Ownership Cost for 2016 Audi A4 (2.0T Premium quattro)
Estimated: $46891 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$5031
$2415
$2113
$1912
$1711
$13182
Insurance
$2161
$2237
$2315
$2396
$2480
$11589
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$1404
$1535
$1175
$1670
$1666
$7450
Repairs
$484
$684
$772
$899
$1062
$3901
Taxes & Fees
$1942
$1942
$1942
$1942
$1942
$2877
Total Ownership Costs
$12494
$8608
$8225
$8689
$8875
$46891
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 1984, 2000
Displacement CI: 122.0474881894, 121.071108283
Displacement L: 1.984000, 2
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 220
Engine KW: 164.0540
Engine Manufacturer: Audi
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: AUDI
Manufacturer: AUDI
Manufacturer Id: 1149
Model: A4
Model Year: 2016
Other Engine Info: Fuel: Gas (50-St); Federal / California Emission Standard: BIN 5 / ULEV II; Emissions Certification Test Group: FVGAV02.0AUB / FVGAJ02.0AUF E85
Other Restraint System Info: Restraint System: Active - Dr/Pass; Airbag - Dr/Pass; Advanced Front Airbags
Plant City: Ingolstadt
Plant Country: Germany
Series: quattro
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: Premium S Line
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
MY ABS LIGHT STARTED BLINKING IN MY 1998 AUDI A4. I WENT TO A MECHANIC AND HAD IT DIAGNOSED; FOUND THAT IT WAS A LIGHT FAILURE; I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO PULL OUT THE ELECTRONICS AND MOST LIKELY NOT EVEN SOLVE THE PROBLEM. LATER I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT MY ABS WAS NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL (WHICH IS NOW THE CASE), I FILED COMPLAINTS WITH AUDI AND BOSHE ABOUT THIS BUT THEY TOLD ME THERE COULD BE NO RECALL BECAUSE ABS IS NOT A TRAFFIC CONCERN. RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND MAKING A 98 DEGREE TURN NOT TERRIBLY FAST; THERE WAS NO STOP SIGN, AND I ENDED UP DOING A 360 TO A STOP. I FOUND THIS NOT ONLY A SCARY EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE; IM DRIVING THE HONORABLE QUATTRO. I DECIDED TO LOOK FURTHER. I FOUND MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. SPECIFICALLY W/ MODELS IN 1998. IM A FAIRLY GOOD DRIVER IN FACT I DID A DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS AT INFINEON RACEWAY SO I WAS STILL CONFUSED HOW I LOST SO MUCH TRACTION IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. I FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE QUATTRO ITSELF. THE ELECTRONIC BRAKING, TRACTION SYSTEMS, AND VARIOUS OTHER VEHICLE DYNAMIC SYSTEMS ARE ALL DEPENDENT ON THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. ALL THE TEST UP TO THEN SHOWED NO LINK TO ABS CONTROL UNIT; I WAS MADE TO BELIEVE THAT MY CAR JUST HAD A LIGHT FAILURE. I STARTED RESEARCHING THE CONTROL UNIT AND I FOUND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON THE PART BUT NOT FOR AUDI BUT FOR VOLKSWAGEN! THE CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 02V031000. I TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE OWNERS OF VOLKSWAGENS WHO GOT THE RECALL AND MANY OF THEM HAD ALMOST IDENTICAL PROBLEMS TO MINE. SOME EVEN SAID THE UNIT CAUGHT FIRE. SO HERE I AM TOLD I HAVE A LIGHT PROBLEM, THEN TOLD AUDI CANT DO ANYTHING FOR ME EXCEPT GET A WHOLE NEW ABS SYSTEM AT MY EXPENSE. NOW I FIND THE TRUTH IS ONE CONTROL MODULE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LACK OF CONTROL IN MY CAR AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE CAR FIRE. PLEASE HELP: I AND MANY OTHERS NEED A NEW UNIT. *NM