TTRS Brake Judder

[MrVert]

Hi All,

Experiencing quite severe brake judder on the RS, car is in at the moment and the service chap says he needs to carry out 'modifications'...under warranty.

Just wondering if any other owners have had the same and what the 'fix' was.

Cheers.

[barryrs]

Im not sure but i thought it was better ventilation/ducts as per the RS3?

[Dr G]

Squealing is the normal complaint rather than judder but may well be linked.

[zeduffman]

Modifications? I thought they replace all front discs and pads with updated components under warranty/recall.

[ensnare]

Yep, there was a recall for earlier cars to install cooling ducts, basically cut a bit out of the wheel arch plastic and fed the duct into the front grill

[RS Grant]

Yeah our 2010 TTRS had brake judder which was steadily getting worse and Audi replaced, calipers/discs/pads for us completely free of charge while it was in for it's yearly service. Not a cheap job for them to cover, but great service from Audi and our dealership... and perfect braking since.


Cheers,
Grant

[MrVert]

Thanks for the replies.

Should all TT RS's have had the cooling duct modification, or is this just an aftermarket mod?

Turns out the car had new discs and pads at Audi dealer I bought it from just before my purchase and now the discs are warped....

Car is at a different dealer, so there's now a row developing about who should be paying for it....

Meanwhile....I've bought a TT RS and am driving around in an A1 loan car...

Not the greatest start back in an Audi after 5 BM's but hey ho, hopefully once they've all stopped arguing about it I'll get my car back....fixed!

[SIBO]

Hi, having the same problem on my ttrs after buying it in june this year, brakes were replaced at the time and have started to judder really bad in the last month. My car is in an audi garage at the moment but audi uk are saying they wont pay the bill so all work has stopped, bit dissapointing when the parts are under warranty. Audi have said because my car was not purchased in an audi garage, even though it has full service history with them, they wont cover the parts.

[rich83]

Its the discs that are crap. replace them with 2 piece discs and your problems will vanish..... as will all the money in your bank account.

[SIBO]

the disc on a ttrs are a two piece floating disc, not sure where they get them from though

[RS Grant]

Not good news that they're fighting it, when we first reported the issue to our dealer.. they said it was a known issue and Audi were working on a solution and when that update came through, they'd get in contact with us. Which they did.

We bought the car from this dealer and use them for servicing etc, but that shouldn't make any difference. They are very good to deal with though, head and shoulders above any other prestige dealership that I've been in.


Cheers,
Grant

[SIBO]

Ive read that brake judder seems to be a problem across the rs range ,on mine they even tried to blame me by saying I didnt bed them in correctly when I picked the car up

[High flier]

RS Grant said:

Yeah our 2010 TTRS had brake judder which was steadily getting worse and Audi replaced, calipers/discs/pads for us completely free of charge while it was in for it's yearly service. Not a cheap job for them to cover, but great service from Audi and our dealership... and perfect braking since.


Cheers,
Grant

We had this on the Mrs' TTRS. And it was the same as above. Although Bristol Audi took ages to work it out. It would seem that picking up the phone to speak to head office takes 2 weeks....... And yes, they had it in for those 2 weeks, and gave us a 1.2 A3 as a courtesy car. After that, I'll be taking it to Cheltenham Audi (where we bought it from) when I go up for work.

ETA: in theory they were fitting the incorrect pads, which were the wrong compound at the factory. Or at least that's what Bristol told us.

[MrVert]

Thanks for all the replies.

Also posted on the TT Forum.

Got this advice:
'there is recall on TTRS brakes... so ask about that... you should get new calipers with two weights + new improved brake disc has nr. part : 8J0 615 301 F

They are doing exactly this. At their expense (well, under parts warranty)

Should be ready tomorrow...

However, they also said there is another uprated disc about to become available, but not quite in UK at the moment...and I may have to go back again in a few weeks for these to be fitted.

They seem to be resigned to the fact that this 'fix' is not a long term solution and they will be seeing me again.

Not ideal for what was a £50k car when new!

[SIBO]

guess I got the awkward one from audi, theyre giving me a call tomorrow so ill see how i get on with your information even though ive already mentioned a recall

[rich83]

SIBO said:

the disc on a ttrs are a two piece floating disc, not sure where they get them from though

They are not 'really' 2 piece OR floating. They are rubbish tbh.

[SIBO]

I'll agree with you on that one, think i may just replace the car

[GT3Pete]

I`ve had my RS for nearly 3 years now (11 reg), ok only covered 10,000, but no brake judder as yet. Should I be concerned ?

[MrVert]

Collected the car this morning...

They replaced front discs plus callipers, with the added weights, all under warranty.

Seems ok so far, but only driven 5 miles in hard rain.

Callipers were apparently £1600....if you believe what they say...seems ridiculous to me!

They bedded them in correctly, although I wasn't too happy about someone driving for 'over a hundred miles' in my car to do it!

[Pixelpeep7r]

Was the judder at a particular speed?

like when coming to a stop? at 20mph and below?