Engine rebuild required on a B8 @68k

Audi Dynamik said:
Had both the merc and the Audi and had problems with both. Im now back to Bmw (My signature) as i have had many of them and never had a single issue.
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It is ridiculous how much money I have spent rectifying 'common issues' on this car. If it was in the hundreds I may consider buying the A6, but it's not. I am talking thousands of pounds...money I consider should have been spent on more important things!
 
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Yes, I agree, its ridiculous. If it was supercar you may forgive it.......

Funny thing is we have a TVR Tamora as the fun car, a risky choice you may think, a reputation for its high cost of maintenance you may think, a reputation for unreliability you may think.

Well in 8 years it has costs us no more than £900 a year in maintenance and has actually gone up in value. Ignoring the benefits of 'Appreciation' that is £7200 in maintenance bills over 8 years.

The Audi A4 over 2 years. Has cost us £2700 a year in major maintenance items and correcting 'recall' issues and suffers an average annual depreciation of £2500 (thanks to its recent oil burning reputation)

So given the choice of A4 vs Supercar, you know what to do.......................actually given the above figures an RS4 would likely be cheaper to run than the A4.
 
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Audi must be trying to butter me up. Whilst my car is in the garage for its service and repairs they've given me an A6 3.0TDI Avant black edition for the weekend. Very nice car and something I would have definitely considered if I hadn't had so much trouble with mine.
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So I have done just over 600 miles and the oil level indicator is down to the last bar, how far can I drive when the warning light comes on, considering car is burning oil? I could have just told Audi it was going to fail the test without all this hassle!. Be interesting to see what they offer considering my car has done 97k, had full audi service history though and oil separator was done in 2012.
 
ianv5 said:
So I have done just over 600 miles and the oil level indicator is down to the last bar, how far can I drive when the warning light comes on, considering car is burning oil? I could have just told Audi it was going to fail the test without all this hassle!. Be interesting to see what they offer considering my car has done 97k, had full audi service history though and oil separator was done in 2012.
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The oil test is only 623 miles so take it to them now.
 
I am sure I have just seen a comment from you ianv5.

No it does not mean it has passed the test. The threshold on my 1.8T A3 was it needed to use over 0.5 litre in 623 miles. I am sure that if the engine was full of oil and you are down to 1 bar on the MMI you would have failed. However most don't trust the MMI and like to read off a dipstick. By weighing the oil left Audi will work out what it has used and advise you of the pass and fail criteria for your model of engine.

Worrying isn't it ! However even if yours fails, by the sounds of it you are out of warranty to Audi will ask to open your wallet and have a rummage around
 
At audi for next stage. Nice A5 coupe loan car.

No car is out of warranty and understand I might have stump up something. Full audi service history though should help!
 
ianv5 said:
At audi for next stage. Nice A5 coupe loan car.

No car is out of warranty and understand I might have stump up something. Full audi service history though should help!
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So vindis audi will pay 50% of total cost of rebuild, on a car with 97k on the clock should l accept this.
 
Yep about 2.5k, luckily I have the funds for it. Once sorted I will prob get the stage 1 remap again depending on length of warranty.

Also getting work done at audi means I get a decent courtesy car, so far had an A5 coupe and A5 cabriolet with all the bells and whistles. Wife thinking of getting a TT so might see if I can get one, car will be in for a week or so.
 
I'm meeting up with a friend next month who works in a law firm. I'm hoping she can give me some advice on whether it's worth pursuing. I kicked off big time and ended up paying £370, that's from the original quote of £2,500!
 
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Yep about 2.5k, luckily I have the funds for it. Once sorted I will prob get the stage 1 remap again depending on length of warranty.

Also getting work done at audi means I get a decent courtesy car, so far had an A5 coupe and A5 cabriolet with all the bells and whistles. Wife thinking of getting a TT so might see if I can get one, car will be in for a week or so.
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Agreed at least with audi you do get a car similar or better than yours.. However I would avoid a remap as the engine is covered by a 2 year warranty. I'm sure if you were to have any issues after rebuild, ( which I'm yet to hear of) audi wouldn't entertain any goodwill. As for your offer it is considerable as I had to fork out 1800 in the end but then had 20k less miles? Audi must have a good will percentage depending on miles and age.

Also I do accept this is a design fault but an engine either way with 100k on will have at least some minimal wear so if you do go ahead the bottom end will be effectively brand new.

