Ownership Cost for 2010 Audi S4 (Premium Plus quattro)
Estimated: $51761 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$4804
$2306
$2018
$1826
$1633
$12587
Insurance
$1914
$1981
$2050
$2122
$2196
$10263
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2763
$2295
$1423
$1848
$2291
$10620
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1850
$1850
$1850
$1850
$1850
$2740
Total Ownership Costs
$14004
$9677
$8865
$9264
$9952
$51761
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: 299.00
Engine KW: 222.964300
Engine Model: Audi
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: AUDI
Manufacturer: AUDI
Manufacturer Id: 1149
Model: S4
Model Year: 2010
Other Engine Info: 50-St/Can. BIN 5 / ULEV II emission std. Emissions Certification Test Group: AADXV03.03UF.
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt, Advanced Front AirBag
Plant City: Ingolstadt
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Prestige Quattro
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
POWER TRAIN
MECHATRONICS UNIT FAILED IN THE VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION FAILURE MESSAGE LISTED ON CAR DASHBOARD. CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR AND THERE WAS NO REVERSE GEAR. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. MULTIPLE WEB FORUM POSTS STATED THE AUDI B8 MODELS SUFFERED THIS FAILURE FREQUENTLY. *TR
2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A DESIGN FLAW THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE WATERPUMP USED IN THE 2010 AUDI S4 3.0T. SEVERAL OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED A WATERPUMP FAILURE WHICH RESULTS IN THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING AND PARTIAL OR FULL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILURE HAVE HAD THEIR 'BLACK PLASTIC' WATERPUMPS REPLACED WITH A REVISED 'ALUMINUM WATERPUMP'. SEVERAL OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON VARIOUS ENTHUSIAST FORUMS, BUT THE MANUFACTURER HAS FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL. IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE WATERPUMP IS A TICKING TIME BOMB THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SO INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT 1) LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, 2) SUBJECT TO AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF POWER STEERING, OR 3) AT RISK DUE TO AN OVERHEATING VEHICLE. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE ON MY VEHICLE, BUT I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT IN HOPES THAT NHTSA WILL WORK WITH AUDI TO ISSUE A PROMPT RECALL FOR ALL AFFECTED OWNERS. I DO HAVE THE OLD REVISION OF THE WATERPUMP ('BLACK PLASTIC') ON MY VEHICLE AND I AM WORRIED THAT I MAY EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE A FAILURE. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME POSTS ON VARIOUS ENTHUSIAST BOARDS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.AUDIZINE.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/382525-ANOTHER-WATERPUMP-BITES-IT...?HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://WWW.AUDIZINE.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/317505-B8-S4-WATER-PUMP-FAILURE?HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://WWW.AUDIZINE.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/352343-PROBLEMS-SO-FAR...-TODAY-THE-WATER-PUMP-BLEW?HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://WWW.AUDIZINE.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP/349318-MY-COOLANT-BROKE!!?HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2789310&HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2789742&HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2774524&HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP HTTP://FORUMS.AUDIWORLD.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=2773666&HIGHLIGHT=WATERPUMP. *TR