Audi S4 Complaints (2001)

87 consumer complaints on file.

#10204658October 2, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
CENTER OF THE DASH GAUGE CLUSTER FAILURE. LINES OF INFORMATION (PIXELS) DISAPPEAR LITTLE BY LITTLE UNTIL THE GAUGE READOUT IS UNREADABLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204660October 2, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY 2001 AUDI S4 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH ITS GAUGE CLUSTER, AND THE PROBLEMS HAVE GROWN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THE INFORMATION DISPLAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CAR WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND THE SAFETY OF DAILY DRIVING. VEHICLE WARNINGS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE CLUSTER WHICH IS NOW UNREADABLE. IT WAS THE INTENT OF AUDI FOR THIS PART TO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THE DRIVER WITH NEEDED SAFETY INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204667October 2, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 AUDI S4. THE LIGHTS FOR THE CENTER LED SCREEN FAILED. THE SCREEN WAS USED TO DISPLAY WARNING INDICATORS, INDEPENDENTLY OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CENTER CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000. *UPDATED 12/27/07 *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204542October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
DASHBOARD LCD DISPLAY FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204552October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
(1) DRIVING MY VEHICLE (2) CENTER DASH DIGITAL DISPLAY FAILURE, MISSING AND FADED PIXELS (3) NONE, DISPLAY SHOWS INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT VEHICLE WARNINGS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204541October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE LED CENTER DISPLAY IN THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER IS FAILING ON MY 2001 AUDI S4. THE CLUSTER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY THE DEALER, BUT IS FAILING AGAIN. THE CENTER DISPLAY IS USED TO SHOW IMPORTANT SAFETY MESSAGES SUCH AS DANGEROUSLY LOW OIL LEVELS, BRAKE PADS NEEDING REPLACEMENT, ETC. AUDI WILL ONLY REPLACE THESE FOR FREE UNDER WARRANTY AND CHARGES AN ARM AND A LEG TO REPLACE OUT OF WARRANTY. APPARENTLY THE CENTER DISPLAY IS NOT SEPARATELY REPLACEABLE AND THE WHOLE GAUGE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS ALSO WAS AN ISSUE ON MY 1998 AUDI A4, BUILT ON THE SAME 'B5' PLATFORM AS MY CURRENT S4. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON MANY MODEL YEARS THAT AUDI OF AMERICA IS CHOOSING TO IGNORE AND HOPE THAT IT WILL GO AWAY AS THESE CARS AGE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE AS MORE AND MORE CLUSTERS GO BAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204546October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
CENTER DISPLAY OF GAUGE CLUSTER, DISPLAYS CRITICAL WARNING SYSTEMS. FAULTY, INTERMITTENT AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF PIXEL DISPLAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204555October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ON A 2000 B5 S4 AND A 2001 B5 S4 AVANT. THE PIXELS IN THE CENTER OF THE DASH QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. IT GETS WORSE IN HOT OR COLD WEATHER. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON BOTH S4 AUDIS THAT I HAVE OWNED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204562October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
CLUSTER DISPLAY FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204594October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
CENTER DISPLAY DOES NOT WORK - DEAD PIXELS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204599October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY CENTER DISPLAY IS UN-READABLE. THE LCD PIXELS ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. CANNOT READ ANY OF THE CHECKS THE ENGINE GOES THROUGH, ALMOST CANNOT SEE THE NEED-GAS LIGHT. IT GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204618October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
INFORMATION CLUSTER DISPLAY ON DASHBOARD HAS A ROW OF DEFECTIVE PIXELS THAT DO NOT ILLUMINATE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204631October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2001 AUDI S4 NO LONGER FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, WHICH MEANS I CANNOT READ VITAL SAFETY INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204633October 1, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MISSING PIXELS IN THE CENTER DASH CLUSTER DISPLAY. THE DISPLAY SEEMS TO BE DEGRADING OVER TIME. OVER TIME I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEE USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE DISPLAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204496September 30, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY VEHICLES INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DOES NOT WORK! IT IS CLEARLY STATED IN THE USER MANUAL THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS FOR MY CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY TO PREVENT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE DUE TO CERTAIN MALFUNCTIONS. I WOULD SAY THAT 90% OF AUDI OWNERS I KNOW, CONSTANTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS EITHER FADING OR GOING COMPLETELY OUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I CANT EVEN SEE VITAL FUNCTIONS THAT MY CAR IS TELLING ME, I HEAR BEEPS SIGNALING SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HAVE TO CONSTANTLY GO TO THE SHOP TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC SCAN ON MY CAR SINCE NOT EVEN THE SHOP CAN JUST LOOK AT IT AND TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE MID JULY AND BELL AUDI IN RAHWAY WANTS TO CHANGE ME $800.00 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED DUE TO SAFETY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204433September 29, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
(1) USUALLY IN HOT WEATHER (2) THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (DRIVER INFORMATION) DISPLAY IS UNREADABLE. THIS DISPLAY PROVIDES AUTO-CHECK SYSTEM INFORMATION. MALFUNCTIONS OR URGENT REPAIRS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DISPLAYED BY RED (PRIORITY 1) OR YELLOW (PRIORITY 2) LIGHT SYMBOLS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THESE NOTIFICATIONS ARE THERE TO REMIND THE DRIVER THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS WHICH SHOULD BE CORRECTED FOR BOTH CONVENIENCE & SAFETY, AND TO PREVENT THE RISK OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. A PERSON COULD GET STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, OR WORSE GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, IF NOT NOTIFIED IN THE CORRECT MANNER. (3) NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE UNIT REPLACEMENT COSTS AROUND $700-$900. I HAVE SEARCHED ON FORUMS, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, REGARDLESS OF THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. AUDI OF AMERICA SHOULD CONSIDER RECALLING AND FIXING THIS EQUIPMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204438September 29, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
THE LCD DISPLAY SCREEN IN THE CENTER OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS UNREADABLE, MANY MISSING LINES AND PIXELS, IT NOTIFIES ME OF VITAL SAFETY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OF MY CAR AND/OR PARTS FAILURE. REAR VIEW MIRROR ALSO NOT WORKING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204945September 28, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 AUDI S4. THE ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE PARTIALLY READABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PIXELS ON THE PANEL FAIL TO PROPERLY ILLUMINATE, HOWEVER, THE SPEEDOMETER IS WORKING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE JUNE OF 2007. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,655.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204313September 27, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 AUDI S4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS A LCD DISPLAY SCREEN WITH LINES GOING THROUGH IT, WHICH PREVENTS HIM FROM READING THE GAUGES. AFTER A FEW DAYS, HIS VISIBILITY WAS ZERO. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROL CLUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10199724August 15, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
BRAKE BOOSTER CHECK VALVE FAILS CAUSING VAC HOSE FEEDING TO BOOSTER UNIT TO BECOME TOTALLY SEPARATED FROM VALVE. RESULT IS NO BRAKE ASSIST. THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN MY 2001 AUDI S4!!!! AT HIGHWAY SPEED! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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