While driving about 50 MPH all of a sudden engine stalled. Then, vehicle was towed, and a techinician said it was a broken timing belt. Consumer believed that this was too early to happen.
1997 Audi A4 engine complaints
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I was told by the dealer that the control arms are failing because audi didn't provide for lubrication points.. They had no explanation for the loss of the engine mount bolts, and could not respond when I said I had never owned a car that had lost it's engine mount bolts.. Obviously this has also got to be a problem caused by poor design and engine vibration.. These bolts should be safety wired to prevent this problem. I think audi should cover the costs of replacement of the control arm and engine mount, but the differential problem could be due to wear, although again I don't have this problem on my jeep or other vehicles.
Plaza motors has ignored complaints. Am now using parktown. Better, but am ready to get rid of car because problems are persisting. Do not feel that audi even cares. No safety defect mentioned in the summary.
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