Do you think that Audi offers the best Warranty for its cars because they have to?.....A4's seem man

I would like to say, Erik, that I have owned MB's, BMW's, Hondas, and many Audi's or course, and that I've done research on this topic.

Regards and no hard feelings,
Bob
96 A4QM
86 4KCSQM

You have your anecdotal experience, I have mine. My Porsche mechanic friends (one w/ an indep. for years, the other a former tech at a Porsche/Audi dealer) both say the current A4 is very reliable. My service advisor, who I knew via the PCA for years before I bought an Audi, says that the problems are there but the numbers, RELATIVE to the number of cars sold, are not excessive.

My previous car was a '94 MB C280: 26 warranty repairs in 5 yrs.: my A4 is nowhere near that. I don't question your experience or opinion, but let's not start making broad statements based on miniscule samples.

I asked people with problems what their problems are and these are the COMMON PROBLEMS. Understand? My mechanic deals with many more Audi owners with problems. And people WITH PROBLEMS, fall into this list of COMMON PROBLEMS.

Bob
96 A4QM
86 4KCSQM

interesting. Control arms, high oil consumption, valve rap... these are the typical problems that A4 owners, THAT HAVE PROBLEMS, have. I am not saying that most or many A4's are pieces of junk.

Bob

First time reading this forum.
Problems: uses 1liter of oil every 2000km,car has 10600 km on it, dealer advises this is normal? Front passenger Bose speaker rattling, rough idle similair to complaint about power windows.

I also have a problem with the front passenger speaker and the dealership ignores it (4 times now). It makes a deafening static soung when it is damp outside. They tell me unless they can duplicate it they can't fix it. Bull....