[Biturbos4] Control arms going bad?

[Grant]

This could be either tie rod ends, or control arm bushings, or both.

On some, but not all S4s, there was a recall on the lower arms.  The 
failure I had, about 75k also, was one of the 4 upper arms.  You can 
buy some of the bushings from GPR and press them in yourself, but first 
you need to find out which of many failed.  I did nt go that route.

Grant
On May 20, 2005, at 12:23 AM, Igor Kessel wrote:

> Paul Moore wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have a 2001.5 with a little under 75k on it and I suspect my 
>> control arms have
>> about had it.  While turning and on certain bumps I hear a creaking 
>> and/or
>> groaning in the front end, often accompanied by *very* minor tremors 
>> in the
>> steering wheel.  I'm going to make an appointment with the dealer, 
>> but anything
>> I should now about before hand?  Wasn't there a 'recall' on the 
>> control arms;
>> any chance of getting no-cost replacements from Audi?
>> .... pcmoore at engin.umich.edu .... www.alumni.engin.umich.edu/~pcmoore 
>> ....
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> I had a 1998 A4 and the control arms did this. Now I have a 2004 
> Allroad and the control arms do this again. Ridicuous.
>
> AFAIK there was indeed a recall.
> -- 
> Igor Kessel
> two turbo quattros
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