general problems of the 2004 Audi A4

This took place about a week ago. The car was parked in our driveway when the fire started. My husband had returned home just 15 minutes prior to the fire starting. I noticed there was smoke coming in our living room window. Then I looked at our security camas. And saw smoke pouring out from underneath the hood of my car. We tried to put the fire out with our two hose system set up and it wouldn't go out. So we knew it was electrical. We couldn't get close enough to open the hood so I couldn't pour baking soda on it. Two fire extinguishers later like 10 minutes the firefighters showed up and we're able to put it out. They confirmed that the arch came from the battery terminals /cables. Two of the fireman said they'd never seen anything like this before. Then the car tried to start itself as my husband and the two fireman were standing right in front of the Audi. They had to cut the remaining battery cable that wasn't completely burned through before it stopped. My neighbor has a recording of the whole incident. The engine compartment is destroyed! the engine might be all right but we don't have the finances to do anything but clean up. Oh and for extra fun one of the fireman took an ax the the hood of the A4 cabriolet I have had for maybe a month. Now we have no car and no real means of being able to fix it.

Prnds appeared in red on my dash and then started blinking. Went on line regarding this and read about a tcm switch or a lever switch malfunction. Have an appt with mechanic on 8/26/21. From what I have read we are looking at a cost prohibitive repair of several thousands of dollars. Does Audi have any responsibility? apparently it is a common complaint with the A4 model. Felt loss of power when decelerating.

My vehicle started up fine and I was driving to work, I was idling at the red light and my car shut off and signaled the battery light. We tried to jump it thinking it was the battery like it signaled, and it wasnt so we had to tow it. The car still doesnt start. It cranks but wont start and I was in the middle of an intersection, no warning lights before hand at all.

Premature rear window leak due to glue problem which results in replacing complete top dealership said window was repaired before on previous owner.

Rear window of convertible soft top for 2004 Audi A4 cabriolet. An old issue often suffered by Audi cabriolets from 2003-2009. Claimed to be caused by the adhesive that Audi uses. This can be caused by keeping the car outside instead of in a garage as prolonged exposure to sunlight causes the adhesive to give away and fail, causing the rear window to separate from the outer layer of the top and drop. While the window is still technically attached to the inner layer of the top, the window no longer protects against water. As a result rain can seep into the non water resistant inner layer of the top and then cause water damage to the rear seats. This is the case with my own car and with a large enough number of cabriolets that this should have been settled frankly, a good 10 years ago when the first cases were being noticed. I have as many others have, attempted to use a temporary fix and as a result, there is a clear industrial adhesive around the top and rear window to attempt to fix this, it fails with continued use.

While driving through a parking lot, my 2004 Audi A4 1. 8 cabriolet suddenly accelerated for no apparent reason. I was able to shut it down and checked to make sure the floor mat was not interfering with the gas pedal. I restarted the car and drove to my next location without incident. However, after leaving my next location and pulling out onto the main road the car started accelerating again and was difficult to control. The more I applied the brake, the more the engine raced. Afraid of causing an accident in rush hour traffic, I was able to pull into a parking lot and turn off the car. This also happened to me about a year ago, but I assumed it was the car mat because it never happened again until February of this year. After being made aware of the Toyota problem, I decided to research a bit and have discovered mine is not an isolated Audi problem. I'm honestly afraid to drive the car out of concern this may happen again.