I had the heat shields go on my S4 late last year, although my dealer took until March to confirm it. The symptoms were a light clatter from cold and a 'crackle' under load from about 2000rpm upwards.
I'm told by several forum members (here and the other main UK site)that you can live with it...
Mine hammers like a road-drill in the dry just pulling up for stops which in other cars I've driven cause no fuss at all.
So far replacing the disks and pads haven't improved matters any - Wayside (my Audi dealer) say they don't see/can't find any problems.
I nearly concussed myself on the...
Yup - I've got the problem too, only my passenger side mirror works and the driver's side doesn't. Would be more useful if it was the other way round! Still she's in for a service soon and I'm still on my 'Approved' warranty so I hope they'll sort it under that.
Was a 1971 Hillman Avenger 1500 GLS,4 headlights in a pretty similar on/off arrangement to the S4's - outers on for dip and all 4 for main. Light output wasn't a patch on the Xenons though (how DO you go back after Xenons?).
I remember it threw a pushrod from under the rocker at 70mph and fixed...
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