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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    Spyboy What happened with your solicitor?
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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    Audi do not care - do not waste your breath. However, you have 6 years from date of purchase to claim from dealer under sale of goods act - but only if you bought from a dealer, as you and I did. A £25/30k car from Audi would be expected to last more than 6 years and 97,000 miles ergo you have...
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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    Settled with Audi main dealer. Not before threatening small claims action (within 6 years of purchase) and trading standards, and many many hours of investigation. R
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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    Here it is:- By Mirror.co.uk Comments 30 Jan 2012 00:04 Older cars cheaper to fix and 10% less likely to break downOlder cars are cheaper to fix and 10% less likely to break down than expensive new ones, a study out today reveals. Older cars are cheaper to fix and 10% less likely to break...
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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    Paul B7, In response to your post 602 and subsequent posts, I too have been in correspondence with Audi UK / VW Group Legal Services. I had the identical quote, that if there had been a design defect the fault would have shown up much sooner. Have you seen the article in Audi Driver Magazine...
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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    Hi Wrath. Interested to read your recent comments, but my BRE engine failed (see post 351). Audi replaced at shared cost my entire engine and turbo, and the car is running again as before. The fault was described to me by a local independent as a hexagonal drive shaft wearing round where it...
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    2.0 TDI oil pump / balance shaft failure?

    A6 avant 2.0tdi 06 plate - BRE engine. Bought from new, with full audi history. Had oil light last week combined with glow lamp. Stopped immediately at garage and checked oil - fine - and then coasted home , about a mile mainly downhill. AA towed me to audi main delaer, where after 2 days...