People can talk all they want but I had a 2017 A4 bought at 32k miles and sold with 94k 2.5 years later in 2022 and it was by far the most reliable and hassle free car I ever had. Nothing but routine maintenance, in that period I didn’t even have to change the brakes.
I used Meyle control arms on my B5 A4 and had no issues after replacement.
I like Zimmerman rotors with Hawk HPS pads.
In my case the leaking was from the plastic water pump housing which is a common fault for this engine. I replaced the plastic water pump with GRAF PA1359, which is metal housing instead of the OEM plastic one.
We buy the filter from Audi for about $27 and then with the oil it's around a $50 job in total.
Normal tires were all-season Michelins. It was like night and day on the Blizzaks. My car was on rails when I wasn't driving like a turd. I plowed a couple food-deep right turn lanes that hadn't been touched in an 08 A4 (quattro, ofc) with no problem.
New Monroe (factory supplier, found their stampings on the shocks) front shocks en route.
I have Sottozeroes on my A4. Great tire.
The 2.0 liter gas/petrol engine is the weak link here, due mainly to poor piston ring design. We are third owners of a '14 A4 6MT, purchased in mid '17 with 48K miles. We're at 98K miles now, and with 5K engine oil changes using Liqui Moly or Elf/Total fully synthetic, we use a small nominal amount of engine oil between changes.
I recently replaced my wiper blades with some Rain-X blades and the connection is garbage. They've unhooked from the arm 3 times today!
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