so i've been having some noisy issues with my passenger suspesion area.. so im thinking tie rods or control arms since that seems to be a fairly common problem and there is a recall for the tie rods...

so i call the stealership today to find out what the deal was.. what was going on and when i could bring my car in to have the tie rods checked and replaced .. well the service guy told me that there wasnt a recall for the tie rods for my car.. that the recall i was looking at just generalized years and wasnt VIN# specific.. so he took my VIN# and said that the only recall for my car was for a timing belt tensioner ..

gettting jerked around ... or has anyone else ran into this trying to have the tie rods recalled?

 

it could be right "did they say they were going to do the tentioner" this should require a new timing belt

 

yes sir ... they said they were going to "check and see if it was the updated tensioner" so im guessing its probably not.. and i will get my timing belt replaced.. which is perfect since i have 74k on my car and no history when the timing belt was done..

 

yea that would be a nice free thing to get

 

There was no recall for the tie rods but there was one for the lower control arms, im pretty sure thats what you are thinking of

And on the recall for the timing belt-you wont be getting a free T-Belt job out of it so dont get your hopes up

 

ok .. well this is what i was going by.. linked from the recall section of this site:

1999 Audi A4
NHTSA Campaign #: 99V248000
Manufacturer Campaign #: UL/KW
Make: Audi
Model: A4
Year: 1999
Component: Steering:linkages:rod:relay:connecting
Manufacturers Involved: Volkswagen of america,inc
Begin Date Of Manufacturing: 01/02/1998
End Date Of Manufacturing: 07/31/1998
Recall Type: V
Potential Number Of Units Affected: 51900
Date Owner Notified By Manufacturer: 10/05/1999
Recall Initiator: Mfr
Manufacturer Responsible For Recall: Volkswagen of america, inc
Date Report Received By ODI: 09/13/1999
Date Added To File: 09/28/1999
Regulation Part #:
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #:
Defect Summary: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the tie rods of the steering assembly are protected on each side by a seal to prevent moisture and dust particles from entering the swivel bearing mechanism. it is possible that some tie rod seals may not seal properly.
Consequence Summary: If moisture and/or dust particles enter the swivel bearing mechanism, the swivel bearing could wear over time diminishing the steering control of the vehicle.
Corrective Action: Dealers will replace the tie rods.

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either way.. he said there wasnt even a recall for the control arms for my car.. which sucks.. cuz something is definately fucked up with my passenger suspension...and free is always better