Hello all..
I have been an Audi owner for many years, owing the TT, A3, RS3, TTS and now a 2010 Audi A4 Avant (family reasons!). I brought it from an independent garage and straight away i had issues with the oil light coming on. it went back to the garage and sensor changed but its doing it again and i suspect it has the oil guzzling/piston issue that affected this model car and was shown on BBC Watchdog. Although the car is under a form of warranty from the small garage i brought it from i know its not their fault and this is an Audi fault, so i want Audi to cover costs as the garage have been really good. It goes in tomorrow but i am expecting a battle. Its done 69k and out of warranty. On my side is i work for the BBC so am trying to get more information about this problem and i know a couple of the guys at Audi Solihull where its going, but i wondered if anyone else had this issue and what happened?
It also judders when cold like a kangaroo on the clutch and is sluggish to pull away until its warm which i'm guessing is due to the oil issue and the pistons not working properly? I'm really annoyed by this, its really diminishing my enjoyment of the car as i have been without it so much and i am driving round in a £350 suzuki thats bright yellow and doesn't go in a straight line! (am going to ask audi for a hire car!)
i just want as much a portfolio of other case to put together so they have as little wriggle room as possible to getting this sorted.
Thanks Gemma x
