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

[Fred Munro]

Jeff;

If you can gather info on similar failures (to show it's not an isolated
incident) and submit that to NHTSA, they might issue a recall. That's the
route I took with Transport Canada (our version of the NHTSA) to get them to
issue a recall for the Canadian UrS cars to repair the leaking flex fuel
lines.

Fred Munro
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of jeff postupack
Sent: January 11, 2010 5:55 PM
To: S-Cars
Subject: [s-cars] Audi A4 with broken lower control arm Yikes!

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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