2012 AUDI S4

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Audi S4, S5, Q7, 2012 Audi A6, Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid, and 2012-2013 Audi A7 vehicles. In the affected vehicles the fuel injection system may experience a fuel leak.

CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE MECHATRONICS UNIT FAILED AND CAR IS UNDER 100K MILES. SUDDEN SHAKING AND BANGING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN GIVING IT GAS ABOVE 30. FREQUENT JOLTS, DANGEROUS TO DRIVE...

Mileage: 98,000

THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY AUDI S4 EXPERIENCES ABRUPT JERKING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GREAT WHILE DECELERATING. IT ALSO JERKS AND FEELS LIKE IT IS BEING HIT WHILE SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND WHEN ACCELERATING NORMALLY.

Mileage: 64,000

FUEL INJECTOR LEAKING AND NEEDS REPLACED. MY CAR WAS NEVER ON THE RECALL LIST. SITTING AT AUDI DEALER NOW.

Mileage: 105,000

THE GEARBOX MALFUNCTION SCREEN ON THE DASH SHOWED UP OUT OF NOWHERE THEN FOLLOWED BY A PARKING BRAKE MALFUNCTION THEN THE CAR GOES INTO NEUTRAL AND JUST SITS THERE REVVING THE ENGINE. I TRY TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL THEN DRIVE BUT THE LEVER GETS STUCK AND I CANT MOVE TO DRIVE. THIS FIRST HAPPEN IN THE HIGHWAY AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND I KNOW THIS CAR HAS HIGH MILEAGE BUT LOOKING AT IT THIS TRANSMISSION HAS PROBLEMS ALL THE WAY TO THE 2016 MODELS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

Mileage: 107,592

WHILE DRIVING TODAY ON THE HIGHWAY MY 2012 AUDI S4 EXPERIENCED THE COMMON DSG GEARBOX MALFUNCTION ALERT ALONG WOTH THE TPMS FAULT LIGHT. ON THE HIGHWAY LOOSING ALL POWER AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE SLOW DRASTICALLY WHILE IN TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE IS ASTONISHING THAT AUDI HAS NOT TAKING CARE IF THIS YET. THIS MALFUNCTION CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, ITS TIME TO RECALL THE DSG TRANSMISSION AND FIX THE ISSUE!!!!!! AS WELL AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE, AUDI WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU PAY UPWARDS OF $5,000 TO $10,000 IN REPAIRS RATHER THAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIX THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 102,000

COOLANT PUMP BLEW OUT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, MY CAR DROPPED INTO LOWER GEARS AND STOPPED MOVING, AND TWO ERROR CODES POPPED UP "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" AND "TPMS MALFUNCTION". LOOKING THIS UP ONLINE AND DISCUSSING WITH MY MECHANIC, THIS IS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN A LOT OF THE CARS THAT ARE THIS MAKE & MODEL AND HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 67,000

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, MY CAR DROPPED INTO LOWER GEARS AND STOPPED MOVING, AND TWO ERROR CODES POPPED UP "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" AND "TPMS MALFUNCTION". LOOKING THIS UP ONLINE AND DISCUSSING WITH MY MECHANIC, THIS IS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN A LOT OF THE CARS THAT ARE THIS MAKE & MODEL AND HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 67,000

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, MY CAR DROPPED INTO LOWER GEARS AND STOPPED MOVING, AND TWO ERROR CODES POPPED UP "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" AND "TPMS MALFUNCTION". LOOKING THIS UP ONLINE AND DISCUSSING WITH MY MECHANIC, THIS IS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN A LOT OF THE CARS THAT ARE THIS MAKE & MODEL AND HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 67,000

MY COOLANT PUMP WENT OUT AND OVERHEATED THE CAR. THE COOLANT LEAKED OUT. MY CAR ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT. AUDI RECENTLY RECALLED COOLANT PUMPS FOR THIS VERY REASON ON THE A4, A5, A6 BUT HAVENT MADE THE RECALL FOR THE S CLASS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND PLACED ME AND FAMILY IN HARMS WAY.

Mileage: 60,000

AT ~61,000 MILES THE 2012 AUDI S4 STARTED DRIVING ROUGH IN LOW GEARS. THE CAR HAS HESITATION ISSUES FOLLOWED BY & JERKY ACCELERATION/DECELERATION IN LOW GEARS OUT OF & INTO A STOP. THE REVERSE GEAR HAS SIMILAR HESITATION & JERKY ACCELERATION. CAR THEN STARTED PERIODICALLY DISPLAYING THE MESSAGE: GEARBOX MALFUNCTION: YOU CAN CONTINUE DRIVING DEALER DIAGNOSED THE ERROR CODE AS P179E - DRIVE POSITION SENSOR ELECTRICAL ERROR, WHICH IS TSB 2032211/1

