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2011 Audi S4 hesitation / surging reports

8 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2011 Audi S4 — roughly 31% of all complaints for this model year.

8
Hesitation / surging reports
31%
share of complaints
63,500 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other S4 years

2010 S411
S4 hesitation / surging by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2011 Audi S4 report before drawing conclusions.