2003 Audi A4: fire, smoke or burning smell

5 of the 210 complaints about the 2003 Audi A4 describe fire, smoke or burning smell.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 21 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year

2013
2
2012
1
2009
4
2007
1
2006
4
2005
3
2004
1
2003
5
2002
6
2001
6
2000
1
1999
2
1998
3
1997
1

What owners say

Filed Oct 6, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · IN · fire

The coolant light came on after I replaced coil packs and I stopped to look wasn't leaking anywhere. Drove to work and it caught on fire due to overheating I guess not really sure. I was driving a car on fire down a highway and didn't even know it. I stopped to take a left turn into work and smoke stared billowing out and around the entire car. Other drivers couldn't see me or nothing I could have been in an accident. The fire department checked the car out sort of and it's in a mechanics shop now. Trying to figure it out. Oil light was on and that's it. AN then the coolant light would kick on and off. Nothing else after I changed the coil packs. And it was well after I did that.

Filed Jun 26, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 199,800 miles · ME · fire

Initially drove car home from grocery store hit a bump and noticed a spark coming from front driver's side of car. Pulled over and checked for spark evident once stopped there was no sign of spark or anything. Got car home and parked about an hour later my car was on fire, after putting the fire out my husband lifted the hood and tried to investigate the issue when he discovered the battery was melted to the hood and is where the fire initially caught. The location of the battery we believe to be the issue and wanted to make sure to report it immediately.

Filed Jan 11, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · AZ · fire

After returning home from a drive through fast food place last night my daughter was parking in our driveway, she was in reverse. The car (a 2003 audi a4 cv convertible) bounced and made a sound then she stopped. I said take the keys out of the ignition to her black smoke started to rise out of the top of the hood crack in front of the front windshield. I told her to get the dog in our back seat and herself out I assumed it was on fire because the dark smoke. I grabbed my purse piped the hood and my daughter called 911 as the neighbors ran inside there home for a fire extinguisher. Two men from across the street attempted to put it out as I spoke to the 911 operator. The fire department arrived and got the fire out. My car is now junk. My daughter was emotionally strained, hysterical throughout the incident. It was traumatic for us both. The firefighters said it was possibly caused by electrical malfunctions.

Filed Apr 23, 2008 · Engine · 35,600 miles · FL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 audi a4. While driving 38 MPH, the check engine soon light illuminated and the entire vehicle began shaking. The vehicle had to be towed to the dealer, but has not yet been diagnosed. The contact also noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. He checked the vehicle and discovered an engine leak. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they informed him that the vehicle had been repaired; however, the contact does not believe that anything was done to the vehicle. An independent mechanic stated that the shaking was due to the motor mount. The current and failure mileages were 35,600.

Filed Mar 23, 2006 · Seats · 33,000 miles · CT · fire

My 2003 audi quattro 3.0 heated seat caught on fire. Fortunately no one was injured and I was able to put out the fire before it spread. A hole was burned in the seat which audi replaced. I was lucky that I noticed the fire before I left my car in my garage or else the car and house could have caught on fire. This is a potentially dangerous problem that should be looked into. The audi dealer told me that others have had this problem in their all road model..it is just a matter of time before someone is severely injured from this type of defect.