2005 Audi A4 complaints

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 N

2005 AUDI A4 QUATTRO WAS SERVICED AT DEALERSHIP IN NASHVILLE TN FOR A RECALL OF COIL PACKS. AFTERWARD THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR WAS SERVICED FOR THE AIR BAG AND A SWITCH UNDER THE SEAT WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. TWO WEEKS LATER THE AIR BAG LIGHT RE-APPEARED. THE DEALER STATES THAT A NEW SENSOR IS NECESSARY. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT MANY AUDI OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE SAFETY PART AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY AUDI. *TR

I OWN A 2005 AUDI A4. ONE OF MY HEADLIGHT CONSTANTLY FLICKERS THEN TURNS OFF. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS IN ANY AND ALL SITUATIONS. COLD, HOT, DAY, NIGHT, MORNING, EVENING, RAINING. THE ONLY SOLUTION AT THE MOMENT IS TO TURN OFF THE HEADLIGHTS FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS THEN RESTART THEM. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AS IT IS NIGHT TIME. THE BULBS THEMSELVES ARE NOT BAD. IT IS AN ELECTRONIC MODULE PROBLEM OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT. I AM AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC SO I HAVE DIAGNOSED THE CAR NUMEROUS TIME. THE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WIDESPREAD. ONE CAN EASILY FIND HUNDREDS OF CASES ON THE FORUMS BY SEARCHING FOR "AUDI FLICKERING HEADLIGHT". I BELIEVE AUDI NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ALL DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. DRIVING AT NIGHT SHOULD NOT INVOLVE TURNING OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND RESTARTING THEM TO RESET THE COMPUTER. *TR

"INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT MALFUNCTION. OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR AND A HALF OF OWNERSHIP, THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT HAS MALFUNCTIONED (TURNED OFF), WITH NO CONSISTENT CAUSE APPARENT. THE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE THAT APPEARS IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION SCREEN IS "LEFT HEADLIGHT DIPPED". THIS CONDITION IS BOTH UNSAFE, AND ILLEGAL - AS MANY STATES WILL ISSUE A TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR DRIVING WITH A NON-FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHT. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 20 TIMES, THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS, THEN GOES OUT, BUT WILL COME BACK ON WHEN THE CAR IS RESTARTED, THEN BE FINE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS AT A TIME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM ON AT LEAST 3 VISITS, AND HAS CLAIMED THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE AND THEY CAN NOT REPRODUCE. THEY HAVE SUGGESTED/GUESSED THAT IT IS THE XENON LIGHT BULB ITSELF, HOWEVER IT HAS CHECKED OUT FINE EACH TIME, AND AS MENTIONED, HAS FUNCTIONED FLAWLESSLY AFTER EACH OCCURRENCE WITH MERELY A RESTART OF THE VEHICLE. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED OR REPLACED, HOWEVER THEY HAVE CLAIMED TO PERFORM A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ON AT LEAST ONE VISIT. ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE (CONVERSATIONAL, AND VIA INTERNET OWNERS' FORUMS) SUGGESTS THAT THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AMONG A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF AUDI'S MODEL RANGE AND YEARS 2005 AUDI A4 3.2 QUATTRO." *TR

ON MY 2005.5 AUDI A4, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS, THEN THE ILLUMINATION TERMINATES. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF, HOWEVER THEY DON'T FIND THE PROBLEM DURING SERVICE . THE ILLUMINATION FLICKERS, CAUSING OTHER DRIVER'S TO TAKE THEIR ATTENTION FROM THE ROAD AND FOCUS ON MY VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, AS IS A LAW IN ILLINOIS, I AM NOT ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH FLASHING OR STROBING WHITE OR BLUE LIGHT, WHICH THIS MALFUNCTION ULTIMATELY DOES. FINALLY, THE LIGHT BEING OUT, CAUSES THE ROADWAY TO BE DARKER AND THUS, MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE. ILLINOIS LAW REQUIRES TWO PROPERLY FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHTS, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE. *TR

AUDI 2005 A4 1.8T SPEED SENSOR FAILS CAUSING CAR TO SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING AND POWER BREAKS BECOME INOPERABLE DUE TO CAR SHUTTING DOWN. *TR

THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR ON BOTH FRONT DOORS HAVE RECENTLY SELF DESTRUCTED, LEAVING THE WINDOWS UNABLE TO BE OPENED OR CLOSED. THE CAR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY EVENT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM OTHER THAN NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND THE WINDOWS. THE DRIVER'S DOOR WINDOW MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE INABILITY TO LOWER THE WINDOW HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR THE DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGERS OF THE CAR. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SHUT OFF DURING DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE. DIPPED HEADLIGHT ERROR DISPLAYS, AND HAPPENS TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS EVENLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE SHE HEARD A HUMMING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, SIX MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

I OWN A 2005 AUDI A4 AND MY HEADLIGHTS KEEP FLICKERING AND THEN GO OUT. EITHER THE RIGHT ONE OR THE LEFT ONE GOES OUT. I'LL GET EITHER A LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT OUT OR RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT OUT WARNING ON THE DASH. IT'S RECENTLY BEEN THE RIGHT ONE GOING OUT BUT IT STARTED WITH LEFT GOING OUT MOST OF THE TIME. THIS HAPPENS MORE THAN 50% OF THE TIME AND IS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY ON THE DARK ROADS I TRAVEL ON AT NIGHT. I'VE ALREADY HIT A DEER IN THIS CAR ONCE, SO THIS ISSUE REALLY CONCERNS ME, AND I CAN'T SEEM TO GET IT FIXED. I'VE NOTICES THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER AUDI OWNERS IN THE FORUMS AND BLOGS I'VE READ ABOUT IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER BUT THE DON'T GET AN ERROR CODE AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIX IT. OTHERS HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS BUT THE ISSUE WILL CONTINUE AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS I'VE NOTICED. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE OR AT IN THE DEALERSHIP BEING ABLE TO DETECT AN ERROR CODE FOR THIS. THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE IT TO THEM WHEN THE HEADLIGHT IS OUT AND THAT IS TO INCONVENIENT AND DEALERSHIPS ARE CLOSED AT NIGHT ANYWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FLICKERED ON AND OFF. WHEN HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES AND THEN BACK ON , THE HEAD LAMP WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CALLED AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

I OWN AN AUDI A4 2.0T 2005.5 (B7). THE DRIVER SIDE XENON HEADLIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY AND SHUT OFF. THIS IS NOT A HEADLIGHT BULB ISSUE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. THE DEALER AWARE OF THIS AND IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE COST. I HAVE READ OF MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING AN ACCIDENT. *TR

2005.5 AUDI A4 WITH XENON LIGHTS. BOTH HEADLIGHTS FLICKER CONSTANTLY AND FREQUENTLY TURN OFF. BY TURNING LIGHTS OFF AND ON, THE BULB COMES BACK ON. IT IS DANGEROUS FOR OTHER DRIVERS (FLASHING HEADLIGHTS) AND FOR ME (NO HEADLIGHTS!). IT IS ILLEGAL, TOO. DEALERSHIPS AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS HAVE SUGGESTED A RANGE OF REPAIRS BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO BE SURE WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS (BALLASTS AND BULBS) ON A REPAIR WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. HAS BEEN HAPPENING THIS WAY FOR YEARS. *TR

I WILL BE DRIVING MY 2005.5 AUDI A4 2.0T AT NIGHT AND RANDOMLY MY HEADLIGHTS WILL START TO FLICKER THAN COMPLETELY FAIL. I HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF THAN BACK ON THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY THEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN SOMETIMES MORE OFTEN. THE PARTS ARE RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE SO I"M PUTTING OFF GETTING IT FIXED. *TR