Mileage: 61,000

"TAKATA RECALL" I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I GOT THE 'GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" ON MY DASH AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT THEN SAID THAT REVERSE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CAR WENT LIMP AND WHEN SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR FROM 1ST GEAR WOULD REV TO VERY HIGH RPMS AND THEN FINALLY SHIFT. I WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH AND WAS SLOW TO MOVE FROM A STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE AUDI DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE MECHATRONIC UNIT. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT COST $5,400.00 DOLLARS FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE UNIT. I AM JUST BAFFLED AS TO WHY A CAR THAT IS ONLY 6 YEARS IN AGE AND HAS ONLY 86,000 MILES ON IT HAS AN ELECTRICAL PART THAT IS GOING OUT SO SOON. AUDI CLAIMS TO MAKE THE BEST DSG TRANSMISSION IN THE EUROPEAN PLATFORM, YET MANY HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE MECHATRONIC UNIT AND YET AUDI HASNT CHOSEN TO WARRANY IT OR EVEN GIVE THE OPTION TO COVER THE DRIVETRAIN AS A WHOLE. A CAR THAT IS $40,000.00 RETAIL NEW SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF ISSUE WITHIN ITS EARLY LIFETIME. AND IF THIS IS A MECHANICAL ITEM THAT IS

Mileage: 86,000

VEHICLE FLASHES A GEARBOX MALFUNCTION WARNING AND MOST ELECTRONICS WENT DEAD. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING ME TO NEARLY BE REAR ENDED. AFTER TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO LOSE POWER RANDOMLY EVERY MILE OR SO. THIS CREATED VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS ON A BUSY FREEWAY. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE A FAULTY SENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION. AUDI HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 71,000

VEHICLE FLASHES A GEARBOX MALFUNCTION WARNING AND MOST ELECTRONICS WENT DEAD. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING ME TO NEARLY BE REAR ENDED. AFTER TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO LOSE POWER RANDOMLY EVERY MILE OR SO. THIS CREATED VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS ON A BUSY FREEWAY. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE A FAULTY SENSOR IN THE TRANSMISSION. AUDI HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 71,000

WHILE DRIVING APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT, I RECEIVED A "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION. OK TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITH LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY" ERROR. THE CAR THEN BARELY ACCELERATED AND I COULD NOT GO MORE THAN 20MPH (I WAS ON A BUSY ROAD SPEED LIMIT 35MPH BUT EVERYONE GOES ABOUT 50). I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY GET IT TO DRIVE WELL ENOUGH TO GET IT TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID IT NEEDS A NEW CIRCUIT BOARD WHICH IS NOT COVERED BY ONLY THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, AS IT IS CONSIDERED AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT.

Mileage: 76,000

I HAVE A COMPLAINT AUDI S4 AND OTHER AUDI CARS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AS I'M HAVING YOU CAN BE DRIVING ON THE MAIN ROAD OR ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOSES POWER AND EXCELLERATION . I FOUND THAT AS A PROBLEM TO THE SAFETY OF ME AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR MODEL.

PREMATURE TRANSMISSION MECHATRONIC FAILURE. CAR UNABLE TO REVERSE DURING A 3 POINT TURN IN A ROADWAY ACROSS TRAIN TRACKS. SINCE NEW THE CAR HAD A CLUNKY TRANSMISSION. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE BUT WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALER IT WAS ALWAYS, "OPERATING WITHIN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS" THIS IS THE 2ND AUDI IN A ROW THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A PROBLEM THAT THE DEALER CLAIMS ISN'T A PROBLEM AND IS "OPERATING IN SPECS OF THE MANUFACTURER".

Mileage: 76,000

DSG TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY ROUGH AND SOMETIMES SLIPS. ALSO LURCHES FORWARD SUDDENLY FROM A STOP CAUSING THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD.

Mileage: 39,000

A GEARBOX MALFUNCTION (WITH CODES P179E AND P179F) MAY CAUSE THE CAR ENTER ONE OF THE "LIMP MODE" STATES, WHICH CAN CUT ENGINE POWER FROM THE TRANSMISSION. A MESSAGE ON THE DASH MAY SAY "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION" WITH A MESSAGE IF THE CAR IS DRIVEABLE OR MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. IN SOME CASES, THIS LOSS OF POWER CAN MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT TO PULL OVER SAFELY, AS THE STALL CAN HAPPEN IN AN INTERSECTION, OR IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. AUDI HAS RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM IN THE FORM OF A TSB (2032211), HOWEVER, ALL CARS WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRANSMISSION MAY EXPERIENCE A SIMILAR ISSUE, AT ANY TIME, DESPITE FOLLOWING MANUFACTURER SERVICE INTERVALS. THE ISSUE MAY APPEAR TO BE INTERMITTENT AND MAY NOT ENTER FULL LIMP MODE UNTIL MANY MILES LATER. MY INITIAL ENCOUNTER WITH QUESTIONABLE TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR WAS ABOUT 10-15K MILES PRIOR. THIS PARTICULAR CASE DOCUMENTED WAS THE WORST SCENARIO, BUT SIMILAR SCENARIOS (COMING OFF THE FREEWAY AND STALLING SHORTLY AFTER STOPPING

Mileage: 78,000

FUEL RAIL LEAKING FUEL. RELATED ISSUES ON OTHER 2011 AND 2012 AUDI S4

Mileage: 54,000