PistonBuff

Hi, I have an Audi Q3 which I bought 3 years ago from new when I retired, it only has 29k miles on the clock, based on infrequent medium to long journeys. Recently the emission light came on so I took the Q3 to my local Audi dealer who offered a diagnostic service for £60. They checked the car and advised me that faulty glow plugs were the cause of the problem. I challenged the dealer as given low mileage and the software update I was very suspicious that this could be the root cause of the fault which has now cost me £220 to fix. The software update was undertaken 6 month ago and the car has been running ok, so maybe I was unlucky. However, I have been driving diesel cars for last 25 years and have never had a glow plug problem except once when high business milage took the car to 90K miles in under 3 years. I would be very interested if any other have owners have experienced a similar glow plug problem. Await you feedback.