Consumer Complaint Detail

AUDI / A4 / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003196084 Incident Date: Jan, 13 2003
Consumer's City: GLENVIEW Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: A4 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 15 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 19 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2001 audi a4 avant quatro, about 17k miles. failure of ignition coil at cold stratup. found numerous reported cases of same problem, related to 1.8t engine audi or vw - so common that part is on backlog for 2 weeks or more! dealer refuses to change all ignition coils, so it is very likely that another one may fail soon. sudden failure of ignition coil may create a very dangerous situation - lost of power in traffick at high speed. audi/vw should be forced to do a recall of all ignition coils for the 2001 and 2002 models equipped with 1.8t engines.