Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| 0504 | 03/31/2005 | 10016565 | Airbag lamp on, upper limit of side airbag exceeded. to include a4 2006. *tt | 09/22/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 03/15/2012 | 105000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2003 audi a4. while parked, the contact noticed that the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. the contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the outside metal of the air bag sensor and circuit board were severely corroded. the contact replaced the air bag sensor. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 105,000. sm. | |||
| 03/15/2012 | 105000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2003 audi a4. while parked the contact noticed the air bag warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. the contact inspected the vehicle and noticed the outside metal of the air bag sensor and the circuit board were severely corroded. the contact replaced the air bag sensor. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 105,000. ds | |||
| 11/11/2006 | 70000 | 1 | 06/01/2003 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving 45 mph on a city street, the passenger side airbag deployed without warning. the passenger was wearing a seat belt, but minor injuries were sustained. the vehicle was inspected by a dealer who determined the factory stereo wiring was entangled with the airbag wiring which resulted in the airbag deployment. the manufacturer was not alerted. | |||
| 08/30/2003 | 1 | 07/28/2003 | |
| Our brand new 2003 audi a4 was rear-ended by a ford f-550 traveling at approx. 55 mph. the ford f-550 did not brake before impact and hit the audi with such force that it impacted the vehicle immediately in front which hit that vehicle in front of it. all were stopped for a traffic light. my wife, the only occupant and driver, had to be cut out of the audi. she suffered permanent brain injury as a result of hitting the rear-view mirror and windshield. she also suffered numerous other injuries. she hit the steering wheel with such force as to bend the bottom of the wheel inward. my complaint...the driver air-bag did not deploy while the passenger side air-bag did deploy. had the drivers side air-bag deployed, she may have not suffered brain injury from this event. i've contacted audi several times for an explanation with bs answers. i finally told them that they should have at least given her a new car. perhaps i'm a bit naive. in any event, i'm certain that the air-bag should have deployed had it been working properly. *nm | |||
| 06/25/2005 | 14300 | 1 | 12/15/2004 |
| My audi a4 broadsided a toyata avalon (rear passenger side). police estimate impact speed of approx. 40 mph. no airbags deployed in audi. | |||
| 07/31/2003 | 2 | 05/15/2003 | |
| Audi a4 quatro. i was only person in the car. slowing to a stop was hit from the rear @ 55mph by a ford truck f550. truck #4 slammed into my rear car #3 which slammed into car #2 & finally car #1. *ak my trunk ended up in my back seat, my front looked like an acordian. though i am alive. my driver airbag & driver curtain did not deploy!! my seat belt did not hold me back. the force was so great that i broke the rear view mirror with my head and i continued into the windshield. i have severe concusion, can not work & of course have a wonderful case of whiplash! audi consumer is trying to tell us that the passanger air bag went off because the seatbelt was not closed! how stupid! i thought being hit @ that speed with such a force to create a chain reaction into three cars..the airbags should have deployed & the driver seatbelt should have prevented me from hitting my sternum on the steering wheel. which, by the way was bent by my body! on the force of my car hitting the car in front of me...i broke my seat & was in a prone position when the firedepartment came to cut me out of my car. can you please advise @ what speed an airbag should deploy! should they not deploy with back hit, as well as, a front hit? even though i was slowing to 5mph, i had ample room between my car & the car in front of me. i wwas hit @55mph and the ford f550 did not even brake or attempt to stop. thus my speen became more than 5mph. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 06/10/2006 | 68049 | 1 | 12/23/2002 |
| Affected vehicle: 2003 audi a4 sedan. air bag failure light remained on, no prior accident or event that caused the failure light to remain on. had problem diagnosed by audi dealership and it was found to be caused by a faulty airbag igniter in the steering wheel. igniter replaced with a new part from audi but was not covered under warranty or recall. transport canada has a recall on this problem for the same vehicle, 2003 audi a4. transport canada recall # is 2002221 and details can be found on: (http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/recalls/recall_e.asp?recno=10276&). transport canada reports that canadian audi dealers will replace the airbag units on all affected vehicles. nhtsa has a similar recall for the 2003 audi a6 and the nhtsa recall id is 02v275000 and details can be found on: (http://www.automallusa.net/2003/audi/a6/recalls.html). nhtsa reports that audi usa dealers will replace the air bags on all affected vehicles. *jb | |||
| 05/27/2004 | 0 | ||
| While driving 40 mph, consumer rear ended another vehicle. without any indication, the driver side air bag did not deploy; however, the passenger side air bag did. *la | |||