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Left for dead in my A4
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Re: Left for dead in my A4 -
11-29-2006
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Yeah--so I was driving home from SF to LA on the 5 freeway at 4 AM. All of a sudden, the gas pedal stops working on my 2004 A4. I press the gas, but there's no acceleration. I pull to the side of the road and stop the car. The car won't start. But there's strong odor of gas inside the cabin. I'm stranded...quite literally in the middle of nowhere. I know jack about cars, but I went on to google with my cell phone and searched around--seems like it could be a broken fuel pump or fuel line. Fantastic! My warranty is still in effect--but it took Audi 7 hours to get someone out there to tow it to my dealer. Granted, it was 4 AM and like 150 miles from civilization. So I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Luckily the tow truck came before I was picked apart by vultures or some strange chainsaw-wielding family in an abandoned house took me in. So the car is in the shop right now--what do you guys think? Fuel pump? I guess I'll find out Monday when the service department opens again. |
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Just got it back--busted fuel line. I thought they said the fuel pump was broken and they replaced it, but looking at the work order it looks like they just replaced the fuel line and fuel filter. There was a fuel leak which was the source of the gas smell too. I learn something new about this car every time I bring it in--I got it used about a year ago (it's a 2004). The first time I discovered that the previous owner had installed glow lights under the car that were unplugged (ugh--those were kind of cool......in 1993) This time I discovered that the front and rear air dam/spoiler whatever are custom--not Audi stock. (Some kind of body mod that goes under the bumpers) They're actually made of plastic. Fantastic. You can't really tell--well I can't tell, but that's because I'm not a car guy. But why would someone do that to the already gorgeous stock Audi? No wonder why my Audi owning friends that recommended the car were mystified at the body kit when I got it. |
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thanks for the update and glad you are back rolling. ;-) Well since the previous owner might have done some "mods" to your Audi, that could explain things like a busted fuel line. I would still want to know HOW it broke? flexing, something rubbing against it, or ??? "Ralph A. Barbagallo III" <""r a l p h \"@ n o p r o c e s s e d m e a t f l a r b . c o m"> wrote in message news:O92dnb9YP4MY-fPYnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d (AT) comcast (DOT) com... Just got it back--busted fuel line. I thought they said the fuel pump was broken and they replaced it, but looking at the work order it looks like they just replaced the fuel line and fuel filter. There was a fuel leak which was the source of the gas smell too. I learn something new about this car every time I bring it in--I got it used about a year ago (it's a 2004). The first time I discovered that the previous owner had installed glow lights under the car that were unplugged (ugh--those were kind of cool......in 1993) This time I discovered that the front and rear air dam/spoiler whatever are custom--not Audi stock. (Some kind of body mod that goes under the bumpers) They're actually made of plastic. Fantastic. You can't really tell--well I can't tell, but that's because I'm not a car guy. But why would someone do that to the already gorgeous stock Audi? No wonder why my Audi owning friends that recommended the car were mystified at the body kit when I got it. |
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Yeah I forgot to ask that. The only thing I can point to is I just refueled my car maybe 30 mins before it broke down. Could filling the car up somehow damage the fuel line in a freak incident? What's this thing made of anyway? dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote: thanks for the update and glad you are back rolling. ;-) Well since the previous owner might have done some "mods" to your Audi, that could explain things like a busted fuel line. I would still want to know HOW it broke? flexing, something rubbing against it, or ??? "Ralph A. Barbagallo III" <""r a l p h \"@ n o p r o c e s s e d m e a t f l a r b . c o m"> wrote in message news:O92dnb9YP4MY-fPYnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d (AT) comcast (DOT) com... Just got it back--busted fuel line. I thought they said the fuel pump was broken and they replaced it, but looking at the work order it looks like they just replaced the fuel line and fuel filter. There was a fuel leak which was the source of the gas smell too. I learn something new about this car every time I bring it in--I got it used about a year ago (it's a 2004). The first time I discovered that the previous owner had installed glow lights under the car that were unplugged (ugh--those were kind of cool......in 1993) This time I discovered that the front and rear air dam/spoiler whatever are custom--not Audi stock. (Some kind of body mod that goes under the bumpers) They're actually made of plastic. Fantastic. You can't really tell--well I can't tell, but that's because I'm not a car guy. But why would someone do that to the already gorgeous stock Audi? No wonder why my Audi owning friends that recommended the car were mystified at the body kit when I got it. |
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