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Ignition coil failure while driving resulting in a shaky vehicle, loss of power and a red hot glowing catalytic converter. Audi is refusing to replace defective coils until each one fails. Audi even refuses to replace the defective coils at the customers expense.
My 2002 Audi A4 1.8T had a coil pack failure on 12/18/02. The failure caused the car to sputter lose speed and become unpredictable. It occured at a speed of 30 mph forcing me to take evasive driving action. Upon further research, I found out that this failure is occuring on a very large scale with dozens and dozens of 1.8T engines (both VW and Audi) having this problem. VW/Audi has not issued a recall for these parts and is only replacing the failed part. There are coil packs in each 1.8T. VW/Audi is not acting on this problem leaving thousands of 1.8T owners with defective parts in their cars. When a coil pack fails it is a very dangerous situation.
- Nutley, NJ, USA
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- Wanaque, NJ, USA