Cant decided what to do regarding my poorly/now fixed Audi A7

LordVader · 8 Sep 2022 at 12:30

Brought my A7 from Audi a couple years back. LOVE my car but just over a month ago had my first ever breakdown on the motorway. Not an experience I would wish on anyone its not nice!

Started with an yellow "Electrical system malfunction" & "Start/stop malfunction"

Audi assist came out and tested what they could. Said battery low (under 12v) and not charging. Tested the battery itself and that was accepting charge fine.
Suspected starter generator issue. Mine is the 55 TFSI with the 48v hybrid system.

Said it should be fine to drive to Audi as its only 10 miles away from where i live. Unfortunately it didn't make it and had every red warning message known to man when I was on the M1 and then completely shutdown. Got it recovered to Audi Leicester. Lucky I was JUST inside my approved used warranty.

Took them a few days to diagnose the issue, which was the starter generator failed (£1500+ part alone!! :eek:

), then a few more days to get Audi to authorise it under warranty. Then came the part is on back order and no ETA when it will come in. Managed to get a courtesy car out of them (eurocar) after a couple weeks which was a real pain without a car.

Finally after just over a month with them the parts came in on Monday and got the car back yesterday. Seems all fine.

Just cant decide what to do now. Is this the start of things just starting to break? I can buy an Audi extended warranty for £65ish pm with £250 excess to cover is anything massive goes wrong.

Nothing out there really floats my boat at the moment and everything is just massively expensive/long wait times.

happy_2008 · 8 Sep 2022 at 12:32

If you're worried then i would just sell up.

sovietspybob · 8 Sep 2022 at 13:29

Yeah if you've lost faith in it i'd change personally. Some cars i've never trusted for whatever reason which makes the ownership rather rubbish.

The reality is it was probably just a one off bad part but then you never know, it could be a Friday afternoon car and this is just the start of a long line of electrical gremlins. Or it could be fine for 100k miles with nothing but oil changes... you just don't know. unfortunately electrically complex modern cars are not all that reliable on the whole, the German ones seem worse than most (apart from Landrover

) on this front.

GarethSouthgate · 8 Sep 2022 at 15:03

So you've had one issue in two years? That's doesn't seem like a lemon.

radderfire · 8 Sep 2022 at 15:15

I don't think that a starter generator failing that got fixed under warranty is a good reason to want to change car.

Firestar_3x · 8 Sep 2022 at 15:17

Got a puncture last week, no longer trust the car, decided to buy one without wheels instead.

Maccy · 8 Sep 2022 at 15:21

Take out the warranty, keep car - will cost you more to change unless you downgrade (but then what could be lurking with a replacement car?)

Siliconslave · 8 Sep 2022 at 16:10

cars are too complicated now, sell and buy a horse instead

Dis86 · 8 Sep 2022 at 16:13

Have you considered a pogo stick?

LordVader · 8 Sep 2022 at 16:59

Ok I get the picture where everyone is going here .

Probably just panicking abit, first time in 18 years of having cars anything big has gone wrong so suppose I have been very lucky

chroniclard · 8 Sep 2022 at 17:02

What are those big black plastic bits/holes on the front grill?

SDK^ · 8 Sep 2022 at 17:23

chroniclard said:
What are those big black plastic bits/holes on the front grill?

Sensors for adaptive cruise and other auto safety systems.

Spleen Sauce · 8 Sep 2022 at 17:47

Warranty and keep it. Even if you manage to sell it or trade it in youre not likely to get anything much better for the money in this climate.

gc123 · 8 Sep 2022 at 17:47

Siliconslave said:
cars are too complicated now, sell and buy a horse instead

risky may turn out to be a donkey

to the op turn it around first failure in 18 years......look positive major failure, but covered under warranty

seriously just get a warranty and carry on.

gailjon · 8 Sep 2022 at 18:26

I have always had an extended warranty for any Audi I have had over that has become three years old and they have, invariably, always needed. them. I would get the warranty and continue to enjoy your lovely car.

Rroff · 8 Sep 2022 at 18:38

Firestar_3x said:
Got a puncture last week, no longer trust the car, decided to buy one without wheels instead.

Gonna need one of these:

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LordVader said:
Ok I get the picture where everyone is going here .

Probably just panicking abit, first time in 18 years of having cars anything big has gone wrong so suppose I have been very lucky

If I got airmiles for every mile I pushed a knackered car I could probably circumnavigate the planet on a G6.

teenwolf · 9 Sep 2022 at 21:20

It broke audi fixed it mo issue here

GarethSouthgate · 9 Sep 2022 at 22:39

In fairness, Audi do seem quite high on the unreliability list. Best get that warranty sorted and hope it covers most things

grudas · 9 Sep 2022 at 23:22

Sell the Audi and buy a Lexus