yea i was nervous and pissed, but t could have happened when i was going fast in a much worse spot, u guys are right. the wheel did some body damage to the panel, but that should be fixed soon. future reference: get ur control arms and tie rods fixed immediatly after they get noisy. dont want this to kill one of you!

 

so what are the signs of the control arms and tie rods getting bad ?

 

squeaking from the front end, especially when turning opposite direction of bad part. or weird thumping and chattering from the front end. mine started to sound like i was opperating a jack-hammer instead of driving an audi. i was so close, i had almost made it to the "safe zone" (dealer).

 

That my friend, was likely your wheel bearing seizing up.

 

leaving ohio today with the audi, it should be ready in about another hour, this bill will be paid by someone, definitly not me, i can't afford to pay for audis mistakes.

 

where are you at in ohio ? r u close to columbus ?

 

I would report this to the national highway safety administration. They track safety issues such as this, and if they see an abnormal number of safety related issues, they force the company to do a recall.

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