I OWN A 2005.5 AUDI A4 3.2 QUATTRO. WHILE DRIVING, I CONSTANTLY GET A ERROR MESSAGE "DIPPED RIGHT HEADLIGHT" AND THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS THEN SHUTS OFF. I CAN GET THE HEADLIGHT TO COME BACK ON ONLY IF I TURN OFF THEN ON THE HEADLIGHTS AGAIN WHICH I BELIEVE IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 3X AND PROBLEM STILL NOT FIXED. BASED ON INTERNET CHATS, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING WHICH AUDI HAS YET TO FIND A SOLUTION TO. IT IS AN EVERYDAY SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THE LEFT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO HAS THIS ANNOYING -- AND DANGEROUS -- PROBLEM: 1. THE LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS 2. IT THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF 3. THE MESSAGE "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS 4. THE MESSAGE IS CHANGED TO A SIGN INDICATING THAT THE LIGHTBULB HAS FAILED. IF I TURN THE LIGHT OFF (NOTE: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIVING AT NIGHT HERE) AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN, THE LIGHT WILL BECOME NORMAL AGAIN, FOR ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING A LOT RECENTLY WITH THE COLD WEATHER. I CAN'T TELL FOR SURE WHETHER IT IS TEMPERATURE RELATED. MY AUDI DEALER SAID THAT AUDI KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT -- CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE A REPEAT COMPLAINT, BUT MS. DEMETER SAYS IT IS NOT ON FILE. 2005 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET, 6 CYLINDER (NORMALLY ASPIRATED). SUDDEN PERSISTENT ACCELERATION. I WAS RAPIDLY ACCELERATING FROM ABOUT 25 MPH GOING UP A HILL TRYING TO MAKE A GREEN LIGHT ABOUT .2 MILE AWAY. WHEN I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION, I RELEASED THE PEDAL BUT THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING. FIRM BRAKE PRESSURE SLOWED THE CAR, BUT IT REACCELERATED UNTIL I BROUGHT IT TO A STOP. I MADE SURE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS IN THE "OFF" POSITION, EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT USED IT. I DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES TO THE NEXT MAJOR INTERSECTION, WHERE I STOPPED FOR ALIGHT. WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND IT REDLINED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND REACHED DOWN TO SEE IF THE FLOOR MAT WAS OUT OF PLACE. I GAVE IT A PULL BUT DID NOT FEEL IT OVER THE GAS PEDAL. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, AND SLOWLY ACCELERATED AWAY FORM THE INTERSECTION. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED, EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO REPRODUCE IT. *TR

ON 2005.5 AUDI A4 WITH HID HEADLIGHTS, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND THEN WILL TURN OFF. CONSOLE WILL REPORT "LEFT/RIGHT HEADLIGHT DIPPED". THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, AUDI HAS TAKEN NO ACTION TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2005.5 AUDI A4. MY HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY FLICKER, WHICH IS DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON AUDI-TECH FORUMS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM WITH MANY AUDI VEHICLES. WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR, I USED TO GET A FLICKERING PROBLEM BUT THE DEALERSHIP FIXED IT BY REPLACING THE BULBS. HOWEVER, I DO NOT THINK IT IS THE BULBS BECAUSE THE PROBLEM HAS APPARENTLY FLARED UP AGAIN. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS AS IT MAY BE REASON FOR A RECALL. *TR

DIPPED HEADLIGHT WARNING AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING. BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR SERVICE SAID MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED $200-350 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TAKE ENTIRE BUMPER OFF. I AM DRIVING THIS CAR BECAUSE MY FORMER 2001 A6 CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO HEADLIGHT PANEL IN WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR. CAR BURNT TO THE GROUND ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN LEAVENING JUST THE FRAME. AUDI COULD NOT HAVE CARED LESS, OFFER ME A $2000 INCENTIVE FOR A NEW OR USED AUDI/VOLKSWAGEN. AFTER READING ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS DUE TO LIGHT FLICKERING I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY A4. *TR

AUDI A4 2.0T AVANT - 2005. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE XENON LIGHTS FLICKERING ON AND OFF. TODAY I HAD CARS PULLING OVER IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. THIS OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM CAN BE SEEN AT: HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/ZEROTHREAD?ID=3977997 -AND- HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=23809262 THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

LEFT HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS, DIPPED HEAD LIGHT WARNING COMES ON DASH, LIGHT SHUTS OFF. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE TRAVELING DARK WINDY ROADS. TURNING LIGHTS OFF THEN ON GETS THE LIGHT TO WORK AGAIN. *TR

MY AUDI A4 2005.5 LEFT HEADLIGHT FLICKERS. *TR

I OWN AN AUDI A4 2.0. THIS CAR HAS A PROBLEM OF LOCKING UNEXPECTEDLY AND LEAVING THE DRIVER STRANDED. THE FIRST 2 TIMES I WAS CHECKING MY MAIL AT THE TOP OF THE DRIVEWAY BUT FOUND LOCKED OUT OF THE CAR WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR. FORTUNATELY BEING NEAR THE HOME, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE DUPLICATE KEY AND GET IN. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN MY WIFE STARTED THE CAR AND LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING TO WARM THE CAR WHILE SHE WAS CLEANING THE SNOW. FORTUNATELY A POLICEMAN STOPPED AND HELPED HER UNLOCK THE CAR BUT THE SITUATION WAS BAD AND COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. EACH TIME I TOOK THE CAR, THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY MALFUNCTION. THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS A VISIT TO THE DEALER TODAY. THEY SAID THAT AUDI IS AWARE OF A PROBLEM AND HAS PUT OUT A BULLETIN JUST NOW, ON 02/05/10. CHANGING THE ENTIRE LOCKS FOR THE CAR AT $1,500 WAS THE RECOMMENDED SOLUTION. NOW THE CARE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHEN IT WAS WITHIN THE 50K WARRANTY PERIOD. I CHECKED ON GOOGLE. WHEN YOU SEARCH FOR "LOCKED-OUT AUDI" YOU SEE NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF LOCK MALFUNCTION. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE FIXED IRRESPECTIVE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED OR ELSE A DRIVER CAN GET STRANDED IN A VERY UNFORTUNATE UNSAFE SITUATION. *TR

