Faults:

Tie rod ends.

Exhaust sensors (4).

Torque converter.

Secondary exhaust fan.

Wiper fluid reservoir cracked and leaking.

Driver information electronic display fading.

Auto-leveling headlamps... $6700 estimate to fix everything wrong.

Just took the car in to get new tie rods, and found all these other issues.

General Comments:

So much fun to drive. Very confident in the snow. Accelerates quickly up the mountains. Feels safe at high speeds and in crappy weather.

Very comfortable, even had heated rear seats! I am going to fix the car and drive it for many more years. I just wish it wasn't so troublesome.

Faults:

Nothing major has gone wrong. I have been blessed with a good car so far.

General Comments:

I have been very blessed with my 96 Audi A4 Quattro.

It just now rolled 66,000, and no major issues yet.

I have had no major problem with my car except for Temp. sensor and seal on the heater unit, which didn't cost that much.

I love driving this car! It is really sporty car. I would recommend this car to my friends.

Faults:

Purchased car in Sept 2004 with less than 30,000 miles.

- Passenger seat auto adjustment broken. Had to ride in reclined position until it was fixed.

- Brakes engaged while starting car and lock. Had brake cylinder replaced.

- Brake issue re-occurs.

- Car shakes at speeds over 50 mph. Occurred three times for no apparent reason.

- Probably bad luck - but had tire blow out hitting a pot hole. First - front driver side. Then following month, front passenger side.

General Comments:

Owned car less than 1 year, and has been in for service 8 times!

Faults:

1. Electronic control center of the air suspension system TWICE (1st year and 3rd year).

2. Front brake disks deformed TWICE (2nd year and 4th year).

3. 2 pieces of gas charged air suspension spring + suspension control arms.

4. Electronic radiator cooling fan defect (nearly burning down the engine).

5. Burnt leather seat, due to a short circuit in the seat heating (nearly burning down the vehicle).

6. Main mechanical radiator cooling fan, which broke during operation, damaging the cooling radiator and the visco clutch. Again, nearly burning down the engine, and also could have damaged the whole engine.

7. Stub axle wore out in 90000 kms

General Comments:

Fast and comfortable, but a very, very, very unreliable and costly car.

Front suspension tends to vibrate on dumpy roads, so anti blocking system is impeding proper braking performance. Very disturbing and sometimes dangerous!!!

After sales service also poor.

Faults:

One month after purchase the car spent 6 weeks at the dealer with a computer glitch. A loaner car was provided for the entire time. Three months in there was a transmission problem, and the car spent another two and a half weeks at the dealer again a loaner car was provided.

General Comments:

Those two problems aside, the car is wonderful to drive.

The 2.7l bi-turbo is fast, and responsive with handling like a sports car.

The look of the car makes it stand out without being offensive, and the interior is extremely tasteful.

I love that it can be purchased with a six speed manual transmission, a rare thing in luxury cars of this caliber.