1998 Audi A4 defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1998 Audi A4. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• STUCK-OPEN THROTTLE
  Engineering Analysis EA04017 · opened Jun 30, 2004 · closed Feb 10, 2005 · led to recall 04V495000

  Vwoa has recalled approximately 28,300 my 1998-99 a6 vehicles in cold weather states that experienced the highest rate of throttle icing incidents in the subject vehicles (04v-495).the failure rate in the a4 and passat vehicles is much lower than in the recalled vehicles.odi will continue to monitor the experience in t…

• BRAKE AND CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02008 · opened Jan 23, 2002 · closed Jul 12, 2002
• DEGRADED BRAKING IN WET WEATHER
  Engineering Analysis EA00021 · opened Aug 11, 2000 · closed Mar 29, 2002

  There is no summary currently available

• DEGRADED BRAKING WET WEATHER CONDITION
  Preliminary Evaluation PE00016 · opened Apr 4, 2000 · closed Aug 11, 2000

  There is no summary currently available

• POWER BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM BY-PASS
  Recall Query RQ99008 · opened Jun 1, 1999 · closed Nov 14, 2000 · led to recall 99V131001

  There is no summary currently available