Do also consider trying to get the water pump and aux belt thrown in for free. If they don't, negotiate and try and only pay for the parts as the work will require these to be removed anyway so labour shouldnt need to be added on.

Best regards,
 
Thanks for the advice, I am currently negotiating a bit more off, but agreed, pretty much a new engine and I don't do a great many miles so should last me a good few more years. Will try and be patient with the remap, like you said. Will miss it though!
 
Well, good news here...

Audi agreed to pay 100% of the cost, almost £5800, and without issue or argument. This with a 2009 car, 62k miles and well out of warranty. It would appear the full dealer history saved me!

Booked in later this month.
 
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Hey everyone, new to this site and thread in which I have been reading the last few days. I got my wife an '09 a4 quattro with 58,420 miles and it's doing exactly what everyone else's has done. I am here in the US and talked to Audi in which they told me about the settlement from the class action. In the settlement is says they will conduct the services: "Service Adjustment (defined below) will be entitled
to: (1) a replacement of the crankcase pressure regulating valve, front crankshaft seal
and front crankshaft bolt, and (2) updating of the Engine Control Module software to
match the new part(s) (this service will be called a “Service Adjustment”). This
Service Adjustment is designed to reduce Class Members’ excessive oil consumption
issues and will be performed on their Settlement Class Vehicles, free of charge..."

I have read here that you all are having the pistons, rings, etc replaced and from what I'm gathering on this "settlement" they are just doing the stage 1 test free of charge and not actually the rebuild. Any thoughts?
 
Print a copy of this thread, take it to the dealer and also complain directly to Audi of America. Mine has been fine since the rebuild.

If you read through the whole thread, you'll see that I was in the US whilst my car was in the garage and bumped into an audi dealership manager. He told me at the time that Audi just rebuilt them without charge and car built 2010 don't have the problem. I can accept things have changed, but I the 'free' Service adjustment will actually do anything.

My advice, do all you can to get it fixed for free, or at minimal cost to you and get rid.

This was my first Audi and it will be my last! I will never touch the brand again, more so, they have put me off buying a German car ever! The next car will have a japanese boxer engine in it! :)
 
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Hey everyone, new to this site and thread in which I have been reading the last few days. I got my wife an '09 a4 quattro with 58,420 miles and it's doing exactly what everyone else's has done. I am here in the US and talked to Audi in which they told me about the settlement from the class action. In the settlement is says they will conduct the services: "Service Adjustment (defined below) will be entitled
to: (1) a replacement of the crankcase pressure regulating valve, front crankshaft seal
and front crankshaft bolt, and (2) updating of the Engine Control Module software to
match the new part(s) (this service will be called a “Service Adjustment”). This
Service Adjustment is designed to reduce Class Members’ excessive oil consumption
issues and will be performed on their Settlement Class Vehicles, free of charge..."

I have read here that you all are having the pistons, rings, etc replaced and from what I'm gathering on this "settlement" they are just doing the stage 1 test free of charge and not actually the rebuild. Any thoughts?
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Audi service guy I know, says he has hardly ever seen the PCV valve mod resolve chronic oil consumption issues on A4/A5/Q5 2009-11 petrols. The conversation followed........."clutching at straws"..................."prepare yourself for a rebuild".

...........additionally I don't recall anyone on this thread ever having that alone resolve their problems.........maybe if I go through all 20 pages on this thread and the 20 pages on the other 'oil burning' thread I may find one person..................

Prepare yourself for a full bottom end rebuild, most likely a nasty large bill from Audi and a sour taste in your mouth when anyone mentions Audi and reliability to you again, and a queasy feeling everytime you see Audi or Volkswagen adverts on TV.......................

Radio 4 publicity on this subject is building momentum and is expected to be passed over to 'Watchdog' for TV showing. I suggest, when you realise you too have not escaped the issue, you post your experience on watchdog website and keep the momentum going for the benefit of all 'victims'
 
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Audi service guy I know, says he has hardly ever seen the PCV valve mod resolve chronic oil consumption issues on A4/A5/Q5 2009-11 petrols. The conversation followed........."clutching at straws"..................."prepare yourself for a rebuild".

...........additionally I don't recall anyone on this thread ever having that alone resolve their problems.........maybe if I go through all 20 pages on this thread and the 20 pages on the other 'oil burning' thread I may find one person..................

