Hello everybody! Hope everyone is having a great day, but i gotta question, I recently got a 2004 a4 1.8t but i read the reviews of this car on yahoo..... therefore id like to ask if there was any problems with anyones audi's, and the durability of this brand car.... This is my first car... and i really love it but this has been on my mind forever, can someone please tell me if they have had any past problems or heard about them i would appreciate it... once again thank you very much everyone..

 

i don't have many problems with my audi...it's a 99 A4 1.8t model.

the only thing is when i first got the car (first month of ownership), everytime i washed it, the engine wouldn't turn over. it was so bad that we had to get audi roadside assistance to help (basically AAA) to tow it to my dealer.my thinking was that water was somehow getting into the engine...but the dealer said nothing seemed to be wrong with the engine after washing. they fixed it i guess, b/c it's been fine ever since. *shrug*

 

My car has had some issues like a bad airbag, one dead turbo... But thats not typical stuff...

One thing that is typical are bad control arms.
Control arms tend to go bad between 75-100K miles - they squeak really loudly, and you have to replace the etire arm instead of just the bad bushing. My car has 109K miles on it and I have had to arms go bad (I consider myself luck so far).

Mine is a 1998 though - and I don't know if the newer B6 model has the same bushings.

Relax and enjoy your car, dude. You made a great choice and be proud of it. No worries.

 

HAHA who gets a 2004 audi for a first car...where do you go from here....Porche!</P>