Consumer Complaint Detail

AUDI / A4 / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004265546 Incident Date: Jan, 18 2004
Consumer's City: MEDFORD Consumer's State: MA
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: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 15 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 23 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Time belt failure at 65k miles while driving 65 mph on highway caused over $5k in repairs. dealer recommended looking at other repair centers because it could not look at the car for 7 days because the backlog of other audi's with same problem. internet search found 10 other timing belt failures ranging from 45k to 98k on similar models. known issue with audi corp of america. *jb