Prepare yourself for a full bottom end rebuild, most likely a nasty large bill from Audi and a sour taste in your mouth when anyone mentions Audi and reliability to you again, and a queasy feeling everytime you see Audi or Volkswagen adverts on TV.......................

Radio 4 publicity on this subject is building momentum and is expected to be passed over to 'Watchdog' for TV showing. I suggest, when you realise you too have not escaped the issue, you post your experience on watchdog website and keep the momentum going for the benefit of all 'victims'
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That's exactly what I was telling myself when I read this thread and then settlement. Only other thing I see in the settlement is extending the warranty to 8yrs/80,000 miles and it says they will cover any cost related to oil consumption. I haven't heard anything good from the dealership here in town as far as customer service. That doesn't surprise me do to this whole state being filled with a@@holes. Like you said I'm most likely going to be ****** off like all the other "victims" who have dealt with this. Looks like I might have to save my next deployment check and pay this thing off and on to something else.
 
Okay guys,

So a little update, been arguing my case with Audi UK as they told me my car was a TD1 - modified Remapped so no goodwill. Funny enough another Audi dealership had a look and they couldn't find a TD1 so I went back to the dealership that did the oil consumption test in the first place and they checked and it has disappeared of there computer systems aswell. "GREAT NEWS".

So now as it stands I await Audi UK and the dealership to call me back to agree on a price point. Last time we spoke it was at about £1020 contribution from my side. I feel after several months of being messed around from Audi I shouldn't be paying nothing for the repairs so I have put it straight to them and I hopefully hear a response within 48 hours to let me know.

Audi UK and the dealership seem to say that the Pistons it self are not required to be changed???? Anyone shed some light on why that would be?

They have quoted 5800 for full works so far.
 
..and another one : 09 A4 B8 2.0TFSI quattro, 65K miles.

Consumption was about 1l per 5K miles when I got the car 3 years ago, and rocketed over the last 12 months to 1l per 750 miles.

Just had stage 1 work done (software update, "vacuum unit"?? replacement) after failing first consumption test, so I'm into the second test, and the MMI gauge hasn't moved after about 200 miles. This is interesting as I've never heard of stage 1 resolving the problem before!

Dealer and service manager have been great - Despite being well out of warranty, I've been told that there will be zero cost to me for the tests or fix, even if it's pistons and rings. Pretty sure that full main dealer service history is a big part of the reason. The car was even MOT'd for free at the last visit.
 
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Same as mine marty, a3 ?

Mine passed though. They have to drink a lot before they will recommend a rebuild. Any other symptoms, smoking a lot, black exhaust tips ?
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No mines is a a4 1.8tfsi

Finally getting it back tomorrow I haven't seen the car for a month to the day!! I can see a complaint coming on
 
Well Well Well,

I have had Audi UK and the Audi Dealership in contact with me today.

The seem to think between 6500 - 7000 my car has been modified with a remap but some how the car still does not show up as a TD1 which is good news.

They last gave me the following breakdown:

Engine ECU at retail £1021.61 including VAT
Piston ring/con rod repair at warranty £3195.19 = ( 65% Audi UK – 2076.87 + 35% Customer contribution - £1118.32)
Total Customer Contribution = £2139.93 inc VAT

They now are saying I don't need to replace the ECU which means I save £1021.61 + VAT out of the £2139.93

Due to the inconvenience caused I am now trying to push them to pay for the 35% customer contribution which is £1118.32

They seem to only say that the Piston Rings and Con Rods need replacing??? Can anyone confirm if they have had the pistons replaced as well and if yes why if they know?

Whilst writing this I have just received a call from Audi UK to confirm that the car is not a TD1 but they want to talk to their head technician to find out for sure its not a TD1 and its not something that will come back after they carry out the goodwill work.

I must say so far I feel that Audi UK have been very good but at the same time they seem to be needing a push from me every step of the way to get the prices down. The dealership has been great so far other than minor problems such as trying to call the service manager and being told his busy all the time, but I guess he is tired of speaking to me lol.

The question I asked the Audi UK advisor was will be goodwill change and he kept insisting on waiting to speak to the technician to get a final say on the matter, so lets hope the technician is good and not moody or argued with his wife and mess my process up otherwise i will be looking for this tech!

Will give you guys another update tomorrow once I hear more from them and lets hope its good news.

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So a little update today,

The car has been taken in by Audi UK and they have agreed to pay 80% of the cars engine rebuild.

They have loaned me out a brand new Audi A4 in return.

