2006 Audi S4 owner complaints

Intermittent headlight malfunction. Over the course of a year and a half of ownership, the right headlight has malfunctioned (turned off), with no consistent cause apparent. The specific error message that appears in the driver information screen is "right headlight dipped". This condition is both unsafe, and illegal - as many states will issue a traffic violation for driving with a non-functioning headlight. It has happened about 7-8 times, the headlight flickers, then goes out, but will come back on when the car is restarted, then be fine for weeks or months at a time. The dealership has been notified of the problem on at least 3 visits, and has claimed that everything is fine and they can not reproduce. They have suggested/guessed that it is the xenon light bulb itself, however it

The headlights flicker, then the dash says they are dipping, then they go out. If you stop the car turn it off then back on the lights come back on, only to do it again. There seems to be wide spread reports of this happening with these Audi's and the HID lights. *tr

Right headlight sporadically shuts off (I.e. Dips) while driving. You have to turn both lights off and on when you are driving to make it function again. It is always the right headlight and sometimes will function properly for a month and then malfunction several times in one night. This is a safety hazard especially when you need to reactivate the light while in traffic at high speeds or when the driving conditions are poor. This has been happening since I purchased the car in the summer of 2010.

Right front headlight flickers and fails. Vehicle must be shut off and restarted in order to get headlight working again. *tr

Right headlight flickers and goes out repeatedly. *tr

Both headlights shutoff while driving at night and would not come back on. Bulbs are still in good condition. Error code 'dipping headlight' this is a known safety problem with Audi and is extremely unsafe for the driver and other vehicles on the road. *tr

I own a 2006 Audi s4 with bi=xenon HID lights. Numerous amounts of times the indication comes up that I have a dipped headlight. This in turn is because the headlight is off and I'm driving at night. This safety violation will end up costing me every time I go to the dealership to get new parts installed and labor and the high probability of a ticket for having a head light out from the police or other agencies in the area. *tr

This issue affects Audi a4 and s4 vehicles with HID headlights. One or both of the headlights repeatedly fails while driving. This is not an issue with the headlight bulb. If the operator turns off the ignition after one or both of the headlights fails, and then immediately restarts the car, both headlights will operate properly. The issue occurs primarily within the first 5 to 10 minutes after starting the car. Once the car has been "warmed up", operating for more than 10 minutes, the issue does not reoccur. The specific scenario: I will start my car. Both of the headlights initially seem to be operating properly. Within a minute, one or both of the headlights will begin to flicker, and one or both of them will fail, causing a "headlight dipped" warning on my dashboard. The issue

Passenger headlight starts on. After a few minutes I get a headlight dipped error and the passenger headlight turns off.

Dipped headlight issue. The event is happens almost every night and multiple times. My headlights of my 2006 Audi s4 continue to go out as I drive often at highway speeds. This is a common complaint which Audi has chosen not to fix. Their multiple service bulletins never fixed the issue and now that my car is out of warranty they chose to replace cars headlights with this issue. I only have under 50,000 miles on the vehicle. This is a serious concern and one that could lead to a accident and death. This is my 9th Audi as well. *tr

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 Audi s4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v382000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Takata recall nhsta recall hv032, Audi recall 69p6, jan '17, local dealer says cannot complete recall work.

Takata recall. I received my first notice of this recall on 1/17/17. It is currently 10/31/17 with the repair not yet available. I've called the dealership many times to no avail. I was at dealership yesterday and they told me they do not have the parts. When will this highly dangerous recall repair be available? Thank you.

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 Audi s4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v382000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The manufacturer would not provide a rental vehicle. The contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 Audi s4. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v382000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The VIN was unknown. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Takata recall recall issued june '18, local dealership says they still don't have parts to complete recall work.

Takata recall. Notified 1 year ago and I have not been contacted to have the air bag replaced. Called for an update a few months ago and they said they didn't have the parts for my vehicle yet.

While driving, the right headlight flickered and went off (HID lights). The information system registered an error "dipped right headlight" head light comes on when ever the car is started, and goes out with the same error again at a later time. So far this error has occurred the last 3 times I have driven (all three times since first occurrence). This is a safety issue since night illumination is involved. I have read on internet Audi websites that this is an all too common problem, that Audi of america is not taking seriously as far as offering a clear solution. *tr

HID xenon headlights randomly flicker and shut off during driving. It's getting worse. Dealers "never found" problem which recurs continually so they never fixed this issue under warranty after being asked several times since the vehicle was new. 100's of other stories about this online. Huge safety issue when headlights just quit at random. *tr

I leased on brand new 2006 Audi s4 on july 29,2006. In december 14,2006 this car developed a problem with the power steering of car. The car was taken to the dealership for repairs. This took four days. Two weeks later this car was towed to the dealership for power steering problem. This time they replaced the power steering rack which total a twenty-three day repair. On march 24,2007 the car was once again towed to dealership and I was told the clutch of vehicle was no good. On april 3, 2007 I called the dealership and now was told once again they are replacing the power steering pumped. This is the third time in nine months they are attempting to make the same repair. Im also filing a complaint with new york state attorney general for the lemon law. *jb