MikeyW

I’m new to the forum as, guess what, was left stranded on the A5 on Thursday with the dreaded alternator fault. I’ve a C8 RS6 which I’ve had for 2 years following my rejection of my previous RS6 C8 for, wait for it…..the same fault. Dealership are super supportive and can’t believe I’ve had this occur twice, but reading this thread it’s seems significantly more common than I thought. Currently I’m trying to get a loan car that actually serves my purpose as the A1 from Enterprise (Audi Assist) can’t carry kit for my job or fit my dogs in, has a faulty sos function and faulty Bluetooth and sat nav. It’s not ideal. I am not really sure how I’ll take this forward - when the electrical warning hit the dash I knew exactly what was going to happen so was lucky to be able to get off the M6 toll and to a place of relative safety. I didn’t know the sport diff failure was the early warning so that’s super helpful. The last time this occurred we ended stranded at the top of a slip road off the m25 on a blind bend…..and kept waiting for recovery for 3 hours too. So this time it was better and I guess knowing the fault I knew I had to find a safer place for the car to die in. concerned that the replacement parts are not a different part - staggered it’s not a recall so will be raising this as a safety matter with as many differing channels as I’m able. Last time it was the Audi executive office who handled the issue as I wrote to Andrew Doyle. The car was off the road for over 2 months then due to a parts shortage.