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Man, the Audi S4 is the most reliable car ever made, I swear!

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Old 09-22-2004, 01:54 PM
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Default Man, the Audi S4 is the most reliable car ever made, I swear!

It's in the shop right now for the follow @ 54,000 miles.

Differential leaking oil

Rear drive leaking oil

Tranny Leaking oil

New Flywheel

New clutch(I had to pay for the clutch)

New washer fluid tank

New Coolant tank

New engine bank sensors(?)

New motors/servos on the head light adjusters

Sunroof has wind noise

B Pillar rattles

Ashtray won't open

Drivers Seat moves

Pixels dead on the computer on the gauge cluster

Rear speakers rattle

Windows squeek when going down if temp is over 75 or so

Possible new motormount

Replace rear wheel bearing

Replace DV's

A/C doesn't work when at a stand still or driving slower than 30mph



I took the car in before and mentioned the seat moves and they said it's "in Spec" So I left a note in the car this time that said "Please look at the drivers seat for play in the track, I was told before that it is in spec. Please let me know how much more place is allowed before my life is in danger in the case of an accident OR you could just resolve the issue now, thanks"

There are about 10 other things too, but that's all I could remember right now, not bad eh? Piece of junk. This thing would be in the junk yard if it wasn't under warranty.
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stop beating the **** out of it.
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do you have to pay for anything aside from the clutch? any labor on anything?
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Default zero problems, 70k miles.

only sending unit and headlight washer pumps have been problem areas
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geez man. that list makes my problems with it look miniscule.
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Default what's the saying? "i've heard of Rover owners with no problems..."

"...doesn't mean i'd ever be foolish enough to buy one."
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Default Well...

IIRC, you just bought it that way. What do you expect?

Mine has been pretty good to me IMO.
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Mine has been relatively trouble free. Only a few typical problems.
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Default Yeah, stop rocking your seat too much and close that sunroof!...

and while you're at it, stop using the headlight washers - you don't need that! And turn up the radio so you don't hear any pillar rattling. Sheesh!
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I feel your pain, man. It sucks to pay loads of cash for a car and have it continually break.


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