2000 Audi S4 problems
NHTSA has received 171 complaints about the 2000 Audi S4, and 29% of them involve electrical system. After that come brakes (29%) and tires (23%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 171 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 78 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 29 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 78 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 62,000 miles (28 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Audi S4 with enough data (119 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Hit icy patch on freeway and crashed into concrete median barrier. Air bags for my wife and myself failed to depoly. My audi 2000, model s4 was totalled.
On or about 11/20/00 I applied brakes while driving down hill. Car accelerated out of control. Brakes would not stop car, which eventually crashed into telephone pole. I injured my left leg. Audi advised me they knew of no "defect" that could cause this accident. On 13/21/01 as I applied brakes to turn into a parking space contiguous to a building the vehicle accelerated. When I both heard to engine racing and the car accelerating I fortunately shifted into neutral and stopped the vehice.
Complaint received via e-mail." I purchased a 2000 audi s4 quattro with 39k miles on it from a non-audi dealer in march of 2002. At approximately 50,600 miles my ABS controller failed. This is indicated by a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) in the vehicle's ECU (computer) as well as 3 loud beeps when you start the car and the ABS light staying lit and the red brake light flashing constantly. This part has failed on multiple audi s4's of the same model year that I know of.
Driving on the on-ramp, about 40 MPH. I was cut off fairly aggressively and had to apply the brakes hard. My brake light lit-up and beeped a few times. My car then began to spin out of control across the freeway (I-40, a major trucking artery). Luckily I did not hit anyone and was able to control the spin. I found out later that my ABS control unit (what a surprise) failed, of course at the most critical time of need for it. Total cost to replace was $800.