Used 2003 Audi A4 Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Never buy a VW or Audi
Lance, 01/28/2020
2003 Audi A4 1.8T Fwd 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
I have bought Junkers that were better vehicles than this. I have owned many vehicles and never wrote a review but I gotta warn everybody to stay away from these. Almost every time I drive it something breaks. The fan control unit just went out, apparently a common issue? It's a $400 part???? It's a $10 part on every other manufacturer? The thing has a turbo but can't get out of it's own way and it still gets terrible gas mileage? My Saturn would smoke this thing and got 10 more mpg and was way more reliable. It's way too low to the ground, hit a speed bump and cracked the oil pan. WHO MAKES AN OIL PAN OUT OF ALUMINUM??? It would have just had a dent if it was made out of steel like every other manufacturer, but no it was made out of aluminum so it just split in two. Sensors are constantly going off, go over a bump and it says low oil when the oil level is fine. The water heater hoses are made with plastic connectors? Who designed this POS. You have to have a special part to fill the transmission oil and you can't even check it to see if it's low, but if it does get low, well the transmission is ruined and if you don't change the oil all the time, that will ruin the transmission, and it's only possible to change half the fluid so you have to change the fluid twice in an attempt to try and get it all. This isn't limited to just Audi, VW's have all these same flaws as well. NEVER BUY AN AUDI OR VW! Unless of course you like paying $20/liter for transmission fluid and spending $500 every 20k having it done? The motor is covered in plastic pieces just waiting to fall apart. I'm not even touching the surface of the design flaws of this vehicle. Stay far away. Whoever wrote all these good reviews know nothing of vehicles.
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Audi walks away from a LEMON
Gilly Sr., 07/11/2003
2003 Audi A4 3.0 quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (3.0L 6cyl 5A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I've owned it for 14 months and its been out of my posession for 47 days for mechanical rasons. 38 days for ignition coil(s) problems, 4 days to replace a faulty catalytic convertor and most recently, 5 days to replace a failed fan regulator module. Audi customer service takes a week to call me back to tell me they've decided to continue to service the car under the terms of warranty. I gotta a lemon folks and Audi doesn't want to make it right. Now it's my lawyers turn.
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CVT sucks
gary , 08/25/2003
2003 Audi A4 1.8T Fwd 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I have had the A 4 for about 3 months, the power is o.k. but the thing has a 1 to 2 second delay when you accelerate from a dead stop, this is a big problem when turning left infront of traffic. I would not buy this car again with the CVT.
Excellent Automobile
Henry VIII, 02/12/2004
2003 Audi A4 1.8T quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
This is a magnificent car in just about all respects. The only negative comments I have is that it the 1.8T Quattro is a trifle slow off of the light and that the engine is a little louder (but not loud at all compared to other autos) than what I anticipated in a luxury auto.
Love/Hate Hate
Spin90, 09/09/2008
2003 Audi A4 1.8T Fwd 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl Turbo 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
This is truly a drivers car, both interior and exterior finish had a classy sturdy feel. Economy and performance were great, 25/city and highway up to 33 long range trips. Now for the nightmare, the list that went wrong was excessive, items that normally should have no problems for 10 years/100,000 miles started to fail within two week of ownership. Although the warranty/dealer took care of everything while in warranty, afterwards it got out of control. Audi could care less other than to close my filed complaints as soon as possible. Own it get rid of it after warranty, shelf life is short.