Kass

I have a 1996 A4 Quattro with 47K miles on it. I bought it used with 27K on it, and have already had to replace both rear wheel bearings and just found out that both front control arms are bad. The dealer wants approx. $1000 to fix. Of course the 3 year warranty period is up. Anyway, it just strikes me as strange that a car with so few miles should have these problems. Has anyone else experienced this?

kiho

i had my car for 2months and had the control arms replaced...check the archives...seems like a problem we all face.

Stephen/APR

APR's R&D 1.8TQ has 42000 miles on it and all the control arms are completely worn out. This is a problem that is showing up on these cars between 40k and 60k. The real kicker is how expensive the parts are to replace the bad items. The parts have been superceded at least 5 times. Lets hope that a solution will trickle down from Audi. Hope everyone has good luck in dealing with this problem.

Stephen/APR

pauls

I've had 2 replaced on my 98, the front and rear lower on the right side. The car had 19k miles on it when they were replaced. The shop manager said its common and as a side note suggested I have the left side replaced before the warrantee is out. I guess I could do that by claiming some problem that doesn't exist. My guess is that since you are just out of warrantee and AoA knows this problem exists you might get some relief if you make a whole lot of noise. It probably wouldn't hurt if you let them know your not in the dark about this and that you know plenty of others have had the problem. Mine were just made lots of creaking noises, but I hear they make clunking noises and pops too. So far I've only heard that they are defective in some fashion causing noise and not actually worn out. Perhaps someone else can add to this. Worn out at 19k miles just doesn't make sense.
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Dmak

My 99 1.8T has started squeeking when I go over small bumps. Does this mean I have a control arm problem? Will it affect the car in anyway if I don't replace them right away?

Dmak 1.8TQMS

Rich

Those of you who have had to replace them and pay for it or just happen to know how much they are.....how much are they? Labor?

Thanks in advance,
Rich

mike

Do the Passat 1.8T's have this problem too?

Paul Cormier

Brought it in at 15K service and Phil Long Audi here in Colorado Springs couldn't find anything wrong. Let me know if you get any more information. -- PC

Mark

Boy, if this is consistant with all A4's then I should just get an eextended warrantee for 1500.00 to cover this big expense. How much to replace all 4 control arms on avg.??

so?

No response about whether the Passat uses the same bits
up front?

Do all A4's use the same control arms, fwd and awd cars
alike?

thanks