Consumer Complaint Detail

AUDI / QUATTRO / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037705 Incident Date: Sep, 05 2005
Consumer's City: SAN FRANCISCO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: QUATTRO 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, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 07 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The abs brake module on my car gave out and has led to very poor braking, almost causing 2 accidents. i found out that this is a recurrent problem in the 1999 audi a4 (i found this at http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/reliability.aspx?year=1999&make=audi&model=a4: "an occasional problem on this vehicle is failure of the anti-lock brake (abs) control module. failure of the abs control module may result in abs warning indicator illumination. the cost to replace the abs control module is estimated at $2,228.00)"). *jb