Things to look for: 2001 A4

[Scott Hinckley]

At 08:49 AM 1/19/2004, rocketscienceracing at comcast.net wrote:
> >> From: Richard Beels <beels at technologist.com>
> >>
> >> Father-in-law has decided to buy a 2001 A4.  quattro, V6, manual, 50K
> >>
> >> What are the vehicle-specific things to look out for on this one.  I
> >
> >FWIW, here's my A4 laundry list:
> >
> >1. Control arms (really the just the joints, which are available 
> separately, but not from the factory).
> >4. Timing belt: just do it!

Yowsa, you have quite a list. I had a '98 A4 through the end of 2001 and 
70kmi. The only one of those problems I ran into was the control arms, and 
I got lucky it happened before the extended warranty expired.

Scott