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Hi guys, I don’t post often but thought I would share my experience with my Q7. It’s a 2019 50TDI Vorsprung in black. It’s got the factory 22 inch alloys, black badges, black exhaust tips and a dark grey interior. This is all factory afaik. I bought the car in 2020 with 9600 miles on the clock as an Audi used approved car after the original owner decided it was too big for them apparently. This was just after the end of the first Covid lockdown and they were desperate to sell it ha ha haaa. The car has full Audi service history and currently has 96,770 miles on the clock. I extended the warranty up until earlier this year for piece of mind but I decided not to continue it any more. Servicing costs me £21.74 a month with Audi main dealer and for this they take care of everything** Any and all filters needing changed are done. Fuel, cabin and air filters as well as routine oil and filter. I have the condition based servicing (up to 19,000 miles) but that only lasts me about 12-14 months byway so it gets an annual service in effect. **Apart from routine servicing, I had the gearbox serviced locally to me as the box was tending to hold gears too long. That was at about 85,000 miles and they company said it needed sound when it was in due to the condition of the oil. I tow trailers and load the car from time to time. I change the wiper blades every 2 years as they tend to streak after this point. I had the brakes done at 50,000 miles but they could have comfortably done 60,000 miles tbh. This is my change point. I do one set of discs to 2 sets of pads as I have with any other car I’ve owned. But the factory front discs corroded badly on the edges and wore the discs badly so I switched them out for factory replacements and they seem fine this time round. Tyres: I run the factory Hankook 22 inch tyres in the summer and I have a second set of winter wheels in 20 inch I use in the winter. I am still on my second second set of summer tyres and my first set of winter tyres (with the winter wheels about to go back on next week and they will see me through). I’m on 96,770 miles as of now so I’m looking at 33-35,000 miles per set of tyres. No horror stories on the tyre wear. Repairs: Ok so far repairs in over 5 years and 85,000+ miles comes to £85. That was for the dreaded brake servo pressure sensor. The part cost £85. It was 2 minutes to change it out and 30 minutes to boot up my old laptop with the VCDS software on it. Yes, I had the extended warranty but I could do it same day and not wait, plus it was cheaper than the excess. In summary, it’s been a brilliant car and I still really enjoy it so I’ll be keeping it for a while longer. It doesn’t cost any more than an unassuming Ford (not hating here lol) to maintain. Hopefully this will help a potential owner of a used Audi Q7. Don’t believe all the horror stories about big repair bills or chewing of tyres. If anyone has any questions, let me know and I’ll try and answer as best I can. Cheers, Andy

When setting off with a cold engine is OK until I accelerate moderately and the glow plug coil symbol illuminates and the engine goes into limp mode, this is on a 1.6Tdi VAG DBKA engine. If I then stop, turn ignition off and re-start engine the coil symbol is out and all is normal. To cut a long story short the problem is due to a faulty oil pressure sensor especially when the engine is cold. There are two oil pressure sensors on the engine, 1 for low pressure and one for higher pressure. The garage diagnosed both sensors were failing, they were replaced and all is back to normal. The garage ( Non VAG) told me they are getting lots of VAG vehicles with this problem so now keep replacements for both sensors on the shelf. So double check the oil level manually and if OK get the oil sensors diagnosed and replace but make sure they are OEM grade and not cheaper lool alikes. The sensor with the grey plastic body is the high pressure and the one with the green plastic body is the low pressure sensor. Hope this is useful to others with a similar problem!

Thanks! I'll certainly give those suggestions a go

8MA945095J - however that's on US based cars. To be honest, this is likely to be fairly specialist, that might have to just go to Audi dealer, or claim through your insurance. Charles Trent are worth a search based on your registration. They have a 2025 Q5.

Hey Gareth, Thanks so much for the swift reply. Much appreciate and agree totally with you. I’ll search the forum as suggested. cheers adam

To let you know you can tell if you have the update. On the MMI screen the rear heater icon has changed and now shows the rear screen and the wing mirrors in the icon instead of just showing the rear screen.

I've read through all of this forum and the 190 seems to have more problems (maybe more of them?) than the 177. My wife has a 2012 SE 177, with 146,000 miles and it's had one egr cooler, that's all. I regularly check the dpf with carly.

This is what is being updated, may help others,

Thank you! They have already been very helpful with advice. Mark