This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The contact owns a 2005 Audi A4 which was purchased January 30, 2006. He stated that the driver was traveling approximately 25 miles when she parked the vehicle and saw black smoke under the hood. Someone passing by attempted to extinguish the fire with a standard fire extinguisher and was successful. The fire was near the battery. The fire department extinguished the fire and confirmed that it was electrical. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure and current mileages were under 68,000. Update 12/14/09 updated 12/16/09
The lights on my Audi A4 3.2 quattro will flicker and sometimes go out while driving at night time. If I stop and pull over the lights will go back on, but the lights will flicker. Some days I have the problem frequently- sometimes I'll go for a stretch of 5-7 days with no problems at night. After recent research I have been lead to this site to report the problem and make someone aware of the fact that multiple Audi owners have been having this problem also. I was referred from fixya.com- and I hope that a solution will be found for Audi owners. The problems the lights can cause are distractions for other drivers, and it may lead to a ticket or another traffic violation for safety reasons. The lights flicker and a dipped light warning will appear on the dash and it has occurred more than once for my vehicle in the past 3 months.
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- Hudson, OH, USA