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Seems like a rip-off for an 8 year old car with below avearge mileage. Does this sound right to anyone who knows? Is this a total rip off? This doesn't even replace the compressor -- that could go next year! Any insights welcome!
Best Regards,
Shipo
Finally a success story. After having the car for about 4 days or so the dealer indicated the clutch replacement repair was covered under warranty. Apparently they sent pictures of the parts to Germany and although it was a close call the dealer indicated he talked Audi into covering the repair.
Saved me $3,100, thank goodness.
Cheers.
If anyone has an more info about the class action suit on the 1.8T Audi/VW engines please email me at ed.gentile@gmail.com
Thanks!!
FWIW, as a general rule you don't want to include your E-Mail address in a public post like this. It's best if you simply make your E-Mail address public in your profile.
Best Regards,
Shipo
I just bought an A4 and the salesman recommend the Audi Care for 500 bucks. Anyone has any experience of buying it or do you think I really need to buy it?
Thank you so much!
Regards Clarray
I have just had the cam chain tensioner replaced because the old one was broken and the cams were out of sync. The symptoms were; it was very rough, was hard to start with a strong fuel smell and had the following fault codes;
16514 P030 — Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor B1 S1; malfunction in Circuit P0130 — 35—10 — — — Intermittent
17544 P1136 - Long term fuel trim too lean
17546 P1138 Long Term Fuel Trim Add. Fuel, Bank 2 System to Lean
17930 P1522 Intake Camshaft Contr., Bank 2 Malfunction
You can see where my concern is coming from. The dealer said that all the symptoms pointed to the cams being out of sync which they fixed!! but the car still is hard to start and the fuel smell is still there.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Just took my 97 Audi Quattro A4 to the mechanic for "check engine light". After hooking it up to the computer I was told that my Audi needed an Vaccum Elbow & a Leak Detection Pump Filter. Haven't a clue to what these are but know it will cost me a little over $800. Any discussion around this would be appreciated.
Thank,
Nelson
Regards rayclar
- Are these truths?
- How long in average does a new Audi a4 can be drive without problems?
- With all the maintenances, does anyone have their A4 driven over 50,000 without serious problem?
- How can I prevent my A4's turbo break down faster?
Thanks advance!
As with everything in life, it depends.
- How long in average does a new Audi a4 can be drive without problems?
See above.
- With all the maintenances, does anyone have their A4 driven over 50,000 without serious problem?
There are reports from folks here at Edmunds that have cars with upwards of 150,000 relatively trouble-free miles.
- How can I prevent my A4's turbo break down faster?
Use an oil certified to meet the tough 503.01 VW oil spec, keep it topped up, change it per the factory schedule (i.e. on the "fives", 5,000, 15,000, 25,000...) and use OEM filters, and your turbo should last the life of the car.
Best Regards,
Shipo
I didn't have an A4 but I had an Audi Urquattro Turbo Coupe.
These have larger turbos than the newer models.
I ran the car till it had over 63k miles before I sold it.
I had no turbo problems.
Just remember that you should let the engine idle about 2 minutes after running it to let the turbo bearings cool.
This is to prevent the turbo from seizing due to overheated oil caking the bearings.
Our 2004 A4 Quattro (with manual transmission) has cost us $2600 in 26000 miles and less than 3 years. We had a distorted door, a failed clutch, and a broken catch on the center glove compartment (so far unfixed). My wife, who is a teacher, is 59 years old and drives the car 98% of the time.
Despite a 4-yr 50000 mile warranty, our dealership (Maplewood Audi, St. Paul, Minnesota) has refused to cover the first 2 under warranty. A different local dealership is unlikely to fix the 3rd problem.
From what we have heard and seen, we are experiencing policies set by Audi of America, and executed by Maplewood Audi and others.
We like the car, it is fun to drive. But we will NEVER buy an Audi again because of the experience we have had.
And, by the way, the warranty is worthless. In each case, they say that we caused the problem.
Hope this answers your question.
Sincerely
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Thornton
I bought a 1999 Audi A4 Quattro about two years ago with 100k miles. Haven't had a problem with it until recently, the engine light came on. The codes read were transmission and some other stuff. Then the car started to stutter as if losing power. It is subtle at idle, but when I drive around 30-40 mph, it really shakes, then when I drive faster, it goes away.
The mechanic turned off the check eng light, and told me to come back when it goes on again to get a true reading, but it has not come on yet. does anybody have a clue as to what may cause this. The car now has 125k miles on it.
David :
:confuse:
I am afraid with these cars, if there's problem with fuel or air, the Oxygen sensors will burn out and then there goes the catalytic convertor. Expensive.
David
Sounds like I should have this looked at pretty quick as to not loost the Cat.
ben
I purchased a 2003 Audi A4 4 months ago without doing hardly any research prior to purchasing the vehicle. I guess I just assumed that Audi's were good vehicles. Anyway, I did have the Audi dealership do a full inspection on the car and I got a full history report. Nothing major had happened to the car.
Well, I ended up taking it on vacation and on our way home my husband was not able to accelerate when pushing the gas petal. A couple of seconds later the engine shut off. We managed to pull over on the side of the road. Stranded with no phone service someone finally pulled over. We had it towed to a local Budget Truck company and rolled it down a hill to get it on a trailer to tow it from N. Georgia to SW Florida.
Upon having it checked at home, I was told the timing belt broke and caused the engine to blow. I spoke to the dealership and they told me to contact AoA, which I did. Then in turn they asked me to have it towed to the dealership to get a diagnostic. I had it towed tonight.
I'm hoping for some good results but I don't have high hopes as it's just out of warranty. I purchased the car thinking I was buying something reliable since we have a baby on the way.
Thanks for reading this and if anybody has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.
Amy
but this is a good example of why most mechanics will tell you to change the belt before 50k miles,
even if the dealer recommends it at about 60k miles.
You might want to try it yourself using your real specs. It seems to me if your timing belt broke this far in advance of when they say change it, they need to do something to help you out.
I found this link where you may be able to order an owners manual: Audi Service Publications. (I'm assuming you don't have one since you're not telling us what it says about the timing belt.) I'm sure there are other places too - eBay is always worth a try, for one. If you have the manual, you have a hard copy of their recommendation.
So my mechanic told me to replace all the spark plug wires and one of the injectors. Seems to me it should be either/or, but I will take the wires as a tune up.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
David
Best wishes on getting your problem resoved.
The timing sprocket tooth on my Audi broke at between 50 & 60k miles, very soon after I bought it used. My mechanic said that this was because the sprocket was probably not seated properly when the belt had been replaced. So this is another thing to try and watch for during your car repairs.
Hope this helps everyone out there in the expensive AUDI land.
david
AS you may have gathered from the experience that we reported with our 2004 Audi A4 6-spd, our clutch failure occurred well within our standard warranty period, (25000 miles and less than 3 years), but Audi would not honor the warranty, so I suspect that purchasing the extended warranty would be money down the drain.
Regards
athornton
BTW, how long does the car wax last?
It will be great to share your info with people
Thank You
all info is appreciated
D
Please see my replies # 1572 and # 1587 which are germane to your question.
Thanks
Regards
athornton
It was actually pretty easy.
For the past few months we occasionally pretty rare) hear a medium pitched hum that seems to be coming from the back of the car. The sound does not change whether moving or still, at idle or acceleration & does seem to affect the performance of the car. If we turn the engine off & restart, it usually is not there.
I am thinking fuel pump, but all the posts I have read about fuel pump failures seem to imply that it just dies without warning. We have an appointment for the dealer, but the sound is so intermittant that I am concerned it would show up at the dealer.
Any ideas?