Ownership Cost for 2011 Audi S4 (Premium Plus quattro)
Estimated: $54050 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$5350
$2568
$2247
$2033
$1819
$14017
Insurance
$1967
$2036
$2108
$2181
$2258
$10550
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$2259
$1435
$1916
$2291
$10664
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$2069
$2069
$2069
$2069
$2069
$3063
Total Ownership Costs
$14860
$10023
$9235
$9662
$10271
$54050
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: 2967
Displacement CI: 181.057448729
Displacement L: 2.967000
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 333.00
Engine KW: 248.318100
Engine Model: Audi
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: AUDI
Manufacturer: AUDI
Manufacturer Id: 1149
Model: S4
Model Year: 2011
Other Engine Info: 50-St/Can. BIN 5 / ULEV II emission std. Emissions Certification Test Group: BADXV03.03UF.
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt, Advanced Front AirBag
Plant City: Ingolstadt
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Premium Plus Quattro
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Manual/Standard
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SEE THE NHTSA ODI COMPLAINTS: 10267048, 10263937, 10262201, 10261864, AND 10261281 MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE OF THE "CAM CHAIN TENSIONER" COMPONENTS WAS IN DEC OF 2008 ON THE BANK 2 CAM. FAULT CODE "SET POINT NOT REACHED (OVER-RETARDED)." WITH MISFIRES TO ALL CYLINDERS ON BANK 2 - ALL BUT RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO DRIVE. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THOUGH OUT OF WARRANTY I CONTACTED AUDI TO NO AVAIL. I AM SORELY DISAPPOINTED IN AUDI FOR ENGINEERING SUCH SHODDY DESIGN, AND NOT STANDING BY THEIR PRODUCT. IN FACT CRISWELL AUDI CHARGED $300 FOR AN ECU UPDATE THAT DID NOTHING. ALTHOUGH THE S4 IS A LOW VOLUME CAR THE 4.2L ENGINE IS USED IN MANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS; AND IF THIS COMPLAINT VENUE ANY INDICATION IT APPEARS TO SUFFER A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS FAILURES. THE COST TO DROP THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION IN ORDER TO MAKE THE REPAIR WAS ~$4,500. *TR
2011
POWER TRAIN
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A WARNING MESSAGE CAME UP DO THE DASHBOARD SAYING "GEARBOX MALFUNCTION, REVERSE GEAR NOT AVAILABLE, YOU CAN STILL DRIVE". AT THE SAME TIME, THE TPMS WARNING INDICATOR CAME ON. THE CAR BEGAN TO LOOSE SPEED AND WOULDN'T RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE, AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WOULD SURGE FORWARD, AND THEN LOOSE SPEED AGAIN. THIS REPEATED A FEW TIMES, UNTIL I CAME TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. AT THE INTERSECTION, I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THE CAR BEHAVED NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THEN ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH THE PROBLEM RECURRED. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP TO THE NEAREST AUDI DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE CAR IS NOW BEING EVALUATED. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE AT TIMES I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME SPEED AS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. *TR