2004 Audi A8 Reliability Problems

I would be curious to know the details of your buyback offer from Audi. My
2004 A8L, purchased new nine months ago, has been sitting at Bernardi
Audi, Natick, MA for the last three weeks with no end in sight. They
simply cannot figure out how to repair this vehicle. I really am nervous
about ever driving this car again as the last failure caused a near miss
head on collision.

"Streetrunner" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> I would be curious to know the details of your buyback offer from Audi. My
> 2004 A8L, purchased new nine months ago, has been sitting at Bernardi
> Audi, Natick, MA for the last three weeks with no end in sight. They
> simply cannot figure out how to repair this vehicle. I really am nervous
> about ever driving this car again as the last failure caused a near miss
> head on collision.
>

What was wrong with your car?

daytripper wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 18:31:40 -0400, "David deForrest"
>
> wrote:
>
> >This will hopefully be my last posting on this topic, but I am
astonished
> >and gratified to have this last occasion to write.
> [snipped]
> >I am giving serous thought to purchasing a replacement A8 L.
>
> If you would buy a BMW 7 series, everything will have turned out
perfectly...


You must surely be joking.

I've had nothing but problems with mine.

And the attitude of BMW dealers is much
worse than that of Audi dealers (I've
had several of both). They treat you
as if they were doing you a favor by
letting you drive their precious
vehicles.



dk

Intermittent behavior of wipers, suspension & MMI. The wipers sometimes
hesitate momentarily while operating, the suspension adjusts by itself in
my garage long after it has been parked & I once opened the passanger door
while car was parked unlocked with no key in my garage and the MMI system
turned itself on. No big deal at first and dealer informed me that the car
was behaving normally, computer diagnostics fine, etc at the 5K and 10K
service. On December 11th the wipers failed completely while driving in
the rain & I experienced a near miss head on with another car. The car has
been at the dealer ever since with no end in sight (3+ weeks now). They
have replaced the wiper motor and three different computer modules, but
the wipers still do not operate properly. Also, the auto trunk closure
does not work properly, the sunroof does not alway close in response to
the controls, the recently installed satellite radio occasionally mutes
itself and the MMI system sometimes reboots itself.

"the recently installed satellite radio"

Danger, Robinson, danger.

Emphasis on recently.
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"Streetrunner" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
> Intermittent behavior of wipers, suspension & MMI. The wipers sometimes
> hesitate momentarily while operating, the suspension adjusts by itself in
> my garage long after it has been parked & I once opened the passanger door
> while car was parked unlocked with no key in my garage and the MMI system
> turned itself on. No big deal at first and dealer informed me that the car
> was behaving normally, computer diagnostics fine, etc at the 5K and 10K
> service. On December 11th the wipers failed completely while driving in
> the rain & I experienced a near miss head on with another car. The car has
> been at the dealer ever since with no end in sight (3+ weeks now). They
> have replaced the wiper motor and three different computer modules, but
> the wipers still do not operate properly. Also, the auto trunk closure
> does not work properly, the sunroof does not alway close in response to
> the controls, the recently installed satellite radio occasionally mutes
> itself and the MMI system sometimes reboots itself.
>

If the dealer would use a bit of common sense rather than relying on the
computer for ALL they knowledge they might begin to suspect corroded or
intermittent grounds causing most of these problems.

At least thats where I would be looking.

Tony

Streetrunner wrote:
> Intermittent behavior of wipers, suspension & MMI. The wipers sometimes
> hesitate momentarily while operating, the suspension adjusts by itself in
> my garage long after it has been parked & I once opened the passanger door
> while car was parked unlocked with no key in my garage and the MMI system
> turned itself on. No big deal at first and dealer informed me that the car
> was behaving normally, computer diagnostics fine, etc at the 5K and 10K
> service. On December 11th the wipers failed completely while driving in
> the rain & I experienced a near miss head on with another car. The car has
> been at the dealer ever since with no end in sight (3+ weeks now). They
> have replaced the wiper motor and three different computer modules, but
> the wipers still do not operate properly. Also, the auto trunk closure
> does not work properly, the sunroof does not alway close in response to
> the controls, the recently installed satellite radio occasionally mutes
> itself and the MMI system sometimes reboots itself.
>