barron

Interesting thread. I'm in the market for a new family car (baby due in July) and so far narrowed it down to a Audi RS6 and BMW M3 Touring. The feedback I've had so far from speaking with owners is "the Mild Hybrid System will fail". So far whenever I've spoken to dealers about the issue, they've been very dismissive (even when I've explain my worry about it failing with my family in the car). I got the below from one dealership: "it is such a small proportion of these cars which this does happen to hence why there is no recall. Its difficult when you are looking in forums full of people discussing something that goes wrong it seems like a larger proportion. If you are looking at an M3 maybe RS4 would be up your street?" On the back of these type of comments, the go to answer is "it's not really an issue but don't worry you have a 7 year warranty on it" without actually acknowledging the dangerous nature of the potential failure. It's almost impossible to buy one of these cars knowing that you're driving a vehicle that could potentially put you in a dangerous situation at any time (with no prior warning).