RE: Audi A8 4.2 (D2) | Shed of the Week
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About 15 years ago, I bought the S8 version of the D2, and promptly took it to my local franchised Audi dealer for the transmission oil and filter change mentioned in the article...
One trashed gearbox, two years of pursuit through the small claims court and a £5k goodwill gesture from Audi UK later, I had a working car. It turned out that the franchised Audi dealer thought the instruction to "ALWAYS REPLACE" the filter gasket meant "always remember to put the worn old one back on the car". Failing to replace the gasket (worth pennies) resulted in a faulty seal in the oil filter pickup that led to the dreaded cavitation and one destroyed box. That kind of put a crimp on my feelings about the A8/S8.
Wonderfully built cars, great interiors, terrible dealer support. I swore never to have another Audi.
One trashed gearbox, two years of pursuit through the small claims court and a £5k goodwill gesture from Audi UK later, I had a working car. It turned out that the franchised Audi dealer thought the instruction to "ALWAYS REPLACE" the filter gasket meant "always remember to put the worn old one back on the car". Failing to replace the gasket (worth pennies) resulted in a faulty seal in the oil filter pickup that led to the dreaded cavitation and one destroyed box. That kind of put a crimp on my feelings about the A8/S8.
Wonderfully built cars, great interiors, terrible dealer support. I swore never to have another Audi.
Edited by teacake on Friday 21st February 19:18
NGK210 said:
Water Fairy said:
30,000 miles without an oil change but spent £2500 on other bits?
Or am I missing something?
Indeed. It’s illogical. And weird. And a cruel way to treat a lovely car. Or am I missing something?
teacake said:
About 15 years ago, I bought the S8 version of the D2, and promptly took it to my local franchised Audi dealer for the transmission oil and filter change mentioned in the article...
One trashed gearbox, two years of pursuit through the small claims court and a £5k goodwill gesture from Audi UK later, I had a working car. It turned out that the franchised Audi dealer thought the instruction to "ALWAYS REPLACE" the filter gasket meant "always remember to put the worn old one back on the car". Failing to replace the gasket (worth pennies) resulted in a faulty seal in the oil filter pickup that led to the dreaded cavitation and one destroyed box. That kind of put a crimp on my feelings about the A8/S8.
Wonderfully built cars, great interiors, terrible dealer support. I swore never to have another Audi.
Audi main dealers are crap IMHO, had my S8 for 10 years and never been near one. Good ZF agent to regularly service the box and they should last a whileOne trashed gearbox, two years of pursuit through the small claims court and a £5k goodwill gesture from Audi UK later, I had a working car. It turned out that the franchised Audi dealer thought the instruction to "ALWAYS REPLACE" the filter gasket meant "always remember to put the worn old one back on the car". Failing to replace the gasket (worth pennies) resulted in a faulty seal in the oil filter pickup that led to the dreaded cavitation and one destroyed box. That kind of put a crimp on my feelings about the A8/S8.
Wonderfully built cars, great interiors, terrible dealer support. I swore never to have another Audi.
Edited by teacake on Friday 21st February 19:18
MikeStubbs said:
NGK210 said:
Water Fairy said:
30,000 miles without an oil change but spent £2500 on other bits?
Or am I missing something?
Indeed. It’s illogical. And weird. And a cruel way to treat a lovely car. Or am I missing something?
Makes me laugh when I'm asked about service history on a 19 year old car with over 100k miles for under a grand. On these types of cars, this old Audi included you take the car on face value, take it for a drive and if all OK go around it check the tyres and make sure everything works. That's basically it. Looking for a fully stamped up service history book with all invoices on something with the value of an Aldi's pizza is ridiculous..
'So then these suspension issue.'
'Yeah I got them all sorted..'
'Apart from this one bit. Any reason?'
'Yeah you know things.'
'And the air bag warning light?'
'Probably just a loose connection mate. Nothing to worry about mate.'
'What about the engine warning light?'
'Again nothing to worry about mate. Hook it up to a laptop and it'll sort itself out no worries.'
The joys of buying out of the bargain basement.
'Yeah I got them all sorted..'
'Apart from this one bit. Any reason?'
'Yeah you know things.'
'And the air bag warning light?'
'Probably just a loose connection mate. Nothing to worry about mate.'
'What about the engine warning light?'
'Again nothing to worry about mate. Hook it up to a laptop and it'll sort itself out no worries.'
The joys of buying out of the bargain basement.
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