2014 Audi A4 Steering

Car is feeling jerky and shaky at the steering wheel when driving or sitting still. Very common problem on these cars. Will probably need new steering rack. This issue needs to become a recall. Very frustrating.

Steering wheel doesn’t want stay center. Kicks left or right, in a kind of ‘notchy’ way. Almost feels like it wants to click from side to side and won’t stay centered. Vehicle was recently aligned and utilizes all OEM parts.

WHILE IN A TURNING MOTION THRU A WATER PUDDLE, THE STEERING DEFECTIVE WARNING LIGHT CAME UP ON THE DASH AND THE STEERING WAS VERY STIFF AT SLOW SPEED. ERROR WAS ANALYZED AS A DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC STEERING RACK AND PINION. ONE YEAR AGO THIS SAME PROBLEM AROSE AND IT WAS CORRECTED WITH A USED RACK, BECAUSE A NEW ONE COULD NOT BE FOUND, SUCH IS THE CASE AT THE CURRENT TIME, ONLY USED RACKS ARE AVAILABLE, WHICH DID NOT WORK OUT WELL THE FIRST TIME AND THE LEAD TIME ON A NEW RACK IS 3 MONTHS. I SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT NUMBER: 11300855 ON THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM A YEAR AGO. I FEEL AUDI NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE RACK P/N 8K1 423 055BA OR ANY OTHER THAT FIT THIS DESCRIPTION. THE INTERNET HAS PLENTY OF AUDI FORUMS ABOUT THIS MOISTURE PROBLEM, SINCE THE RACK IS CONDUCIVE TO WEATHER RELATED CONDITIONS THAT SHORT OUT CONTROL MODULE, LEAVING THE RACK WITH NO ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST. THE MODULE IS INTEGRATED INTO THE RACK WITH NO WAY TO JUST REPLACE JUST THAT PART, LEAVING YOU WITH A $3000.00 BILL.

THE STEERING LOCKS UP OUT OF NO WERE WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT SEEM LIKE POWER STEERING FAILURE AND GIVES YOU A STUCK THEN LET GO FEELING. I'M A MECHANIC AND HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THE STEERING UNIVERSAL JOINTS SEIZED AND RUSTED BAD MAKING IT WELL NOT STEER SMOOTH IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND A CAR ONLY 6 YEARS OLD WITH 80000 MILE SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE THAT BUT IT'S VERY VERY COMMON AFTER RESEARCH

VEHICLE CAN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. SOMETIMES IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. OTHER TIMES IT ALTERNATES BETWEEN LOOSE AND STIFF, MAKING IT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD MANY NEAR-COLLISIONS IN THIS STATE.

VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN HAD A WARNING LIGHT WITH THE STEERING WHILE DRIVING AND WHEEL STOPPED TURNING. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION EVENTUALLY STARTED TURNING BACK AFTER I STOPPED THE CAR AND PUT ON HAZARDS AND KEPT PLAYING WITH STEERING BUT WAS STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. HAD TO TOW VEHICLE TO AUDI AND TOOK A WEEK AND A FEW DAYS WITH THE CAR. NOW AFTER I GOT IT FOR ONLY A FEW DAYS MY OIL SENSOR HAS GONE BAD AFTER I ASKED THEM TO CHECK EVERYTHING. I FIND THIS VERY STRANGE

RACK AND PINION, STEERING LOCKED UP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI A4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI A4. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE STEERING BECAME STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PAUL MILLER AUDI (179 US-46, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054, (973) 575-7750) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI A4. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VEERED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO GRASP THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTLY TO KEEP IT FROM DRIFTING. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 AUDI A4. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WOULD SUDDENLY FAIL. DURING THE FAILURE, THE MESSAGE "STEERING DEFECTIVE DO NOT DRIVE" WOULD DISPLAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

MY A4 CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE REPLACED THE TIRES, THE ROTORS AND BRAKES, AND HAD AUDI DO AN ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT.

I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY, GOING AT ABOUT 45 MPH, THEN A LIGHT CAME ON ON MY DASHBOARD THAT SAID "DYNAMIC STEERING: SYSTEM FAULT. YOU CAN CONTINUE DRIVING" . THE STEERING WHEEL GOT A LITTLE STIFF, BUT THE I WAS ABLE TO KEEP DRIVING. THE NEXT DAY, ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM MY HOUSE THE SAME LIGHT TURNED RED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME REALLY HARD TO MOVE, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN TO EITHER SIDE. CONTACTED AUDI AND THEY SAID TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER.

"AUDI STEERING PROBLEM" AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING BECOMES STIFF WHEN CHANGING LANES AND IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO GOING BACK TO THE CENTER OF LANE RIGHT AWAY IT GIVES RESISTANCE IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING ON TO THE LAST DIRECTION THE STEERING WAS GOING IT HAS GRADUALLY GOTTEN WORST EVEN ON CITY STREETS NORMAL DRIVING I COULD FEEL RESISTANCE THE STEERING FEELS STIFF AND HEAVY THE STEERING WANDERS FROM STRAIGHT PATH ON HIGHWAY THE STEERING SOMETIMES GOES AGAINST DIRECTION YOU WANT CAR TO GO CAUSING A MOMENT OF PANIC GOD FORBID A FATALITY OCCURS TOOK IT TO SERVICE AUDI DRIVING TEST WE CAME BACK THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC THEY SAID THE COMPUTER SAYS NOTHING WRONG IT SEEMS TO ME THEY SET COMPUTER WITH LOW SAFETY STANDARD THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER THIS UP SOMEONE OF AUTHORITY NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE I SEE MANY SAME COMPLAINTS ON CONSUMER WEBSITES PLEASE HELPS US AGAINST THIS POTENTIAL AND FATAL HAZARD.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 3-MONTH TO CURRENT. SOMETIME, THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES LOOSE WHILE DRIVING (EASILY MOVES NO RESPONSE), LIKE IT IS UN-AWARE OF WHERE THE FRONT TIRES ARE OR THE STEERING DISENGAGES WITH THE CAR, THEN IT CATCHES AND TURNS INTO THE LANE AND REALIZES THE POSITION OF THE STEERING WHEEL. I BELIEVE THIS IS CALLED "NOTCHY." ON-GOING, FROM DAY TO DAY.

