In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"The knob that one has to turn to control finding radio stations and phone numbers, is not working consistently and when I took it into audi, the service person told me it is VERY expensive to repair and that if I can live with it I should avoid the cost. Why this part is failing I don't know but again at 4 years as soon as my warranty was out (ended dec 2018) it became a problem in Feb 2019). What else is going to happen I don't know but this car is becoming a problem. Also the newer cars have better ergonomic designs and also let you know when the car is actually turned off. My mosel may still have the motor on when I think it is turned off."
Anonymous, CA (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"especially in cold weather screen does appear for some time - appears to be very cold weather related - no fix"
Anonymous, AB (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Screen and entire system randomly stopped working"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Though it isn't touch screen, which i'm glad, the controls are quite ambiguous and confusing."
Ed E., NY (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"I many of the routes it chooses are very inefficient. Example: On an easy to plan and navigate 200 mile route it plans a 300 mile route through a large metropolitan city. I do understand its settings and what they do"
Michael P., TX (2014 Audi A4 3.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The GPS would lose the satellite and would not know where the car was"
Sam V., NJ (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Voice on the GPS became very low volume and had to be corrected. The total experience of using the GPS is awkward and slow, compared to my Garmen Nuvy"
Anonymous, WI (2014 Audi A4 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"It certainly isn't a garmin. Directing me to turn after I pass the intersection, go on one way streets the wrong way, and there are more. Our reliance on gps is huge and fortunately I am able to think on my feet while I drive and not do anything stupid that the gps talks me. Hats upsetting, there is no way to upgrade the firmware/software without spending over 400.00.. my 60.00 garmin has free upgrades. If I do travel to a new area, I usually have my garmin plugged in and ready as well."
Ed E., NY (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The GPS is very difficult to use and is sometimes inaccurate. I rely mostly on my phone Google map."
Wayne S., CA (2014 Audi A4 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Took it in twice to the dealer. The mechanics didn't fix it, but a salesman seems to have solved the problem."
Wayne S., CA (2014 Audi A4 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"First I must say, over the first couple of years of complaining to Audi, i first get the usual double talk about where I live, did you try in other areas, why don't you get satellite, blah blah blah, to which I stated, look, this isn't my first car radio. Finally, I got a service rep to fess up and admit it. ( off the record of course) that there is a problem. This radio can not pull in stations clearly. There is interference on 99% of channels it tries to pull in. Now this not may be a 'radio' problem as much as an antenna problem, I don't know. However, the days of unplugging the antenna from the back of the radio and replacing it for a new antenna are over. The circuit board for the roof antenna is not easily accessible and not cheap to swap out. This is am and fm. I do not have sattilite nor do I intend to. Unfortunately because it,s not a safety issue, Audi never came clean and upgraded even while it was under warranty."
Ed E., NY (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"It may not be the radio per se. AM/FM radio reception is very bad. Station signals just don't get pulled in. While the car was under warranty, it was checked by the dealer more than once and was told there is nothing wrong and it must be where i live. They lied right to my face. Eventually it was easy enough to read all the complaints after Google-ing. This is not my first car radio, and this alone is enough to not get another Audi. The Audi people never admitted there was a problem. That is all i would have wanted. At least fess up to it. I enjoy AM/FM radio. I always have."
Ed E., NY (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"It worked fine once and every time we tried after that once, it just doesn't work so we gave up using it"
Anonymous, WI (2014 Audi A4 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)
"Would not boot up on start"
Anonymous, CA (2014 Audi A4 2.0T 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)