Problems with 2009 Audi S4 Avant

[orbtar]

Have any of you had problems with 2009 Audi S4's yet? My uncle bought a new high spec S4 Avant in the Summer, all was fine until it reached 7,000 miles, then everything went wrong. The car was off the road for almost a month, various problems including; needed replacement water pump, steering pump, steering rack etc and still seemed no better. Once after being repaired the Audi technician drove the car to Ipswich and refused to drive it back as he felt it would be dangerous to do so! The car was a lemon, the supplying Audi dealer refused to replace the car and could only offer £29,000 to buy it back (it cost about £46,000 only a few months earlier), luckily he managed to part exchange it for a new Porsche and the Audi has ended up at a dealer in Warrington. This was my uncles fifth, and last Audi, all the others have been problem free.
Several of the car magazines running this model also seem to have had problems, especially with the steering yet Audi refuse to acknowledge this.

[T89 Callan]

Never buy cars that are the fisrt models off the production line, especially when the powertrain is all new.

After working in Automotive (in design and quality) I wouldn't buy any car until it has been in production for at least a year.

So this doesn't really help but I wouldn't be put off Audi's forever.

[Not Ideal]

Bloody hell - I would kicked up a bigger fuss with Audi..!!