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2004 Audi A4 Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	773783
Internal NHTSA #	10317123
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	AUDI
Model	A4
Model Year	2004
File date	02/01/10
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I have owned my 2004 audi a4 1. 8t quattro for four years. The problem that i am having is a massive issue that hundreds if not thousands of other b6 platform owners also have, the water pump in our vehicles is very prone to failure. The water pump found in our us market vehicles has a plastic impeller that is known to snap, crack, or leak causing the part to fail. I have had two of these pumps fail in the past two years. The first one failed at around 74k in july of 2008 when the part was nearing it's replacement date. The second failure occurred in january 2010 at roughly 98k miles. So i have had two failures in a very short time period. Now audi is fully aware of this but has never had a recall or even acknowledges that it is their fault for releasing a poorly designed part. When a pump fails it usually goes very quickly. In my case it leaked and then i lost ac compression. I am lucky that i know cars and knew to immediately park the car and get it into the shop. I know that many other people have had significant engine damage because the failed pump caused overheating. The pump is also part of the whole system that drives the timing belt so a failure could also cause catastrophic engine failure if that belt seizes up. Overall it is a huge problem and each time a pump needs to be replaced the entire timing belt service needs to be performed which runs about $1700. 00 at a dealership and around $800-$1500 at independent shops. I feel that this is very unfair to us as owners, but that it also puts the public at great risk if a failure occurs at highway speeds or in traffic. Lives are already at risk enough on our highways and the last thing that i want to do is cause bodily harm or property damage because a company released a poorly designed part and did nothing to improve it. I request that the nhtsa look into this issue. If you search sites like audiworld. Com and audizine. Com you will find lots of information and first hand accounts.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	98000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	JESSUP, MD
VIN pattern	WAULC68E54AXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	22/01/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Audi A4 Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Audi A4 Engine And Engine Cooling Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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