Steering wheel shudder / vibration at very low speeds - How many of you have this?

[danmm7]

2011 S4 with 73k miles. DSG, Sport Diff

Every time i am slowly parking into a spot, or pulling out of my driveway or just driving VERY slowly on a parking lot and making sharper turns, my steering wheels shudders, as if the tires are biting too much, or the power steering pump is not working well. It is a weird but very obvious vibration in the steering wheel. Happens ONLY at very low speed, going both forward or in reverse. At any other speeds, the steering is perfect.

I do NOT have the dynamic steering. Switching from "comfort" to "dynamic" mode does not seem to eliminate the problem.
The issue has become even more obvious lately, since i put brand new tires on the car.

I can turn the car easily at low speeds, just at a certain range of the turn (only a small portion) it does this weird shudder.

After searching on the Internet, this seems to be a somewhat common issue with the B8 Audis, but it also sounds that there may be a fix for it - read about some new improved steering hose.

So, first question is - how many of you here have this steering issue?
Does it get worse?
And is there an actual fix for it?


Thanks!

[whiped]

It's normal and has been discussed here many times.

If you are worried about it find someone local who is familiar with the B8 and have them drive it.

[lochs]

Quattro crawl some call it I think! Definitely normal it always happens to me


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[danmm7]

If it's very common and harmless - i am NOT worried.

If it's known to get worse and needs to be fixed - i am willing to fix it.
I read a lot of posts and some said "there is a fix - fix it", and some said - "normal, no need to fix". I am still not clear what that fix is.

[ReDeViL]

i have this problem as well.
Some tell me its the "quattro" thing.
I've also been told that this could be due to the steering rack, nothing concrete to verify that though.

[14S4GWM]

It's not a problem, it's normal