[s-cars] Ever heard of this?

[Fred Munro]

This is a new one on me, Dave. These control arms are pretty robust and are
not prone to snapping from normal braking forces. It's suspicious that the
dealer replaced both arms - I'd suspect improper installation or damage
during installation as the cause of the failure. Have an independent
mechanic check it out.

Fred Munro
'94 S4


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Sent: May 2, 2003 6:39 PM
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Subject: [s-cars] Ever heard of this?


Listers,

Last Friday I'm driving to a job at about 4:30pm on the Henry Hudson Pkwy in
NYC.  Stop and go traffic.  I'm moving about 25 mph in the right lane when a
van cuts into my lane from the center lane (which was stopped at the time).
I hit my brakes to slow down (no danger, plenty of time to stop) when I hear
a clank and my car suddenly lurches uncontrollably to the left, scraping the
right front of a blue escort along my two drivers side doors and then
hitting the right front quarter panel of a limo in the left lane with my
drivers side front quarter panel and scraping along the limo's passernger
side doors.  Noboby hurt, thank god.  Turns out the passenger side lower
control arm snapped causing the car to lurch to the left.  I've owned the
car two months (just received the title in the mail today).  The lower
control arms were supposedly replaced by the dealer I purchased it from.

End result is the car is a total loss.  I don't know yet what the insurance
co. will give me for it.  I have nowhere to keep the car to part it out or I
would.

Anyone ever heard of such a mechanical failure on these cars?  Kind of
scary.  Thank god I wasn't driving 70mph with my pregnant wife or newborn
son (12 days) in the car.  I'm fighting hard to feel good enough to purchase
another Audi.  Just though I'd share.  Any BTDT's or advice most welcome.

Dave Glasser
95 Black S6
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