Ownership Cost for 2000 Audi A4 1.8T
Estimated: $34775 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1660 | $1709 | $1769 | $1840 | $1923 | $8901 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2015 | $951 | $551 | $2291 | $8571 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $329 | $329 | $329 | $329 | $329 | $488 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8164 | $6874 | $6033 | $5821 | $7883 | $34775 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2006 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | THE HEADLIGHTS OF MY 2006 AUDI A4 QUATTRO HAS THIS ANNOYING -- AND DANGEROUS -- PROBLEM: 1. THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERS (SOMETIMES THE LEFT, SOMETIMES THE RIGHT, SOMETIMES BOTH). 2. IT THEN TURNS ITSELF OFF 3. THE MESSAGE "LEFT/RIGHT DIPPED HEADLIGHT" APPEARS 4. THE MESSAGE IS CHANGED TO A SIGN INDICATING THAT THE LIGHTBULB HAS FAILED. IF I TURN THE LIGHT OFF (NOTE: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A DARK COUNTRY ROAD HERE) AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN, THE LIGHT WILL BECOME NORMAL AGAIN, FOR ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. LAST NIGHT I HAD TO TURN MY HEADLIGHTS OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN TEN TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY AUDI DEALER SAID THAT AUDI KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT -- CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. GO ON THE INTERNET AND DO A SEARCH FOR "AUDI DIPPED HEADLIGHT" AND YOU WILL FIND AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THE PROBLEM GETS THE ATTENTION IT NEEDS? *TR |
| 2000 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | THE LCD DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER IS PIXELATED, THIS NORMALLY WOULDN'T NORMALLY BE A HUGE PROBLEM BUT THIS SCREEN INFORMS THE DRIVER OF HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES, LOW OIL, LOW COOLANT, ETC. I'M UNABLE TO READ THE SCREEN AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS ATTEMPTING TO TELL ME WHEN MY CAR MAKES A VERY HIGH PITCHED BEEP TO INFORM ME THERE IS A PROBLEM. I'VE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITH CARS OF THIS MODEL YEAR AND SEVERAL OTHER MODEL YEARS. *TR |
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