2006 Audi A4 problems
Owners have filed 343 complaints about the 2006 Audi A4 with NHTSA. Exterior lighting accounts for 46.9% of them — the clear leader, ahead of air bags at 21.3%.
Complaints343
Crashes8
Fires5
Injuries5
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Exterior lighting 46.9% · 161
Air bags 21.3% · 73
Electrical system 6.1% · 21
Engine 4.4% · 15
Power train 4.1% · 14
Unknown or other 2.0% · 7
Vehicle speed control 2.0% · 7
Engine and engine cooling 1.7% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire and 5 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 15 model years of the Audi A4 in this data, 2006 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings have fallen off, 8 in the last three years against 62 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 60,500 miles.
In owners' own words
Hid light on left side flickers then can fail and go to a dipped status displaying in the console. Turning off the lights and back on will restore them. Forums cannot isolate the issue to bulb-flash update for headlights-or ballast. Just google Audi dipped or hid flicker. My concern is that the light make other drivers think your flashing them. Its a distraction to other drivers. Failure in a corner is dangerous. Exterior lighting · reported at 62,000 miles
The left xenon hid headlights on my 2006 Audi A4 is constantly flickering and going out. You need to turn it on and off several times for it to stay on, but only for a short period of time. Very annoying and dangerous. Sometimes both headlights will go out at once, essentially limiting my visibility. As stated in other complaints filed, this is a serious safety issue and it is extremely frustrating. Exterior lighting
When car hits a bump or dip in the road, the right front self-leveling headlight system sticks and shuts off the headlight, and show a "right dipped headlight" message on dash. Stopping the car, shutting off the lights, and restarting usually resets the lights but it usually happened again soon after. This frequent occurrence is a safety issue suddenly being without one headlight driving at night. Exterior lighting · reported at 50,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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