OUR BRAND NEW A-4 HAS A STEERING PROBLEM ON THE HIGHWAY.IT REQUIRES CONSTANT CORRECTIONS TO KEEP IT GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE.IT HAS CAUSED ME TO DRIFT INTO OTHER LANES AND THE BERM.WE HAD AN A-6 THAT WAS SO EASY TO DRIVE,THEN AN A-3 THAT IS SO FUN TO DRIVE,BUT WE HAVE NOTHING BUT REGRETS AFTER BUYING THIS A-4. *TR

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING BECOMES STIFF WHEN CHANGING LANES AND IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO GOING BACK TO THE CENTER OF LANE RIGHT AWAY IT GIVES RESISTANCE IT WANTS TO KEEP GOING ON TO THE LAST DIRECTION THE STEERING WAS GOING IT HAS GRADUALLY GOTTEN WORST EVEN ON CITY STREETS NORMAL DRIVING I COULD FEEL RESISTANCE THE STEERING FEELS STIFF AND HEAVY THE STEERING WANDERS FROM STRAIGHT PATH ON HIGHWAY THE STEERING SOMETIMES GOES AGAINST DIRECTION YOU WANT CAR TO GO CAUSING A MOMENT OF PANIC GOD FORBID A FATALITY OCCURS TOOK IT TO SERVICE AUDI DRIVING TEST WE CAME BACK THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC THEY SAID THE COMPUTER SAYS NOTHING WRONG IT SEEMS TO ME THEY SET COMPUTER WITH LOW SAFETY STANDARD THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER THIS UP SOMEONE OF AUTHORITY NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE I SEE MANY SAME COMPLAINTS ON CONSUMER WEBSITES PLEASE HELPS US AGAINST THIS POTENTIAL AND FATAL HAZARD. *TR

AFTER PICKING UP MY NEW A4 AND REACHING HIGHWAY SPEED, I NOTICED THE STEERING WAS WANTING TO WANDER. AFTER GETTING HOME I WENT ONLINE AND READ OTHER OWNERS SAME COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB PAGE. I DROVE THE CAR AGAIN YESTERDAY AND NOTICED THE AUDI DRIVE SELECT FEATURE WAS MAINLY CAUSING THE PROBLEM. IF I SELECTED THE DYNAMIC OR SPORT MODE IT WOULD STARTED TO WANDER OFF. IN THE OTHER TWO MODES IT SEEMED TO BE PRETTY NORMAL. THIS MIGHT BE OK ON THE RACE TRACK WHERE YOUR MAKING TURNS ALL THE TIME, BUT FOR NORMAL DRIVING IT STINKS. AUDI NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS RIGHT AWAY. *TR

THIS VEHICLES ELECTROMECHANICAL STEERING SYSTEM WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE STEERING WANDERS EXTREMELY BAD WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN MAKING STEERING CORRECTIONS THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LAST CORRECTION EVEN WHEN THE WHEEL IS RETURNED TO DEAD-CENTER. THIS ISSUE IS AMPLIFIED IF THERE IS ANY AMOUNT OF WIND/CROSS WINDS. THE VEHICLE WILL LITERALLY ALLOW ITSELF BE BLOWN ALMOST INTO THE NEXT LANE WHEN HOLDING THE WHEEL STRAIGHT AND AT TIMES WITH STRONG WIND WILL EVEN DO THIS WHEN COMPENSATING BY TURNING THE WHEEL AGAINST THE PUSH OF THE WIND. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD A LINE WITHOUT CONSTANT CORRECTIONS TO THE STEERING ANGLE. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY AUDI VIA A FIRMWARE UPDATE OR SOME OTHER CORRECTIVE MEASURE. IN MY OPINION THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND AT TIMES VERY UNSAFE TO TRAVEL ON THE HIGHWAY WITH. IF THE CAR IS HIT BY A STRONG CROSS WIND IT WILL DRIVE THE CAR "SIDEWAYS" INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE OR BREAKDOWN LANE. *TR

MY NEW 2014 AUDI A4 QUATTRO PREMIUM PLUS HAS A SEVERE AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS STEERING ISSUE WHERE THE CAR DRIFTS LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT AT ALL SPEEDS BUT IS MORE PRONOUNCED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS CAR IS A HAZARD TO DRIVE. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2014 AUDI A4 AND NOTICED IMMEDIATELY, ONCE I HIT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THE CAR WOULD NOT TRACK STRAIGHT. ONCE CENTERED IN THE LANE AND RELEASING THE STEERING WHEEL THE CAR STARTED TO DRIFT EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT IN THAT THAN 5 SECONDS. THE DIRECTION IF THE DRIFT SEEMS TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE DIRECT OF THE LAST COURSE CORRECTION. IF I HAD TO TURN LEFT TO CENTER THE CAR IN THE LANE THEN IT WOULD WANDER LEFT WHEN THE WHEEL WAS RELEASED, IF THE LAST COURSE CORRECTION WAS RIGHT THEN IT WOULD WANDER RIGHT. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS MECHANICALLY AND IT HAD THE LATEST SOFTWARE FLASH. I WAS TOLD IT WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE SENIOR TECHNICIAN WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT AUDI'S TECH CENTER COULD NOT RECOMMEND A FIX AT THIS TIME. *TR