PRIOR TO STALLING, THE ENGINE WAS MAKING A LOW NOISE, WHICH I HAVE HEARD BEFORE AS A NORM ON COLD DAYS TO WARM UP. *TR

DIPPED HEAD LIGHT MESSAGE WITH HEADLIGHT FLASHING ON AND OFF THEN GOES OUT.....IF YOU TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND PUT THEM BACK ON IT WORKS AGAIN. WAS JUST ON AN AUDI FORM WEB SITE AND I'D SAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH NO FIX FROM AUDI. IT IS NOT SAFE TO HAVE YOUR HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *TR

"INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT MALFUNCTION. OVER THE COURSE OF A FOUR MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAS MALFUNCTIONED (TURNED OFF), WITH NO CONSISTENT CAUSE APPARENT. THE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE THAT APPEARS IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION SCREEN IS "LEFT DIPPED HEADLIGHT". THIS CONDITION IS BOTH UNSAFE, AND ILLEGAL - AS MANY STATES WILL ISSUE A TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR DRIVING WITH A NON-FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHT. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 30 TIMES, THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS, THEN GOES OUT, BUT WILL COME BACK ON WHEN THE CAR IS RESTARTED OR THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THEN COULD BE FINE FOR A WHILE. NOW THAT IT IS COLD OUTSIDE THE PROBLEM IS MUCH WORSE. HAVEN'T TRIED REPLACING PARTS YET SINCE INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND AFTER MUCH EXPENSE THE PROBLEM JUST COMES BACK OR IS NOT RESOLVED. STILL LOOKING FOR THE CORRECT SOLUTION. ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE (CONVERSATIONAL, AND VIA INTERNET OWNERS' FORUMS) SUGGESTS THAT THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AMONG A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF AUDI'S MODEL RANGE AND YEARS." *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2005.5 AUDI A4 EQUIPPED WITH XENON HEADLIGHTS SUFFER FROM INTERMITTENT FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS CAN BEGIN TO FLICKER FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FLICKERING CAN GET WORSE AND ONE HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT. A WARNING READING EITHER "LEFT OR RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS ON THE CAR. THE OTHER HEADLIGHT THAT DID NOT FAIL TYPICALLY REMAINS ON AND CONTINUES TO FUNCTION PROPERLY ALTHOUGH IT HAS ALSO FAILED LEAVING THE CAR WITH NO FUNCTIONAL HEADLIGHTS ON TWO OCCASIONS. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE CYCLED OFF THEN BACK ON THE HEADLIGHTS TURN BACK ON AND MAY FUNCTION PROPERLY OR MAY FLICKER AND FAIL AGAIN. THE PROBLEM BEGAN UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS VERY INFREQUENT. THE PROBLEM NOW OCCURS 50% OF THE TIME WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. TYPICALLY WHILE EXPERIENCING THE FLICKERING HEADLIGHTS I FIND THAT THE SAFEST WAY TO DRIVE IS ONE FAILED HEADLIGHT AS THERE IS THEN NO FLICKERING OF HEADLIGHTS WHICH I WOULD ASSUME IS HIGHLY DISTRACTING TO OTHER DRIVERS. A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR LEFT OR RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT RETURNS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RESULTS WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING AUDI TO CORRECTLY REPAIR THE PROBLEM. AS THE XENON HEADLIGHTS ARE OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT ON THE CARS THE PERCENTAGE OF CARS WITH XENON BULBS AND HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS MIGHT BE FAIRLY HIGH. *TR

