Consumer Complaint Detail

AUDI / A4 / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003251533 Incident Date: Feb, 28 2003
Consumer's City: NORCROSS Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: A4 Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WAUCB28D4XA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 26 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 05 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Abs pump failure. at approx. 71000 miles, the abs controller/pump failed on my 1999 audi a4 1.8t quattro. there are many others that i have spoken to and read about who have also had the exact same failure with the same abs pump/controller. http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/thread.jspa?threadid=3409&tstart=0 and http://forums.audiworld.com/a4/msgs/1743701.phtml . apparently, audi knows about the problem but is not widespread enough to issue a recall.*ak