Used 1998 Audi A4 2.8 quattro 4dr Sedan AWD Consumer Reviews
Used A4 for sale
Don't do it
pbfoot, 07/09/2007
Audi A4 2.8 quattro 4dr Sedan AWD
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I bought my baby (silver A4 quattro) 4 years ago with 70k mi on her. Put 40k on her in those 4 years and have one thing to say: she was the best car in the world, but she was extremely unreliable and expensive to maintain. Tie rods, control arms, electrical modules, wheel bearings, engine seals, ABS module, air bag sensor. You name it, it broke, all of them broke, and she was in the shop for weeks at a time. It cost a fortune to get her out of the shop every time. I babied this car and got nothing in return. Sure, she handled on rails and had a great performance V6, but there is no way I'd ever consider giving Audi another shot. Too expensive and unreliable.
Don't buy it
ganderson101, 12/24/2003
Audi A4 2.8 quattro 4dr Sedan AWD
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Fun to drive, handles snow very well. Repairs frequent and very expensive. Have had to replace two headlights, head gasket, and timing belt at 74,000 miles. $4000 so far. Rub rails falling off the car, (defective brackets), transmission shifts rough. Audi's QA doesn't measure up to selling price. I will never buy Audi again
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MIKEO71, 01/10/2004
Audi A4 2.8 quattro 4dr Sedan AWD
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Can't possibly fit all of my experiences in this small review. Purchased used w/ 50k miles, audi assured, well maintained by Audi by the book. Secretly phoned dealer where car was originally serviced and found it had many issues not disclosed to me prior to purchase. Numerous issues, some major and other minor. Audi servi ce is bad (5 different dealers in 3 different states).
not worth it
nobullgirl, 06/18/2003
Audi A4 2.8 quattro 4dr Sedan AWD
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Bought this car 2 months before warranty run out. Since then, it has been a year and half and I've just totaled my repair bills. $6400! Water tank, timing belt, sun roof, gaskit, alarm, brakes, you name it. I wonder is it just this car or this model.
NOT RELIABLE
Gino, 12/12/2005
Audi A4 2.8 quattro 4dr Sedan AWD
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Very fun to drive, awesome in snow. However, **extremely** unreliable. Guaranteed to fail (all happened to me): -ABS Module (min $2000 to replace, for cheaper alternative checkout autoecu.com) -oil leaks (at least $1500 to replace $8 part, do timing belt at the same, same labor involved) -tie rods -Control arms (there's a recall on one of them, but ALL of them will eventually fail) -rear deck speakers (easy fix, just glue the poly-cone, it comes loose causing vibration) -side mirror reflective material deterioriating (i've seen it on other A4's in parking lots) -side door base-molding rots/falls of