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4.7 out of 5 stars
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3.5 out of 5 stars

Great Car Bad Company

GRepchickw, 11/15/2004
2004 Audi A8 L quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (4.2L 8cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

A great car which deserves a company to stand behind it. The car spent a total of two months in for service, with the last one being 45 dyas in a row. The car has computer and transmission problems which Audi will not stand behind. It was a bad experience. the transmission slips and progressively gets worse.

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3.5 out of 5 stars

Fun to drive, but rotten electronics

lewis m weston, 07/07/2004
2004 Audi A8 L quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (4.2L 8cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

The car drives well(but not as well as the 740iL it replaced) but the electronics are a horror. To tune the radio the driver needs to take his eyes off the road. About half the time the right outside mirror doesnt return to normal position after reversing.The MMI screen comes up blank if its been closed before, and needs to be opened, closed and opened again to work.After 2 months, something drained the battery and the car had to be towed to the dealer.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

My new A8

RPXXPR, 12/03/2003
2004 Audi A8 L quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (4.2L 8cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I've had the car for only 2000 miles, I love it so far.

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2.5 out of 5 stars

Fix the MMI

waitingforhelp , 05/23/2004
2004 Audi A8 L quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (4.2L 8cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

MMI has constantly failed, including running down the battery forcing a tow job. Dealership can't fix and blames Audi USA. This is a very serious problem that they need to come clean on. Credibility is vanishing!

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3.5 out of 5 stars

Terrible surprise

Jmyu, 11/14/2004
2004 Audi A8 L quattro AWD 4dr Sedan (4.2L 8cyl 6A)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful

Initially loved the car, until I went for a car wash and the trunk lid opened by itself...everything got wet in the trunk. How this kind of thing can happen in a luxury car??? Then I went to the dealer and supposedly they changed the motor of the trunk lid. I also changed the tires to all season for the winter (got unfortunatedly the 19'' wheels with summer tires). The dealer messed up the tires and wheels (with quite a few scraches). Also they used the car for ~ 60 miles (probably the technician took for a ride). This is unacceptable from a luxury car dealership.

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