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2006 Audi A4 Cabriolet Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 13, 2017
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 27, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Audi A4 Cabriolet. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Airbags
Filed May 13, 2017

TAKATA RECALL AIRBAG FAULT WITH WAS DETECTED BY A MECHANICS COMPUTER DURING A REGULAR SERVICE/MAINTENANCE APPOINTMENT OF MY VEHICLE. I WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT YOU REGARDING THE TAKATA RECALL.

NHTSA ID
10985547
Incident
Apr 6, 2017
Mileage
29,500 mi
ElectricalEnginePowertrain (other)
Filed Mar 31, 2017
Crash reported

TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN,I HAVE WRITTEN 3,292 CHARACTER AND AM DELETING KEY POINTED OF MY STORY MY LAW HAS COPIED ALL DOCUMENTATION AND WILL SEND OUT A VERIFIED FORMAL LETTERAM WRITING IN REGARDS TO A FEW PAST EXPERIENCES AM AN INJURY ATTORNEY IN NEW YORK DUBLIN LAW FIRM FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ADD ME AND MY CLIENT SUFFERED INJURIES DUE TO YOUR CONCOIUS UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR EARLY AND LATE MODEL VEHICLES I PURCHASED A 2006 AUDI A4 WITH 60K MILES FOR MY ELDERLY FROM A REPUTABLE AUDI DEALER "CHAMPION I HAVE PURCHASED AND SERVICED MANY VEHICLE THEIR IN THE PAST 10 YEARS MY MOTHER IS A VERY PRESERVATIVE LADY SHE DOES NOT ENJOY OR BETTER LIKE DRIVING EXPENSIVE VEHICLE AS SHE SEE IT AS A DEPRESSION TING VALUES WE AGREED ON A 2006 AUDI A4 I WANTED SOMETHING WITH A LOT OF SAFETY FEATURES. I TRAVEL 6 TIMES A MONTH BACK AND FORTH FROM SF TO NEW YORK AND CENTRAL U.S I HAVE PUT ABOUT 4K INTO HER VEHICLE BETWEEN SAFETY ITEM DRYROTTED TIRES BRAKES ETC MORE THEN 60% OF MY EXPENSES HAVE BEEN ENGINE REPAIRS. THE WORSE EXPENSE WAS THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND THE TURBO NEED REPLACING $3500 SHE WAS AT THE DEALER AND CONTACTED ME JUST TO GET MY ADVISE I TOLD THE SERVICE WRITER I WANTED TO PAY. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME SHE HAS TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE SO I TRY MY BEST TO DO IT FOR HER IT'S NOT A TRUST ISSUE WITH AUDI DEALER OR SERVICES ADVISORS IS THAT SHE WANTS MY OPINION IT AR SHE PUTS LESS THEN 4 THOUSAND MILES, VEHICLE FOR MAINTENANCE BUT I ADVISE MY ASSOCIATES TO ADVISE YOUR SERVICE ADVISORS WORK UNDERUNNING OUT OF CHARACTERS)!!WILL BE EXPECTING A CALL A SETTLEMENT ON WHOM EVER IS IN CONSUMER AFFAIRS FOR AUDI INTERNATIONALHERE'S MY DIRECT NUMBER IN CASE YOU'VE HAD A SIMILAR OR WORSE CITATION AND WANT REPRESENTATION WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP 305-600SEVEN05ONE THANKS SINCERELY [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10969664
Incident
Mar 30, 2017
Exterior lighting
Filed Jan 27, 2017

RIGHT DIPPED HEADLAMP ISSUE RESULTING DIAGNOSIS AFTER NEW HEADLAMP ($125) AND ISSUE STILL CONTINUED WITH NEED TO REPLACE HEADLAMP IGNITION NOW ($950). I SEE ONLINE AT THIS IS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM IN MODELS FROM MY YEAR? AND BELIEVE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF WEED CALL AND REIMBURSEMENT. THE ISSUE OCCURRED SPORADICALLY SEEMING TO BE FIXED ONLY TO GO BACK OUT WITH NO SPECIFIC REASON...BOTH SITTING, DRIVING, TURNING CORNERS, OR HITTING BUMPS. THIS CREATE A SAFETY ISSUE OF PARTICULARLY WHEN THE HEADLAMP GOES OUT AT NIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10947961
Incident
Jan 23, 2017
Mileage
80,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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