ENGINE WAS STARVED OF FUEL ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. APPARENT FUEL PUMP FAILURE WITH NO WARNING. POLICE HAD TO DIRECT TRAFFIC UNTIL VEHICLE COULD BE TOWED. $600 REPAIR TO REPLACE AUDI OEM FUEL PUMP. I KNOW OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BY LOOKING AT CARFAX REPORTS. PUMP WAS PREMATURELY DEFECTIVE. MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT FUEL FILTER WAS CLEAN AND FUNCTIONING (NOT CHANGED). ALSO, CAR NOW SHOWS FAULTY FUEL LEVEL READINGS (MAYBE UNRELATED). INCIDENT DATE 12/21/2009. *TR

2005 AUDI A4 QUATTRO. "RIGHT DIPPED LIGHT". RIGHT BULB GOES OUT AND I GET THE WARNING. ITS BEEN HAPPENING RANDOMLY AND WILL NOT STOP. TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AND BACK ON SOMETIMES CORRECTS THE PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME. *TR

HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. A WARNING MESSAGE COMES UP SAYING "LEFT/RIGHT HEADLIGHT DIPPED". THIS CAN BE CORRECTED BY TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON MY 2005.5 AUDI A4 QUATRO 3.2 SINCE ABOUT 24 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. I HAVE ASKED MULTIPLE DEALERS ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH NO RESOLUTION. DEALER SAID NO CODES ARE IN THE SYSTEM. *TR

PIRELLI TIRE WITH 20,000 MILES BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. *

MY CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 2005 A4 HAD THE XENON HEADLIGHTS CHANGED 3 TIMES IN 1.5 YEARS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. SIX MONTHS AFTER THE 50,000 WARRANTY, THE LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING AND THEN DIMMED AND FLICKERED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH NO WARNING ON THE DISPLAY. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $430 FOR THE TWO LIGHTS AND $236 DOLLARS INSTALLATION COST. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR ~ 1.7 YEARS AND HAD FIVE NEW HEADLIGHTS. I AM NOT AUDI'S QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON TO GET THEM BACK ON AND ITS VERY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. ITS IS SCARY TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2005 AUDI A4 SEDAN VIBRATE AND FAIL, SENDING AN ERROR MESSAGE READING "DIPPED HEADLIGHT FAILURE". THIS HAPPENS MORE WHEN IT'S COLD OR WET. VARIOUS ITEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT. NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS DANGEROUS CONDITION IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, IF THE DEALER IS CAPABLE OF REPAIRING. I'M LEARNING THAN MANY OTHER AUDI OWNERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO TRIP. FIRST OCCURRENCE FAULT INDICATED DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG UPPER LIMIT EXCEED. REPLACED DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG AND CONNECTORS. CAR WAS 47 DAYS OUTSIDE 4 YR WARRANTY WITH ONLY 42K MILES. 5 MONTHS LATER LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED AGAIN, LIGHT CAME ON AFTER ONE DAY. SERVICE TECH STATED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW IF AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. INSTRUCTED TO PUT A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES ON CAR. SCHEDULE TO GO BACK TO DEALER THIS WEEK. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING. MESSAGE ON DASH READS 'DIPPED HEADLAMP'. HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN BACK ON IF LIGHT SWITCH IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND MANY TIMES NOW, THE LIGHTS HAVE TURNED OFF ON THE FREEWAY OR ON DARK MOUNTAINOUS ROAD SECTION. THE LIGHTS TURNED OFF APPROXIMATELY 100 TIMES DURING A 2600 MI TRIP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 AUDI A4 WHICH WAS PURCHASED JANUARY 30, 2006. HE STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WHEN SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND SAW BLACK SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. SOMEONE PASSING BY ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE WITH A STANDARD FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE WAS NEAR THE BATTERY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS ELECTRICAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 68,000. UPDATE 12/14/09 *CN UPDATED 12/16/09*JB