So total I will be paying will be near £600 for the repair.

Whilst the engine is out anyone recommend anything changing? the currently has 71k on it.

I am looking to get the chain kit replaced whilst out.

Start your forklift training today.
 
Absolutely astonishing thread. This will take the leap from radio onto Watchdog, surely. As someone with an facelift A3 58 plate with the updated 2.0t engine and also a 61 plate TT 2.0tfsi (211bhp) for my good lady, then reading what I have done on this thread also scares me somewhat.
 
mister.c. said:
...Reading what I have done on this thread also scares me somewhat.
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Don't worry too much: The problem appears restricted to the longtitudinal 2.0t engine installation in 2009-2011 A4's, A5's and Q5's only. (Abnormal oil consumption can happen with any vehicle, of course, But these are the ones where there's a known design/manufacturing issue)
 
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Absolutely astonishing thread. This will take the leap from radio onto Watchdog, surely. As someone with an facelift A3 58 plate with the updated 2.0t engine and also a 61 plate TT 2.0tfsi (211bhp) for my good lady, then reading what I have done on this thread also scares me somewhat.
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I have actually contacted watchdog about my experience even outlining my frustration that as I appear to be one of the first on this forum to get a rebuild I had to pay a contribution to the repair. Now at the time I was annoyed but excepted things do go wrong. But now as more seem to be reporting the fault and most of late getting the work free of charge it is beginning to infuriate me. I doubt I'll ever get a refund but if this thread educates, reassure and warns owners and future buyers it's done enough for me.

As above this seems to be longitudinal engines but some a3 trsnsverse engines owners are reporting high consumption so my only advise is keep and eye on all levels and report any concerns to audi early and get it recorded.
 
Hi peeps,

I started my B8 thread on the oil consumption a little over a month ago (as some of you may have seen). I'm surprised how many responses it has received over that time. The 2.0 TFSI is a great engine if the correct dimension Pistons rings and subsequent Pistons were fitted!

I feel I am lucky in a way that my 2011 A4 2.0 TFSI 211 was fixed free of charge (£5500). Car has subsequently been running great!

A4B8Sline - Funny enough this rebuild was at 68K too!!

Nevertheless, my wife is looking at a new car to replace her A3 TFSI and a VAG petrol car is off her list!

I'm still unsure what mine will be after this Audi experience...
 
Hi All,

So a little update today for you all, I have now part exchanged my Audi a4 2.0 TFSI for a Audi a6 2.0 Ultra 190PS 2015

Now After I got the oil consumption issue sorted I came to notice after 2000 miles the same problem started again I would need to refill oil every 450 miles.

I was so sick of the car that I thought best thing to do is sell the car back in to the Audi network and let them sort it out.

So as I had agreed a amount for my PX I was watching watchdog on the BBC and guess what? Audi a4 - a5 - Q3 2.0 TFSI Oil Consumption problem was on, so the minute I finished watching the programme I called Audi UK again and spoke to the executive I was dealing with, I explained to him as the job has not worked I want a full refund for the amount I have paid.

I got a call next day to inform me they will minus the £830 from the price of my new ordered car. so all in all it worked out great enjoyed a few new cars they gave one of them was the a6 which made me purchase one :D

So from my side case closed :D

And oh The car was a TD1 - REMAPPED :p running 255 BHP
 
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Hi All,

So a little update today for you all, I have now part exchanged my Audi a4 2.0 TFSI for a Audi a6 2.0 Ultra 190PS 2015

Now After I got the oil consumption issue sorted I came to notice after 2000 miles the same problem started again I would need to refill oil every 450 miles.

I was so sick of the car that I thought best thing to do is sell the car back in to the Audi network and let them sort it out.

So as I had agreed a amount for my PX I was watching watchdog on the BBC and guess what? Audi a4 - a5 - Q3 2.0 TFSI Oil Consumption problem was on, so the minute I finished watching the programme I called Audi UK again and spoke to the executive I was dealing with, I explained to him as the job has not worked I want a full refund for the amount I have paid.

I got a call next day to inform me they will minus the £830 from the price of my new ordered car. so all in all it worked out great enjoyed a few new cars they gave one of them was the a6 which made me purchase one :D

So from my side case closed :D

And oh The car was a TD1 - REMAPPED :p running 255 BHP
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Funnily enough when I was going mental about the engine rebuild and advised I was considering an A6 S-Line Avant at the time; while my car was in the garage for yet another repair, they gave me exactly what I wanted as a courtesy car. 3.0TDI Quattro.

