chris-in-illinois

SURVEY:

(1) CAR ... Describe your car:

Year _2002__

Engine type _1.8T__

Auto/Manual _Auto__

Quattro/FWD _Quattro_


(2) _B____ NUMBER OF FAILURES ... Is this survey for your:

A ... 1st. Coil failure

B ... 2nd. Coil failure

C ... 3rd. Coil failure

D ... 4th. Coil failure


(3) 1st _B___ 2nd _B___ 3rd _____ 4th _____ EXPERIENCE ... Other than shaking, vibration, rough idle, and flashing
engine warning light did you experience:

A ... Minor loss of power

B ... Moderate loss of power

C ... Major loss of power

D ... Total loss of power

E ... Didn't try to drive it

3a .. Do you have any other comments regarding the symptoms you experienced:

_Noticed some momentary stumbling and rough idle at startup for several months prior to first failure._


(4) 1st _A___ 2nd _D___ 3rd _____ 4th _____ WHEN FIRST NOTICED ... Did you first notice the problem:

A ... Upon starting your car

B ... After starting your car but before driving away

C ... Within 5 minutes of starting your car and driving away

D ... On the road - Inconvenience but not hazardous

E ... On the road - Hazardous situation - Traffic

F ... On the road - Hazardous situation - Weather

G ... On the road - Hazardous situation - Bad place to be stranded

4a .. Do you have any additional comments regarding the above:

_______________________________


(5) 1st _D___ 2nd _C___ 3rd _____ 4th _____ WEATHER ... Was the weather:

A ... Hot

B ... Mild

C ... Cold - Above Freezing

D ... Cold - Below Freezing

5a .. Do you have any other comments regarding the weather (snow, rain, sleet, etc):

________________________________


(6) 1st _A___ 2nd _C___ 3rd _____ 4th _____ AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED ... Once you noticed this problem
with your car what did you do:

A ... Turned off the ignition ... Had it flatbedded to the dealer

B ... Pulled to the side of the road ... had it flatbedded to the dealer

C ... Drove to a safe parking spot ... Had it flatbedded to the dealer

D ... Drove until you felt you were a traffic hazard and concerned for your safety ... Have it flatbedded to the dealer

E ... Drove until additional symptoms made you too concerned to drive further ... Had it flatbedded to the dealer

F ... Drove home ... Had it flatbedded to the dealer

G ... Drove directly to the dealer

6a .. Any other comments regarding the above:

_______________________________________


(7) _A___ DRIVING STYLE ... Is your driving style typically:

A ... Gentle

B ... Moderate

C ... Moderate and sometimes aggressive

D ... Aggressive and sometimes moderate

E ... Aggressive


(8) _A____ DEALER RESPONSE ... What did your dealer tell you when the car was brought in:

A ... Parts are backorded. Car should be ready within ONE WEEK. The dealer provided a loaner car.

B ... Parts are backorded. Car should be ready within ONE WEEK. No loaner provided.

C ... Parts are backordered. Car should be ready within TWO WEEKS. The dealer provided a loaner car.

D ... Parts are backordered. Car should be ready within TWO WEEKS. No loaner provided.

E ... Parts are backordered. Car should be ready within THREE WEEKS. The dealer provided a loaner car.

F ... Parts are backordered. Car should be ready within THREE WEEKS. No loaner provided.

G ... Other ... Describe ____________________


(11) - LOCATION ... Geographically, where did the failure occur (Closest major city and State or Province):

1st _Suburbs of Chicago, IL________________

2nd _Suburbs of Chicago, IL________________

3rd _______________________________________

4th _______________________________________


(12) - MILEAGE ... What was the approximate mileage on your car when your coil failure occurred.

1st _16500_________________________________

2nd _16900_________________________________

3rd _______________________________________

4th _______________________________________


(13) - WHEN ... In what 'month' and 'year' did this failure occur:

1st _12/1/02_______________________________

2nd _12/17/02______________________________

3rd _______________________________________

4th _______________________________________


(14) - CAR BUILD DATE ... When was your car built (month/year) ... (Look inside your driver door pillar for build date).
Write the date or write, "Don't have access to the car".

_Don't have access to car. Car was bought in Nov '01, so it was before then._____________


(15 _C____ FOLLOW-UP ... Do you plan to post when you get your car back and tell us what the dealer did.
on this survey:

A ... Yes

B ... No

C ... I'll try to remember to do so


(17) - VENTING AND CUSSING ... Add any comments below that you'd like to share:

_I'm pretty pissed, but other than this one major problem, the car is very nice. If they can give a permenant CP fix, I'll happily drive the car for many more years. If not, I'll have to trade it in for a Honda. But what the heck happened to question #16?

Danimal

chris... where in the suburbs are u?

chris-in-illinois

I live in Cary and work in Bensenville.
Bought the car at Laurel Audi in Westmont.
Broke down near Jameson's Charhouse in Mt. Prospect.

Danimal

I work in Libertyville and live in Arlington Hts.

I've had a couple of CP's fail too.. I take my car to Laurel in westmont for fixin' but I boughti it in the Laurel in Tinley park.

messydesk

No CP failures yet. Build date 5/02.

chris-in-illinois

Hah! 1.35T took me a minute to figure out. Thought you had some wierd European engine or something. Damned coilpacks. At least I've found a discussion group to commiserate with. Alt.autos.audi doesn't have any CP discussion at all. They must all have older models or something. This whole situation sucks, because I love the car aside from the occasional being stranded thing. I was so mad last night that I've considered selling the thing as soon as it's fixed. But I realize that not really what I want. I just want it to run right so I can keep driving it. They gave me a Chevy Tracker for a rental car. I want my A4 back! I'm not an SUV person!


Chris

Danimal

no Audi loaner?? I had a A6 avan for a week while they waited for coilpacks to arrive..

Danimal

hey.. all sorts of NuA4'er in the NW burbs are popping up.. u guys gotta come to some of the GTG's

PlacitasNM (aka Ken)

(16) - SURVEYS ... Place an 'X' for each coil failure you've completed a Survey or questionnaire (including this one):

1st _____ 2nd _____ 3rd _____ 4th _____


Add any comments below that you feel might be pertinent:

______________________________________________

messydesk

When/where? Announce them.