AUDI Warranty !!

[Chan61922]

Hey guys finally took the plunge and bought a 09 plate Audi a5 2.0t today, feeling both happy and sad as I've been a die hard bmw fan for the past 6 years, so bit iffy atm as its my first Audi. Right my question is this, the cars a 2009 09 reg, what would I be looking at roughly for a comprehensive warranty from Audi? Are there warranties any good? Bmw offered me a decent warranty in the past didn't have any real issues with them, are there many clauses in the Audi warranty? I understand most wear and tear bits won't be covered, but would the main components be covered? Engine, gearbox, electrics, turbo, etc?

Any help appreciated
Cheers

[Chan61922]

Cheers for replies guys, I've had a play around with the excess and roadside cover and looking at about 500/650ish which isn't too bad i suppose. It did have a comprehensive cover and a named component cover, what's the named component cover consit of? My cars a 2.0t petrol I've heard it does drink abit of oil esp the earlier models, what is the reason behind this? Is it just due to the nature of the engine, or a possible failing part? Is there any other common problems I should look out for? I was considering remapping this car when I start to get bored of it would this void any warranty claim with Audi?

[Chan61922]

Seems very strange all the complaints about excessive oil usage, touch wood mine is a goodun and behaves itself. The actual named component cover seems appealing, as any little bits and bops I can get sorted as a good mates a decent mechanic, and roadside cover I don't really require as I'm RAC covered. How many components are covered in the named policy? Also thanks for letting me know that 750 is covered in mot work, I wasn't aware of that. Say if a wear and tear item was found to be knackered in a mot, I.e brakes, tyres would that also be covered? I'm assuming not but worth being cheeky and asking one last thing when would you guys recommend cam belt change on the a5, I'm actually not sure if it's chain or cam belt driven as the dealer I bought it from didn't have a clue. I Beleive service book recommends 120,000? But in real world should be done about 75/80k is that right? The car I've just bought is on 50k at the moment

[Chan61922]

Oh dear

[Chan61922]

Only had the car a day and I'm beginning to regret it now should've bought a 3 series cab (my initial choice)

[Chan61922]

Probably me just being over paranoid, and it don't help me constantly googling other people's horror stories apparently you can fit a dipstick in the a5, you can order from main dealer,is this the card? If so I will definately be investing in one as the mmi readings on oil level seem to be a bit inaccurate, giving low oil level reading when in actual fact cars just been topped up (other people's stories)

[Chan61922]

Cars going back lol bought the car on Saturday and the specialist who mot and services it last was closed, so called them this morning just for peace of mind- apparently car came to them on sept 2014, mid firing and burning oil! The owner didn't repair the fault and obviously sold it a month or 2 later where by muggins me comes along and buys it just had a long argument over the phone with the dealer I bought car from and he is going to refund me in full pain in the arse because I've just added it to my car policy and taxed it fun and games got to ring around and get sorted later. Lucky escape I think, my own fault for being too eager and buying, got a habit of doing that. Think I'll hang out for a 3.0tdi a5 or 325 bmw now. Doing my head in been searching for a car past month now thanks for all the help guys

[Chan61922]

Dealers now offering to fix the mid firing problem, and warrant it. He's also informed me the vehicle had recall work done by audi in 2012 for cam tensioner which apparently is one of the causes for excessive oil buring, does this sound right? He's willing to lower price also, yay or nay?

[Chan61922]

Hmmm got myself in a pickle now tbh if engine work was carried out if prefer a Indy or main dealer to tackle it, the dealer had his own mechanic floating about, if the work was carried out how likely is it to reappear? If definately make sure its all written out if I did go ahead with it, worrying just yesterday I was asking about oil consumption and today I've found out mine has a history of it

[Chan61922]

Update, phone the Indy up initially, found out misfiring and burning oil, informed dealer who said he'll find out the Indys diagnosis and rectify fault. Just phoned dealer and he's told me the Indy told him it was just a engine management light on and contaminated spark plug and not burning oil. So I've again contacted the Indy who said that's correct but it's still burning oil, and the contaminated plug is more than likely due to engine burning the oil, however requires further investigation as the owner at the time didn't have it done. Indy also informed me the phone cut off while speaking to dealer so he could fully explain the situation, he then tried contacting dealer who was engaged. So again I've phoned dealer up said I'm not happy about this, he's told me his mechanic is doing work on the car now to investigate further, I've said i don't know if I want the car anymore so please don't start any work on my accord, he's said either way it needs doing I can't sell a car with such fault on. So conclusion is he'll get back to me at the end of the day now, I've asked about warranty on the work and he said 3 months standard, 1/2/3 years at a cost think 250/300 a year. I've 90% made my mind up that I don't want it, what do you guys think? Can't Beleive I've landed myself in this mess

[Chan61922]

Success dealers been a gent and said he will refund me in full as I don't feel happy with car! His mechanic reckons it's burning oil but no more than usual and he reckons it was all down to a faulty plug, so he won't be carrying out any further work. think I'll pass on it, dealers a top bloke though, played fair back in the market again now, getting sick of searching lol got max budget 13k any suggestions wanted a coupe or cab

[Chan61922]

Crazy- this post started As a warranty question, then turned into oil consumption, and ended up me finding out the car I purchased was indeed a oil burner, and now it's going back to the forecourt definately the shortest time I've owned a car, only had it since Saturday lol did look tasty sitting on the drive though glad I found out when I did though could of potentially been a money pit

[Chan61922]

Yeah definately, just feel sorry for the poor sod who will end up buying this car, not a lot of people do a lot of reaserch prior to buying, to them a simple hpi check is enough. Visited a audi specialist near me earlier, called fountain audi in the slough, Iver area- he also told me they generally keep away from the 2.0t unless it's a newer model, and backed up with mainly audi history- left Him my details and told him tell me know if a decent diesel pops up, so fingers crossed

[Chan61922]

Why is it the 2.0tfsi engine in the a4/a5 seem to be notorious for high oil consumption and a3/tt/golfs don't seem to suffer? Surely they use the same engine in them? Tbh the 2.0t a5 seemed the most appealing to my needs, 3.0 tdi would be lovely but I don't think I do enough miles to justify having a big diesel. Seen a nice golf gtd 170 59 reg at car giant the other day, but again not sure if it would be suited to me

[Chan61922]

I'm assuming the newer facelift models will probaly suffer less, as it seems the 57-10/11 reg's seem to experience probs, don't think my budget will get me a nice facelift model as I have a Max of 13k to spend and I dont like the idea of financing anything so that's out the question. Have another car but dont particularly want to part ex it. Seems unlike audi that they haven't pin pointed the problem and addressed it by doing recall work, I'm assuming even they can't suss out what's causing the problem, probably a decent Indy would have a better idea. Think I'm going to steer clear of the 2.0t tbh, I've toyed with the idea of a tt but it's abit small for my liking


BTW dealer has refunded me haven't seen the funds clear in my account yet though

[Chan61922]

Yeah I've been reading up on various posts lately seems audi try and avoid most repairs even on warranty work they try to dodge most jobs- seems very unprofessional for such a big company. They must be doing something right for people to keep going back to them, perhaps it's just a fashion statement with most people, either that or great finance deals lol Seems a lot of companies are getting like this now even bmw are going slighty down hill, and they defo not building solid cars like they used to, lots of cheap components. Only company I can truly say are keeping consistent are probably Mercedes. Don't think I'm old enough for a Merc yet lol

[Chan61922]

Do either of you want to sell lol

[Chan61922]

Not bad at all