Oh how they tempted me, but then reality set in and after having 2 duff Audis, I handed the keys back and said no thanks!

Pity, such a nice looking car.
 
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Hi guys,

Little advice please. I have recently purchased (6 weeks ago) 09 plate 2.0tfsi from a local garage without the knowledge of high oil consumption. So far I have used 1.5ltrs+ of oil in less than 1500miles.

I only realise this is not normal after watching Watchdog. Since then I've contacted my local Audi dealer and booked the car in for a stage 1 test end of this month.

The car come with 6 months warrantee from the garage and also have full Audi service history. I know the test result will fail. Should I notify the garage where I bought the car from and give the a head up or should I wait until Audi confirm and hit me with a heafty bill?
 
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Hi guys,

Little advice please. I have recently purchased (6 weeks ago) 09 plate 2.0tfsi from a local garage without the knowledge of high oil consumption. So far I have used 1.5ltrs+ of oil in less than 1500miles.

I only realise this is not normal after watching Watchdog. Since then I've contacted my local Audi dealer and booked the car in for a stage 1 test end of this month.

The car come with 6 months warrantee from the garage and also have full Audi service history. I know the test result will fail. Should I notify the garage where I bought the car from and give the a head up or should I wait until Audi confirm and hit me with a heafty bill?
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Sorry to hear firstly you have high oil consumption. Your in a good position to get the work done free of charge which ever avenue you decide to persue. Personally I would make sure that any repairs are undertaken by audi and not a third party. (Most dealerships have repaired these engines by now and have experience). Also you will get a two year warranty on the parts fitted. Unfortunately the whole process is drawn out over a few weeks. Be patient and persistent and audi should cover you.
 
Hi guys, i am from Australia. Hopefully there is someone from Australia who has experienced a similar trouble can give me some advices. I recently bought a 2010 A5 2.0L T quattro S-tronic. the engine has done about 35000 km. the car is out of warranty. After toping up several litres of oil, i spent about $1000 Australian dollars to do the oil consumption test. the result is 2.7/1000km which means my engine consumes 2.7 litres engine oil per 1000km. Solitaire (dealer) told me that engine requires to have pistons and rods replaced and check cylinder bores. i have to pay $5165.3 out of $9517.75 plus one service cost $795 for this engine repair. I think i should not pay that much money deal to the car is still in a very low kilometers. So i called Audi Australia to claim a better contribution from them. they told me because the car has not done any service by Audi dealer (the pre owner did the services in some local mechanical shops), that contribution is the best they can do. I went to the office of Consumer and Business Affairs see if they could help. the office asked me if i can prove the problem is caused by manufacturing fault. so i called Solitaire and ask the question. Solitaire admit it is manufacturing fault, but after i request them to put what they admit in writing, they changed the tone said they cannot be sure until they strip off the engine. I don't know what can i still do. Please, if anyone has any advice, specially how to negotiate with AUDI.

I used to saw Audi A5 as my first dream car. I thought finally one of my dream come true when i bought the car. now i feel i brought a big trouble back home.
 
In most countries Audi seems to stick their 'head in the sand' and get their customers to foot as much of the bill as they dare charge until the bad publicity gets out of hand. If you are really attached to your new car then get Audi to fix it, and if you are charged anything for correcting their manufacturing defects then I suggest you get a 'large' consumer litigation lawyer who usually have good media contacts and some fellow disgruntled Australian Audi owners together and publicise it. This is what we did in the UK, it took 5 months but was worth the wait. Its what they did in the US (minus the publicity) and that was successful.

If you are worried about getting a diagnosis from Audi that concludes it is not a manufacturing defect.........then from my experience and what service agents have told me (see previous posts) the probability of your problem NOT being pistons and piston rings is very low.

I guess the twist for Audi UK was had they 'owned up' and fixed the issue free of charge, the cost to them would have been parts + the franchisee dealer labour charged at 'warranty repair' hourly rates (probably £50-60/hr) But now they are having to refund owners and traders the inflated rates they had to pay, so now Audi ends up paying to cover parts + dealers labour at the ludicrously high rates of £110-130/hr. Ho hum.....
 
