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Display Reads "Steering Defective. Do Not Drive Vehicle."
2013 Audi A4
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Audi dealer.
8.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 63,750 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 2 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
- replaced steering column & rack (1 reports)
steering problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Living in Minnesota, whenever the temperatures would get below -22 Fahrenheit, the power steering would be completely gone, and show a message "steering defective, do not drive" with annoying beeps. It would be a death sentence to try and drive. I was left stranded on the highway for three hours until the sun heated up the engine bay enough to take off the error message. Once the temperature went above that number or applying heat by the electromechanical steering module, the error would go away upon the next engine restart.
This is just blatant poor engineering by Audi. They must have forgotten that it does indeed get very cold in some areas of the world. If your machines can't operate at those temperatures, don't sell them there!
- Levi P., Rice, MN, US