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Hello Werner, If this were mine, I would be following Steve’s advice, and at least reporting it - nothing to lose, although I suspect a reaction of ‘ not abnormal’. Is the oil level only checkable via. the on screen display, or have you also got a dipstick? At least you should now be in a position to monitor the oil usage back to your ( in caps) determined level, which will eliminate the possibility that it may not have been fully up to the mark when new. Unlikely, but…. Hopefully a daft question, but you are checking the oil level before start up, following leaving the car standing on level ground overnight -? Kind regards, Gareth.

My advice would be if you're worried get it booked in at Audi. Even if they don't find anything wrong at least you've logged the issue. Then if there's an issue again within warranty regarding oil usage then they're more likely to act.

Hi, I have just been quoted £930,00. to have the cam belt & water pump changed by my local Audi dealer. A local vw audi specialist, quoted me £550,00. for the same work, using genuine parts. guess where I'm going. Brian.

Set of rubber car mats and boot mat to fit A3. Unused. Due to size of boot mat needs to be collected from Sheffield £25

Many thanks Mike, As far as the Terms and Conditions link your posted, It could be me, but it’s a bit of a (usual!) trawl to go through this, and to me, it appears to be what it say it is - Terms and Conditions, which concentrates on explaining what the terms used means, but seems to give very little detail about what is and ( most importantly) what isn’t covered. As I say, I may be missing something, but it wouldn’t surprise me that this statement is aimed at being an explanatory statement to cover another main document. Kind regards, Gareth.

I've ordered bilstein b4s all round and Sachs coil springs all round so fingers crossed this will make for a happier driving experience.

It's an engine out job to change, with the costs that come with that. When I had mine done it was a guide which had broken, horrible clattering noise when the engine was under load but only for the first minute or so when starting the car from cold, also couldn't bear it with the windows up. My chain had stretched as well but I believe it throws up a timing error if it stretches beyond a certain amount which mine hadnt. Change the oil every 10k not 18 supposedly helps the lifespan of them. There is no recommended mileage to change the chain/guides, it's not the same as a timing belt in that respect.

It's been a while since anyone posted on this thread. FiveStarSamz, what has the outcome been with your car?, did you get anywhere with Audi? I offloaded my S3 to one of the big car buyers and as far as I can tell its nolonger on the road, i can't find details on the DVLA website although it's possible the registration was sold. I purchase an st3, not a wise decision as it was best described as a blunt instrument, 0 refinement and harsh suspension, I managed to keep it 5 months before it was stolen despite having a stoplock pro installed. I am just about to pull the trigger on a 2016 mk3 TT with the tfsi engine the only thing stopping me is the oil consumption issue. I have had a read online and from what I can ascertain the issue was fixed in 2014. Does anyone know if this is the case or if the issue still exists? Any help appreciated.

Hi Brian thank you for responding to my post and have responded to Gareth with a detailed breakdown of my quoted costs and details on the Warranty terms and conditions a link for which is attached, just a point the cam belt change price seems cheap for an Audi dealer and wonder if it includes the water pump and if you don’t mind I wouldn’t mind knowing the dealer that quoted you and if too far from me I could at least get a quote and use that with my local Audi dealer for a price match 1) “all in one plan” @ £717 (2 services, 2 years b/down and 2 years warranty) 2) Stronic gearbox service @ £288 3) cam belt and water pump replacement @ £852 making a total of circa £1800 for 2 standard services, 1 Stronic gearbox service, a cam belt and water pump replacement and 2 years warranty cover The “all in one” policy @ £717 includes 2 off services ( 1 oil, filter service and 1 oil, filter and pollen filter service) worth £450 ish, this leaves £267 which includes 2 MOTs (which I wouldn’t use as I believe as others have said that this is a revenue generating stream for further work) 2 years breakdown cover and most importantly “2 years warranty”, a point of note is that this is an “Audi” warranty provided by Audi not an insurance backed one, I fully understand that they may not always rollover upon a claim (do they ever ! even on a new car) but having read their documentation and having spoken to their helpline I feel that most of the things covered on a new car are potentially covered, I also feel that if the car is serviced in line with the Audi service regime and not abused they would be hard pressed to deny the claim, another point of note is that there is no excess to pay. Taking in to account the above I tended to feel that £267 for 2 years warranty and breakdown cover was a pretty good deal as that’s probably only 2 to 3 hours labour for an Audi engineer. i really do appreciate all of you kind people taking the trouble to read and respond to my post, and am always open to others thoughts/interpretation and suggestions as I may be missing something. To be honest it is the “warranty” that draws me like a magnet I am inherently a worrier (Stronic/engine/mmi problems etc) and looking for some sort of peace of mind, I have had this car from new, initially as a company car I then bought it when I retired so know the full history of the car and must say it really is the best car I have ever had and absolutely love it !, I initially started to look for a replacement car but as I would only have the same again but with less miles and younger could not get my head around paying around another 20k for what would be effectively the same car and not knowing it’s history, I do know that saying all that may be the kiss of death but sincerely hope not, it really does seem a steal and 2 years peace of mind (sort of !) for £267 and for me at least is a no brainer, please see below for warranty terms and conditions as I really cannot see any major stitch up in them and hopefully this may be something others of our group may wish to take advantage of. https://customer.vwfs.co.uk/content/dam/bluelabel/valid/www-vwfs-co-uk/documents/Audi_Warranty–Terms_and_Conditions.pdf i will hopefully get around to responding to all contributors but wish to thank you all for your input. kind regards Mike

Ahhh one of those, they give newbie’s like me a bad name 😳

On drivers door do you have two buttons one with a locked padlock 🔒 and one with an open padlock ? I have to use the open button to open the boot .

In my opinion, once a car is outside the manufacturers standard warranty period, spending obscene amounts on keeping up dealership service history is a waste of money. The VAG specialist I take our cars to charge £130 for an oil and filter change, and £490 for the cambelt, water pump and auxiliary belt (A5 B9) which included a loan car for the duration. I only pay for whichever of 18,600 miles or 2 years is sooner because the VAG specialist updates the digital service record, so I'll typically be doing an oil change myself (or take them to a trusted garage) at the 9,300 miles and 1 year interval because of relative mileage/usage difference of both cars. When the cars reach 100k miles I generally care less about the digital record but still keep up with the proper service schedule because in my experience, anyone buying a car with >100k miles cares less about full dealership service history.

Me again 😂 just found my Quote from A*di : £243+£90 Coding

Sorry mate just looking through a few emails and if you wanted one with Audi logo and Remote buttons they were £195