PhillyAudiA4

Driving home from the train station today .. the MIL light came on and the car was idling really rough. I was able to run at reduced speed in 2nd gear, but that was about it. I was only about 2 miles from home so I decided to keep going (might not have been the smartest move). I live about 6 miles from my Audi dealer.. should I just drive it at reduced speed there tomorrow, or should I call a flat bed to come get it?

Just for the records, my build date is 01/02 and I have about 9000 miles on it.

duct tape

ack! that's my build date.

duct tape

I thought heat was the culprit for the failures? It's been raining and cold in Philly lately.

PhillyAudiA4

I have never experienced any heat in the foot wells that others have mentioned. And I believe that others have had the coil pack failures without having the heat problem.

Obviously, in Philly .. the heat from the weather has not been an issue recently as you mentioned.

PlacitasNM (aka Ken)

One of the guys who drove it a few miles with a failed ignition coil (coil pack) said there was a burning smell, he opened the hood, and the exhaust manifold was glowing cherry red. I'm guessing that the fuel mixture that wasn't burning in the cylinder was burning in the manifold (anyone have any other ideas?).

docjan_uk

that would just take the excess fuel and dump it, as a pretection measure against this very kind of thing.

Bob Petruska

I sure would have that done if they were only 6 miles from me!

Bob Petruska

to prevent CAT damage. It's too bad a failed coil just doesn't totally destroy the engine($$$M's)....maybe Audi would have second thoughts about not responding to owners pleas for a recall.

PlacitasNM (aka Ken)

Now that would be great if you could get them to do it.

First Timer

After my first coil failure, I imediately pulled over and looked under the hood. What I saw was my catalytic converter glowing red hot. It's a 2002 A4 1.8T. My cat now has a really cool blueish brown color.