85 4000S with cracked front crossmember

[Ti Kan]

Burns334 at aol.com writes:
> Car has had a very quite and gentle life with only 60K miles.  Looked 
> underneat right front wheel and see front cross member has several severe 
> cracks in crossmember around were it attaches to the lower A arm in the 
> front.  Has anyone seen this before or know of recall

I think you mean the subframe... that's a stout piece and shouldn't
crack easily.  There is no recall on it that I know about.  Have you
been the car's owner since new?  Maybe a previous owner had hit something.

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
96 A4 2.8 quattro (sold but not forgotten)
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