I BOUGHT 4 BF GOODRICH TRACTION T/A'S FROM BIG O TIRES IN SAN RAMON, CA FOR MY 2005 AUDI A4 2.0T, AND WITHIN A YEAR (12,000 MILES) THE FRONT TWO WERE SHOWING CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALL, ONE OF WHICH INTO THE CORDS. THAT TIRE GOT REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THE ASSISTANT MANAGER AT BIG O, JAMES, TOLD ME "IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME", AND "PROBABLY FROM RUBBING AGAINST CURBS". HE THOUGHT THE ONE THAT JUST HAD SURFACE CRACKING AROUND AND NO DAMAGE TO THE CORDS WAS OKAY TO NOT REPLACE "SHOULD BE FINE". ONE AND A HALF MONTHS AND ONE FREEWAY BLOWOUT LATER, IT'S OBVIOUS THE TIRES WERE ALL BAD FOR SOME REASON. THE BACK TWO: ONE NOW SHOWING SAME SIDEWALL CRACKS AND THE OTHER ONE BLEW OUT. FRONT ONE NOT REPLACED IS MORE PRONOUNCED. THE BLOWOUT HAD THE TREAD FULLY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. JAMES, WHEN I CAME BACK TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THESE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE TIRES, SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME TRYING TO REFUTE THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND EVEN TRIED TO ARGUE THAT THEY WERE THE WRONG TIRE FOR THE CAR (A STUPID ARGUMENT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, INCLUDING THAT THEY SOLD THEM TO ME AND THAT THEIR WEBSITE STILL RECOMMENDS IT FOR MY CAR....HE CALLS TO THEIR "TECH CENTER" TO PROVE HIS POINT, ONLY TO FIND OUT HE WAS WRONG...WHAT A WASTE OF TIME). NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS NO MENTION OR CONCERN ABOUT MY FAMILY'S SAFETY; A BUSINESS THAT SHOULD MAKE CUSTOMER SAFETY THE #1 PRIORITY SHOULD AT LEAST SAY SOMETHING LIKE "WAS EVERYONE OKAY", OR "I'M SORRY TO HEAR YOU HAD SOMETHING SO BAD HAPPEN". INSTEAD IT WAS J

DRIVING AN 2005 AUDI A4 QUATTRO ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND EXPERIENCE ACCELERATION SURGING AND DECELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE ROADWAY AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, EEE MOTORS IN SPRINGFIELD VIRGINIA. EEE MOTORS IDENTIFIED A FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM, HAD VEHICLE SHIPPED TO AUDI OF ALEXANDRIA FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. AUDI DEALER REPORTED FUEL PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS A LOW PRESSURE FUEL SENSOR. APPEARS TO BE SAME PROBLEM AS THAT WHICH RESULTED IN THE 2004 AUDI A4 FUEL PUMP SAFETY RECALL. PLEASE RECALL THIS MODEL YEAR BEFORE SAME SAFETY PROBLEM OCCURS FOR 2005. *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

THE LIGHTS ON MY AUDI A4 3.2 QUATTRO WILL FLICKER AND SOMETIMES GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME. IF I STOP AND PULL OVER THE LIGHTS WILL GO BACK ON, BUT THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER. SOME DAYS I HAVE THE PROBLEM FREQUENTLY- SOMETIMES I'LL GO FOR A STRETCH OF 5-7 DAYS WITH NO PROBLEMS AT NIGHT. AFTER RECENT RESEARCH I HAVE BEEN LEAD TO THIS SITE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND MAKE SOMEONE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MULTIPLE AUDI OWNERS HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM ALSO. I WAS REFERRED FROM FIXYA.COM- AND I HOPE THAT A SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND FOR AUDI OWNERS. THE PROBLEMS THE LIGHTS CAN CAUSE ARE DISTRACTIONS FOR OTHER DRIVERS, AND IT MAY LEAD TO A TICKET OR ANOTHER TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR SAFETY REASONS. THE LIGHTS FLICKER AND A DIPPED LIGHT WARNING WILL APPEAR ON THE DASH AND IT HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE FOR MY VEHICLE IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS. *TR

MY CAR HAS BEEN TAKING TO SERVICE FOR 3 TIMES WITH A PROBLEM ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT MAKES NOISES LIKE GAS GOING OUT OF THE TANK AND WHEN YOU FILL THE GASOLINE INTO THE TANK, SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT IT STOP AND DOES NOT ALOUD YOU TO PUT GAS INTO THE TANK, IT ALSO SPIT OUT THE GAS WHEN YOUR TRYING TO PUT GAS ON THE CAR. *TR

