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1994 Audi Quattro Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Mar 11, 2002
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1994 Audi Quattro, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Driver assistance1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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From owner reports, verbatim

LIFE THREATENING DEFECT ---URGENT !!! THROTTLE ASSEMBLY STICKS IN WIDE-OPEN POSITION. ACCELERATOR HAS NO CONTROL OF ENGINE SPEED AND CANNOT BE USED TO REDUCE ENGINE SPEED FROM WIDE OPEN STATUS. FAILURE OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND VEHICLE CANNOT BE RESTRAINED EXCEPT BY HEAVY BRAKING OR SWITCHING OFF IGNITION KEY -- A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE TO DO IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR FROM HIGH SPEEDS. IF CAR IS RESTARTED AFTER INCIDENT HAPPENS ENGINE WILL IMMEDIATELY RACE TO FULL RPM AND WILL POTENTIALLY DESTROY ENGINE ITSELF IF NOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF. THIS IS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT! MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO SWITCH OFF IGNITION IN TIME TO STOP SAFELY BY BRAKING (NO POWER ASSIST WITHOUT ENGINE RUNNING.) CAR WAS TOWED TO AUDI DEALER AND DIAGNOSED (AFTER 5-DAYS) AS HAVING DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY --SPECIFICALLY THAT THE THROTTLE BODY "MOTOR" WAS "STUCK." THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED THROTTLE BODY WHICH MUST NOT HAVE A MECHANICAL SAFETY OVERRIDE SYSTEM. COST OF REPAIRS QUOTED AT $1975.00 ($1500 FOR NEW THROTTLE BODY ALONE.) VEHICLE IS PRESENTLY IN UNREPAIRED STATE AND AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY NHTSA IF NECESSARY. I REPEAT --THIS IS A TRULY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING DEFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE REACT QUICKLY TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO DRIVERS OF SIMILAR-EQUIPPED VEHICLES. *AK

NHTSA ID 759207 · filed Mar 11, 2002

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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Data sources

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