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In most countries Audi seems to stick their 'head in the sand' and get their customers to foot as much of the bill as they dare charge until the bad publicity gets out of hand. If you are really attached to your new car then get Audi to fix it, and if you are charged anything for correcting their manufacturing defects then I suggest you get a 'large' consumer litigation lawyer who usually have good media contacts and some fellow disgruntled Australian Audi owners together and publicise it. This is what we did in the UK, it took 5 months but was worth the wait. Its what they did in the US (minus the publicity) and that was successful.

If you are worried about getting a diagnosis from Audi that concludes it is not a manufacturing defect.........then from my experience and what service agents have told me (see previous posts) the probability of your problem NOT being pistons and piston rings is very low.

I guess the twist for Audi UK was had they 'owned up' and fixed the issue free of charge, the cost to them would have been parts + the franchisee dealer labour charged at 'warranty repair' hourly rates (probably £50-60/hr) But now they are having to refund owners and traders the inflated rates they had to pay, so now Audi ends up paying to cover parts + dealers labour at the ludicrously high rates of £110-130/hr. Ho hum.....
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AUDI UK sounds like is much better than AUDI Australia. Audi Australia told me yesterday that the offer (70%of parts) is their last decision, no matter what i do, they won't change it. The office of Consumer and Business Affairs can not take any real actions to help me but only provide advices. and as a Chinese in Australia who dose not have big network, I don't know where to find the 'angry Audi customer community'. Kind of helpless now.
 
I have seen a few people in Australia taking issue with this on various Audi Volkswagen forums, so just do some digging on forums and get in touch with those people. Or if you see an FSI Q5/a4/a5 in a car park speak with the owner if you see them.....I did and 2/3 were currently going through disputes with oil consumption!!

Finding the correct lawyer is a bit more tricky, I used a lawyer friend to recommend me the best guys in the UK for consumer litigation, by the nature of their business consumer litigation lawyers tend to be well connected with the media, its one of the first steps to see how widespread a problem is. You, your friends or one of the disgruntled Audi owners you find are sure to know a lawyer or two between you that could recommend the best law company for 'consumer litigation'. I would tend to avoid the internet searching, if you can, as it can be flooded with 'ambulance chaser' outfits.

FYI - The UK lawyer, free of charge, used internet forums to see how widespread the issue was (ie-how much could be in it for them), concluded it was widespread but that bulk litigation, on this issue, would be too hard in the UK, and concluded that passing it on to one of their media contacts was the best route for us. Their may have been some charity offered because one of the partners owned an Audi and was felt something should be done!!

Australian law will differ to UK law, so you will need to proceed locally. Because you could be going down the group litigation, ie several claimants, don't assume the costs for you personally will be out of your budget. It could be less than the cost of your 'oil consumption test'....................take a look at the details of the US action for example. And of course if their are plenty of Audi owners in your chosen law firm (very likely) your bill may be even cheaper ...........or free!

Good luck, don't despair and take courage from the success in other regions.
 
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I have seen a few people in Australia taking issue with this on various Audi Volkswagen forums, so just do some digging on forums and get in touch with those people. Or if you see an FSI Q5/a4/a5 in a car park speak with the owner if you see them.....I did and 2/3 were currently going through disputes with oil consumption!!

Finding the correct lawyer is a bit more tricky, I used a lawyer friend to recommend me the best guys in the UK for consumer litigation, by the nature of their business consumer litigation lawyers tend to be well connected with the media, its one of the first steps to see how widespread a problem is. You, your friends or one of the disgruntled Audi owners you find are sure to know a lawyer or two between you that could recommend the best law company for 'consumer litigation'. I would tend to avoid the internet searching, if you can, as it can be flooded with 'ambulance chaser' outfits.

FYI - The UK lawyer, free of charge, used internet forums to see how widespread the issue was (ie-how much could be in it for them), concluded it was widespread but that bulk litigation, on this issue, would be too hard in the UK, and concluded that passing it on to one of their media contacts was the best route for us. Their may have been some charity offered because one of the partners owned an Audi and was felt something should be done!!

Australian law will differ to UK law, so you will need to proceed locally. Because you could be going down the group litigation, ie several claimants, don't assume the costs for you personally will be out of your budget. It could be less than the cost of your 'oil consumption test'....................take a look at the details of the US action for example. And of course if their are plenty of Audi owners in your chosen law firm (very likely) your bill may be even cheaper ...........or free!

Good luck, don't despair and take courage from the success in other regions.
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Thank you very much! I believe your advices will be very helpful. I will keep updating see how it goes.
 
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