I PURCHASED CERTIFIED PRE OWNED CAR FROM DEALERSHIP-AUDI A4 3.0 QUATTRO, 2005. 2 DAYS LATER I COULD NOT PASS REQUIRED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO "CHECK ENGINE" ISSUE-MISFIRE ON A 6TH CYLINDER. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP A FEW DAYS LATER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED TEMPORARILY AND CAR PASSED THE INSPECTION-'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS RESET BY DEALERSHIP. A FEW MONTHS LATER "CHECK ENGINE" ISSUE CAME BACK AFTER SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE (AT 50,000 MILES) WAS DONE BY AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. PROBLEM WAS TEMPORARILY CORRECTED 2ND TIME. IN DECEMBER 2008 AFTER 3RD TIME "CHECK ENGINE" ISSUE, DEALERSHIP PROPOSED TO REPLACE WHOLE ENGINE IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, WHICH WAS DONE. ON FEBRUARY 11, 2009 DRIVING BACK HOME FROM WORK I'VE NOTICED AN EXHAUST GAS SMELL INSIDE THE CAR, CAR WAS SHAKING AND "CHECK ENGINE " LIGHT WAS "ON"/NOT STEADY. I CONTACTED AUDI CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVOCATES TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND START THE CASE. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR 4TH TIME. THEY PERFORMED NECESSARY STEPS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT FAILED (2 SENSORS WERE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THEM AND "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT STILL "ON"). I WAS INFORMED THAT DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE BACK IN DECEMBER 2008 - THEY ONLY REPLACED LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MISFIRE ON 6TH CYLINDER (UPPER PART OF THE ENGINE). AFTER 3 WEEKS OF WAITING AND CONSTANT REPAIRS I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED PERMANENTLY. FACTS: CAR WA

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

MY 2005 AUDI A4 3.0 QUATTRO HAS 42,000 MILES. WHILE ON VACATION, 300 MILES FROM MY HOME TRAVELING ON PCH IN CALIFORNIA THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. WHILE I WAS GOING UP A SHORT HILL, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED ERRATICALLY, I LOOKED TO SEE THE RPM'S AND THEY FELL TO ZERO. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO RE-START THE CAR. THE CAR WOULDN'T TURN OVER. I CONTACTED AAA AND WAS TOWED TO A SMALL TOWN WHICH WE HAD PASSED 10 MILES EARLIER. THE SHOP DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS A FUEL PUMP FAILURE, BEING NO PRESSURE AND FULL VOLTAGE TO THE FUEL PUMP. $818 LATER, TWO DAYS AND OVER $300 IN RENTAL CAR FEES, HOTEL AND OTHER EXPENSES, MY A4 WAS FIXED. ONCE RESEARCHING ON LINE, THERE WAS A RECALL IN JANUARY 2006 FOR ALL 2003 MODEL YEAR A4, A6 AND PASSATS THAT HAD FAULTY FUEL PUMPS. I HAD THE EXACT SYMPTOMS THAT THESE 2003 OWNERS EXPERIENCED, "SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER." I HAVE CONTACTED AUDI CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY STATE THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, IT WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT, EVEN THOUGH THE SAME FUEL PUMP WAS BEING USED. I KEPT THE FAULTY FUEL PUMP FOR FUTURE INSPECTION. IF THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ON A BUSY FREEWAY, THERE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN CAR-TO -CAR CONTACT OF SOME SORT. *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

2005 AUDI A4 2.0 TURBO. THE HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE SENSOR SAYS "DIPPED LIGHT", NEED TO SHUT LIGHTS OFF AND THEN PUT THEM BACK ON. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY SAY THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM ON ALL THESE CARS BUT, "DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT". THEY CLEANED THE TERMINALS BUT IT DID NOT WORK. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE LIGHTS. *TR

I DRIVE A 2005.5 AUDI A4 2.0T. WHEN I TURN MY HEADLIGHTS ON NEARLY HALF THE TIME THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT SHAKES, THEN FLICKERS, THEN TURNS OFF ONLY TO TURN BACK ON A FEW SECONDS LATER AND THE PROCESS CONTINUES THE ENTIRE DRIVE. UNLESS I TURN THE HEADLIGHTS FROM AUTO TO OFF AND THEN BACK TO AUTO AND IT SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM DURING THIS TRIP. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE AUDI DEALER WHICH I PURCHASED FROM AND THEY TOLD ME THEY FIX IT, THE PROBLEM NOW THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. *TR

I DRIVE A 2005.5 AUDI A4 2.0T. WHEN I TURN MY HEADLIGHTS ON THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT SHAKES, THEN FLICKERS, AND THEN TURNS OFF ONLY TO TURN BACK ON A FEW SECONDS LATER AND THE PROCESS CONTINUES THE ENTIRE DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY TIME I TURN THEM ON. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH MY LIGHTS BEING TURNED OFF, EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO TWO AUDI DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE HEADLIGHT. THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. *TR