2005 AUDI A4 Power Train Problems

WE ARE THE 2ND OWNER OF AN AUDI A4 CONVERTIBLE, PURCHASED IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 WITH 25K MILES. WITHIN TWO YEARS, WE BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND HAD TO HAVE THE TCM REPLACED, WHICH WAS LATER REIMBURSED BY AUDI AS A RESULT OF A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT. IN JANUARY OF 2014, AT 38K MILES, AUDI DIAGNOSED THE TRANSMISSION AS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN COLD, VEHICLE SHUDDERING. ON COMPLAINT TO AUDI, THEY AGREED TO COVER 50% OF THE COSTS, WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $7,000 WHICH RESULTED IN MY WIFE BEING AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER. REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT HALF COST. AT 47K MILES, AGAIN COLD WEATHER, THE PROBLEM HAS WORSENED, VEHICLE OFTEN WON'T REVERSE AND TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP UNEXPECTEDLY. AS THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN SAFELY, MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL IT IS SAFE AGAIN. AS THERE IS DOCUMENTED...

2005 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET WITH 38K MILES, CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPS BADLY, WON'T ACCELERATE, LOUD WHINING NOISE WHEN COLD. AUDI HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND EXTENDING WARRANTY FOR 2004 AND EARLIER VEHICLES, BUT NOT 2005 MODELS, AS SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR VEHICLES WITH THE SAME CVT TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY AUDI DEALERSHIP AS NEEDING NEW TRANSMISSION AND PROVIDED A QUOTE FOR REPLACEMENT RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION ($6,687.00 AND TAX). AUDI USA AGREED IN WRITING TO ASSIST WITH THE EXPENSE BY COVERING 50% OF TOTAL COST TO REPAIR. VEHICLE OWNER CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND RELIABILITY WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN TRAFFIC. *JS

STOPPED ON A HILL AT A STOP LIGHT, WENT TO GO AND CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND DIED. HAD TO IMMEDIATELY APPLY BRAKES, CAR STARTED AGAIN. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. WE ARE SECOND OWNER, HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS ALREADY REPLACED AT 49,000 MILES - UNDER WARRANTY TO OTHER OWNER. NOW, AT 130K MILES WE ARE BEING TOLD IT HAS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. IT IS A DANGER TO DRIVE AS THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL OR EVEN THE GEARS COULD SLIP CAUSING DANGER TO THE PASSENGERS. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF AUDI TRANSMISSION, KNOWN AS "MULTITRONIC" OR "CVT" HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND FAILURES. WE PAID 12K FOR THIS CAR USED AND HAVE A MAJOR MALFUNCTION WITHIN A YEAR. *TR

SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR AND THE GAS PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND ENGINE REDLINED RPMS. I HAD TO MANUALLY PULL THE PEDAL FROM THE FLOOR WHERE THE ENGINE AND PEDAL FUNCTIONED AS NORMAL AFTERWARDS. I CHECKED THE FLOOR MAT AND IT WAS SECURE AND AWAY FROM IMPEDING THE PEDAL. *TR

SITTING, STOPPED IN MY DRIVEWAY, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, (R WAS LIT ON DASH) YET WHEN I RELEASED BRAKE PEDDLE CAR WENT FOREWORD; IT WAS IN (D) DRIVE! I QUICKLY MOVED SHIFT LEVER TO PARK (P) AND BACK TO REVERSE, THIS TIME IT REALLY WAS IN REVERSE. *TR

THE TRANSMISION STALLED; IT WAS AS IF THE CAR LOST POWER BUT THE ENGINE WAS STEEL RUNNING. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 376 THROUGH SQUIRRELL TUNNEL THE CAR STARTED TO HOP. SPUTTER AND JUST STOPPED. THE DASHBOARD STARTED FLASHING. AFTER 5 MINUTES THE CAR RESTARTED AND TOOK IT TO THE SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED.THIS CAUSED A HORRIFIC TRAFFIC JAM AND ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED. *TR

THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM IT SEEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). APPARENTLY MOST AUDI VEHICLES WILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AND THE REPAIRS ARE COSTING THE CONSUMERS BIG MONEY. A NEW ONE FROM THE DEALER COSTS AROUND 1100-1200.00 DOLLARS AND THEY ARE USED TO SEEING THIS PROBLEM AND DON'T THINK ITS A BIG DEAL... WHY SHOULD WE PAY IF ITS A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE AWARE ABOUT AND ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO A BAD SERVICE BY THEM KNOWING AND NOT HELPING PAY FOR A REGULAR PROBLEM CAUSED BY THEM??? *TR

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...

THE VEHICLE HESITATES FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. FROM JUNE 23RD, 2005, WHEN I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE CAR, UNTIL JULY 1,2005, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN T-BONED WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, 3 TIMES. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS!! I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER ON JULY THE 1ST. THEY TOLD ME THEN THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE. I THEN CONTACTED AUDI CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING BY THEM. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I BELEIVE THEY HOPE IT WILL GO AWAY. I HAVE NO WAY OF CHECKING, BUT I WILL GUESS THAT THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEMS AND HAS CAUSED MANY ACCIDENTS.