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2004 Audi A4 fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 58 complaints for the 2004 Audi A4, 26% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
58 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 58 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2004 Audi A4 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 16 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 21 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 58 complaints that include mileage. 40% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles16
60k to 80k miles21
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 58 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

I was driving hwy speed limit while my audi a4 3.0 2004 stopped running all of a sudden and I had to push my car on the side to safe from hwy traffic. I tried to restate the engine but I couldn't start. I found out my fuel pump stop working bc it was shaking and lost the power and shuts off by itself. It's cranking strong but not getting any gas to start so while I was sitting by the hwy for 3 hours I researched and find out that it is fuel pump failure as 2003 audi and it's shame that it's general problem in…

Reported at 105,000 miles, December 2010 CrashFire

2004 audi a4 3.0 l quattro production date oct 3, 2003. Premature failure of fuel pump while driving, no warning no sputtering. If it had happened at a busy intersection it would have caused a mva.

Reported at 41,061 miles, December 2009

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