The Audi Thread

Mike Smit said:
Those that have been following the thread, I am pleased to say my A5 is 100% again. Had 4 x Conti sports fitted today and viola - car is buttery smooth again. No skips. No vibration. NO PROPSHAFT FAULT!!

Lesson learned - do not put ****e tyres on your car - especially if you drive a quattro.
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100%. Everything your car is ultimately goes through those few centimeters of tyre rubber meeting the ground. It's a no-brainer to get decent tyres for your car.
 
Mike Smit said:
Well the guys I use for my out of motorplan stuff won't touch the gearbox. Told me straight. He does have someone that he sends the cars too though (not Audi).

When I was at Audi last (few weeks back), they told me R4,800 for the gearbox service on the S-Tronic.

EDIT: I dodged the gearbox service because my gearbox failed just before the car went out of motorplan. They did a service on it same time as the repair, so this last service (where the gearbox service was actually due) was skipped. I am due to have it done in my next service though - which won't be long now based on the amount of kms I clock.

EDIT2: A few of us use Auto Service Centre in Edenvale for our out of motorplan Audi's. They are really really REALLY good. Give them a shout if close enough to you.
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How many Ks have you done? They changed my box at 95 , Read somewhere that it's the most expensive part out of warranty to fix, so after some creative complaining they replaced it , there wasn't really anything wrong with the old one, just thought it would be better going into the realms on "out of warranty" with a new one
 
ijacobs3 said:
How many Ks have you done? They changed my box at 95 , Read somewhere that it's the most expensive part out of warranty to fix, so after some creative complaining they replaced it , there wasn't really anything wrong with the old one, just thought it would be better going into the realms on "out of warranty" with a new one
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The failure was at around 90k. Mechatronic unit or something (someone here will know the name).
It was due for the service at my 115k service a few weeks ago, but skipped it because already done at 90k. They said at my 130k service, it must be done though. At 122k now.
 
Jeez they know how to rip people.



Replacing the whole gearbox for the mechatronic unit.



I believe it's an 18k job to fix privately and permanently.
 
ijacobs3 said:
Excellent , eh, I'm wondering what the gearbox oil service is going to cost, it's due now ( out of warranty) on the b8 multitronic , is this something best left to the stealership, or is there any independent that someone can recommend in gauteng
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It's not that major a job, just more tricky than others.



You can youtube it and DIY for that matter.



I can't see why any independent would purposely avoid it or send to a specialist just for the oil change.



Actual work on the box is a different story.

Unfortunately don't know anything about Gauteng.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Jeez they know how to rip people.



Replacing the whole gearbox for the mechatronic unit.



I believe it's an 18k job to fix privately and permanently.
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They never replaced the whole gearbox. Just replaced the mechatronic unit that failed. The invoice for this was just over R7k, but was within motorplan so cost me nix.
 
Mike Smit said:
They never replaced the whole gearbox. Just replaced the mechatronic unit that failed. The invoice for this was just over R7k, but was within motorplan so cost me nix.
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Oh thought you meant it cost 90k which sounded like a full gearbox swop, but I see now you meant 90 000km.







Mechatronic is like the "ecu" which it sounds like in your case at the price. However it's sometimes referred to as the whole mechanical setup because often the "pushrods" or arms or whatever actually do the shifting also fail and then it's a bit more expensive. In your case it sounds like it was just the TCU part.

Still no need to replace the gearbox so I'm glad to hear the dealerships are no longer pulling that cop out, because it's what puts so many people off buying these cars.
 
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I seem to have developed a coolant leak on my Audi. I can hear it hissing on the back of the engine (closest to the windscreen), about in the middle. This being the 3.0L V6.

Does anyone have a clue as to what is back there? I can't see in behind the engine...
 
@Mike Smit: Glad you got sorted :) Do customers ever get some bucks back for tyres with decent tread on them still?
 
I drove behind a gun metal R8 around 7:30pm leaving CEntury City (CA plates, non-personalised). He/she drove like a granny on the corners and only gunned it on the long & straight passing the new century city conference centre on the left and Ysterplaat on the right.
 
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