[s-cars] Audi A4 with broken lower control arm Yikes!

[Douglas Landaeta]

I've seen this failure at my local euro-shop. The tech said the owner  
consistently took speed bumps in his condo neighborhood at somewhat  
aggressive speeds for the suspension. Both arms were shot at less than  
20k miles.

Were these OEM parts or had they been replaced?

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On Jan 11, 2010, at 5:55 PM, jeff postupack <jeff.postupack at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Hey Audifans!
>
> Gotta question for a good friend, who's A4 lower control arm broke  
> off !
> (fortunately at 5MPH, no injuries)
> but  what the hell eh?
>
> Do any of youz guys know how to either-
> Get attention at Audi USA for coverage of this failure?
> Utilize NHTSA to 'pressure above'
>
> or share your opinions otherwise.
> A scary event.. indeed..
>
> Jeff Posto
>
>
>
> it's listed below
>
> *Component Description:
> 22. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM*
>
> *Bulletin Number:*
>
> 11242004
>
> *Bulletin Date:*
>
> Nov 2004
>
> *Vehicle:* 1,998 Audi A4
>
> *Summary:*
> SERVICE ACTION JE CAMPAIGN-CHECK/REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER  
> CONTROL
> ARMS. AUDI HAS FOUND THAT IN RARE CASES, ONE OR BOTH FRONT  
> SUSPENSION LOWER
> CONTROL ARMS ON AFFECTED VEHICLES CAN EXHIBIT WEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE  
> DAMAGE
> TO THE RUBBER BO ( NHTSA ITEM NUMBER - 10016418 )
>
>
>
> *Component Description:
> 23. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM*
>
> *Bulletin Number:*
>
> JE
>
> *Bulletin Date:*
>
> Nov 2004
>
> *Vehicle:* 1,998 Audi A4
>
> *Summary:*
> CHECK/REPLACE REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARMS. ( NHTSA  
> ITEM
> NUMBER - 10011699 )
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