NHTSA Complaint #10481272 — 2006 AUDI A4

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON OCTOBER 17, 2012, THE 2006 AUDI A4 THAT I WAS DRIVING WENT INTO UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION. THE FIRST INSTANCE OCCURRED ABOUT 5:30 PM WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP, AFTER A STOP LIGHT TURNED GREEN, TO A SPEED OF 55 MPH (WHICH WAS THE MAXIMUM SPEED ALLOWED). AS I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED THE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE - EVEN THOUGH I HAD RETRACTED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. TO GET THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL I QUICKLY AND FIRMLY TAPPED THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE THEN SLOWED DOWN. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, I WAS REQUIRED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS CARS IN FRONT OF ME MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN. AFTER THE (3) VEHICLES MADE THEIR TURN, I THEN QUICKLY ACCELERATED THE CAR UP TO THE 45 MPH SPEED LIMIT. AS MY CAR REACHED THE 45 MPH LIMIT I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. BUT. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I THEN CHANGED THE GEAR SHIFT FROM "DRIVE" TO "NEUTRAL". THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SPEED (THE ENGINE WAS "SCREAMING" AT MAXIMUM RPM) BUT I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO "SCREAM" AT MAXIMUM RPM'S UNTIL I TURNED THE KEY TO THE VEHICLE TO THE "OFF" POSITION. BASED ON THE ABOVE, MY WIFE WILL NOT LONGER DRIVE OUR AUDI A4. *TR