Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/17/2012 | 92000 | 2 | |
| On two separate occasions while driving home from work on october 17, 2012, the 2006 audi a4 that i was driving went into uncontrolled acceleration. the first instance occurred about 5:30 pm while i was accelerating from a dead stop, after a stop light turned green, to a speed of 55 mph (which was the maximum speed allowed). as i lifted my foot off of the accelerator as the vehicle approached the 55 mph speed limit, the vehicle continued to accelerate - even though i had retracted my foot from the accelerator pedal. to get the vehicle under control i quickly and firmly tapped the brake. the vehicle then slowed down. about 15 minutes later, i was required to come to a complete stop as cars in front of me made a right hand turn. after the (3) vehicles made their turn, i then quickly accelerated the car up to the 45 mph speed limit. as my car reached the 45 mph limit i lifted my foot off of the accelerator pedal. but. the engine continued to accelerate. i then changed the gear shift from drive to neutral. the engine continued to increase in speed (the engine was screaming at maximum rpm) but i was able to slow the car down with the brake pedal. the engine continued to scream at maximum rpm's until i turned the key to the vehicle to the off position. based on the above, my wife will not longer drive our audi a4. *tr | |||
| 10/17/2012 | 92000 | ||
| On two seperate occasions while driving home from work on october 17, 2012, the 2006 audi a4 that i was driving went into uncontrolled acceleration. the first instance occured about 5:30 pm while i was accelerating from a dead stop, after a stop light turned green, to a speed of 55 mph (which was the maximum speed allowed). as i lifted my foot off of the accelerator as the vehicle approched the 55 mph speed limit, the vehicle continued to accelerate - even though i had retracted my foot from the accletator pedal. to get the vehicle under control i quickly and firmly tapped the brake. the vehcle then slowed down. about 15 minutes later, i was required to come to a complete stop as cars in front of me made a right hand turn. after the (3) vehicles made their turn, i then quickly accelerated the car up to the 45 mph speed limit. as my car reached the 45 mph limit i lifted my foot off of the accelerator pedal. but. the engin contined to accelerate. i then changed the gear shift from drive to neutal. the engine continued to increase in speed (the engine was screeming at maximum rpm) but i was able to slow the car down with the brake pedal. the engine continured to screem at maximum rpm's until i turned the key to the vehicle to the off position. based on the above, my wife will not longer drive our audi a4. | |||
| 02/26/2010 | 20000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 audi a4. the contact stated that while lightly placing his foot on the accelerator pedal to proceed from a traffic light, the vehicle abnormally accelerated without driver intent. he placed the gear selector into neutral and the vehicle came to a stop, barely avoiding a crash with a vehicle ahead of him. the vehicle was in possession of the dealer for one week; however, the failure could not be duplicated. the approximate failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 20,015. | |||
| 05/31/2006 | 5 | 1 | 05/01/2006 |
| No failure, accidents or injuries. the problem is a lag in acceleration at throttle tip in. the lag can cause dangerous situations when pulling in front of traffic and the car fails to accelerate in a timely manner. it has caused us to become hesitant when driving the vehicle and we lack confidence when pulling into an intersection from a stop. it is considered normal operation by the manufacturer. we have taken it to two different dealers who both agreed there was a lag and both told us there is no resolution to the problem. we feel the lag is bad enough to constitute a safety issue. *nm | |||