2006 A4 Avant - Kicking Problem

Hi, I bought the new 2006 A4 Avant with auto transmission. After the first
month of driving it, my wife and I noticed that very often when the car
comes to a stop, there is a 'kick' that can be felt -- sort of like very
harsh downshifting (note: both, my wife and I are very gentle drivers and do
not step heavy on the breaks). I took the car for servicing to the
dealership and they did not find any problems with with. After my 3rd visit,
finally the dealership manager all of a sudden informed me that the 'kick'
is normal and that it is a part of the breaking system security feature
(service manager at the same dealership was not even aware of that). Well,
the problem is that I have not experience this kind of problem in any of my
previous cars. Each drove and stopped smoothly and quietly, and now the
dealership is telling me that it is normal that a $50K car 'kicks' when
coming to a stop! Lately, the 'kick' happens on a regular basis - everytime
the car comes to a stop and it is extremely annoying.
Have you heard about a similar problem, or should I say is the 'kick' a
problem or is it someting normal that I should get used to?

Thanks in advance for your response,
Simon

"Simon" wrote in message

> Hi, I bought the new 2006 A4 Avant with auto transmission. After the first
> month of driving it, my wife and I noticed that very often when the car
> comes to a stop, there is a 'kick' that can be felt -- sort of like very
> harsh downshifting (note: both, my wife and I are very gentle drivers and
> do not step heavy on the breaks). I took the car for servicing to the
> dealership and they did not find any problems with with. After my 3rd
> visit, finally the dealership manager all of a sudden informed me that the
> 'kick' is normal and that it is a part of the breaking system security
> feature (service manager at the same dealership was not even aware of
> that). Well, the problem is that I have not experience this kind of
> problem in any of my previous cars. Each drove and stopped smoothly and
> quietly, and now the dealership is telling me that it is normal that a
> $50K car 'kicks' when coming to a stop! Lately, the 'kick' happens on a
> regular basis - everytime the car comes to a stop and it is extremely
> annoying.
> Have you heard about a similar problem, or should I say is the 'kick' a
> problem or is it someting normal that I should get used to?
>
> Thanks in advance for your response,
> Simon
>

Ask to take out another Audi of the same model and year, see if it does it.

If it doesn't then get them to fix it, if it does then you will have to live
it, but it does not sound as though it should be there.

Not many in this group have the new B6, I do drive one alot, but it is
manual