or installed by automotive service technicians after November 1, 2013 (and manufactured August 2013 through October 2013) that have a black-colored pulley/sprocket or do not have 'US9377' stamped on the water pump housing. These service replacement parts were sold for use in model year 1999-2005 Audi A4, 2000-2006 Audi TT, 1998-2005 Volkswagen Beetle, 1999-2006 Golf, 1999-2008 and 2011-2013 Volkswagen Jetta, and 2000-2005 Volkswagen Passat. In the af
A failure of the timing belt may cause the engine to shut down, potentially increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
CONTACT STATES: BOUGHT A NEW 2005 AUDI, A4 AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT STAYS ON, AND AIR BAG MECHANISM WILL HAVE TO REPLACED. THIS IS AN AUDI A4, 2005.*AK
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOUR TIMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER EACH TIME, BUT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP CLEANED THE SENSOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT, REPAIRED THE AIRBAG, REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG, AND PERFORMED WIRING REPAIRS. THE REPAIRS WERE MINOR AND ONLY LASTED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. *AK
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED APPROX. MID JANUARY, 2009. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING TO THIS FAILURE. SINCE THE LIGHT ORIGINALLY TURNED ON, IT HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE TECHNICIANS DESCRIBED THIS PROBLEM AS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE IN THE 2005 AUDI A4'S. HE STATED THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED SO FREQUENTLY THAT HE KNEW THE PROBLEM BEFORE HOOKING THE VEHICLE UP TO DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT. THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MANAGER. *TR
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