Consumer Complaint Detail

AUDI / A4 / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000202476 Incident Date: Jan, 19 2000
Consumer's City: EAST RUTHERFORD Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: A4 Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WAUDA88D9TA Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 19 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 19 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1)engine burns a quart of oil every 500 miles!! dealership has replaced headgaskets and valve seals and car still burns oils. 2)front dash is peeling and becoming loose around entire front near windshield, corners and passenger airbag!! concerned about possible damage due to exposed of passenger airbag because of peeling dash! 3)climate control system is erratic!! functions are never reliable! screen flickers and most times not visible. unable to view temp due to screen not being visible, may cause accident due if windsheild becomes foggy because of not being able to work climate controls. these seem to be a reccurring problem with the 1996 audi a4 spoken among other 1996 audi a4 owners via onilne forum.