Background story
I only had the car for about 3 weeks. I got it from a dealer in Peterborough and have had these problems from when I was half way home. These problems occurred less than 30 miles after picking it up. I called the dealer the next day. He told me to take it to his garage the following week. When they got back to me they said they had fixed the EM issue but ESP had to be done by Audi. The boss told me to take it to Audi (and get a price) so I booked it in. Before I could get it to Audi the Engine Management light came on again. I thought I will get Audi to look at this at the same time.
Should the dealer be liable for the whole bill for repairs as it happened so soon, possibly sold with problems. I did get 3 months warranty with the car but it states to the max of £350 claim.
I think he may try to shaft me when I get him to pay if it's over £350.
Before I knew the car was going to have to go to Audi for the faults above,
I had Audi do a big service on it for my own peace of mind that cost me £400. I had everything done apart from cam belt and as the car has done 83k (it was nearly due for service 1000 miles away.) So I don't want to have to give the car back for a refund as I have already spent money on it. It has full Audi history bar one which was VW specialist (just as good I think.)
Where I stand at the minute
It went into Audi last Thursday 6th Aug. I ran VAG-COM before it went in and it came up with these faults:-
1 Fault Found:
17544 - Fuel Trim: Bank 1 (Add): System too Lean
P1136 - 35-00 - -
2 Faults Found:
01542 - Yaw Rate Sensor (G202)
57-10 - Electric Circuit Failure - Intermittent
01423 - Lateral Acceleration Sensor (G200)
57-10 - Electric Circuit Failure - Intermittent
I took it in and later Audi called me and said there was a vacuum leak and the dip stick holder was cracked letting air into the engine so they replaced the little vac pipe and dip stick holder.
then
Audi said they don't know which one of the sensors it may need but if it needs both it will be £750 but they need to investigate further. They said they cleared the fault on the ESP and they could not make it fault again after lots of trying. They advised me it could have been an old fault so I said I will try it out see what happens.
Next they said they didn't have the parts to do the dip stick so I would have to pick the car up the following day. I asked how much so I could tell the dealer, they said it will be a total of £100.26 so I called the boss and he said fine call him tomorrow and he will pay over the phone. I said it will be at about 5pm, he said fine so I went to pick it up and guess what his phone was off so I had to pay the bill to get my car back. I left a message for him but no answer so far.
After picking it up and doing 100 miles both lights came back on
EM light came on as I slowed down in traffic, this is what VAG-COM says now....
1 Fault Found:
17544 - Fuel Trim: Bank 1 (Add): System too Lean
P1136 - 35-00 - -
and
2 Faults Found:
01423 - Lateral Acceleration Sensor (G200)
57-00 - Electric Circuit Failure
01423 - Lateral Acceleration Sensor (G200)
27-10 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
So it's going back into Audi but the earliest they can do is next Thursday
I am very concerned that I could be getting a large bill which I feel the dealer should be paying but may not as he seems difficult to get hold of and speak to.
After getting the car back from Audi and checking the new parts I found bits of the old dip stick holder stuck to the dip stick (see pic). Not very good on Audis behalf, should I complain to them about it as they could more bits in my oil that I have only just had changed by them.
Sorry for the lot of reading but I wanted to make you aware of the full story. Any comments and advice grateful and any ideas on what could be causing the EM fault.
Dan
I only had the car for about 3 weeks. I got it from a dealer in Peterborough and have had these problems from when I was half way home. These problems occurred less than 30 miles after picking it up. I called the dealer the next day. He told me to take it to his garage the following week. When they got back to me they said they had fixed the EM issue but ESP had to be done by Audi. The boss told me to take it to Audi (and get a price) so I booked it in. Before I could get it to Audi the Engine Management light came on again. I thought I will get Audi to look at this at the same time.
Should the dealer be liable for the whole bill for repairs as it happened so soon, possibly sold with problems. I did get 3 months warranty with the car but it states to the max of £350 claim.
I think he may try to shaft me when I get him to pay if it's over £350.
Before I knew the car was going to have to go to Audi for the faults above,
I had Audi do a big service on it for my own peace of mind that cost me £400. I had everything done apart from cam belt and as the car has done 83k (it was nearly due for service 1000 miles away.) So I don't want to have to give the car back for a refund as I have already spent money on it. It has full Audi history bar one which was VW specialist (just as good I think.)
Where I stand at the minute
It went into Audi last Thursday 6th Aug. I ran VAG-COM before it went in and it came up with these faults:-
1 Fault Found:
17544 - Fuel Trim: Bank 1 (Add): System too Lean
P1136 - 35-00 - -
2 Faults Found:
01542 - Yaw Rate Sensor (G202)
57-10 - Electric Circuit Failure - Intermittent
01423 - Lateral Acceleration Sensor (G200)
57-10 - Electric Circuit Failure - Intermittent
I took it in and later Audi called me and said there was a vacuum leak and the dip stick holder was cracked letting air into the engine so they replaced the little vac pipe and dip stick holder.
then
Audi said they don't know which one of the sensors it may need but if it needs both it will be £750 but they need to investigate further. They said they cleared the fault on the ESP and they could not make it fault again after lots of trying. They advised me it could have been an old fault so I said I will try it out see what happens.
Next they said they didn't have the parts to do the dip stick so I would have to pick the car up the following day. I asked how much so I could tell the dealer, they said it will be a total of £100.26 so I called the boss and he said fine call him tomorrow and he will pay over the phone. I said it will be at about 5pm, he said fine so I went to pick it up and guess what his phone was off so I had to pay the bill to get my car back. I left a message for him but no answer so far.
After picking it up and doing 100 miles both lights came back on
EM light came on as I slowed down in traffic, this is what VAG-COM says now....1 Fault Found:
17544 - Fuel Trim: Bank 1 (Add): System too Lean
P1136 - 35-00 - -
and
2 Faults Found:
01423 - Lateral Acceleration Sensor (G200)
57-00 - Electric Circuit Failure
01423 - Lateral Acceleration Sensor (G200)
27-10 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
So it's going back into Audi but the earliest they can do is next Thursday
I am very concerned that I could be getting a large bill which I feel the dealer should be paying but may not as he seems difficult to get hold of and speak to.
After getting the car back from Audi and checking the new parts I found bits of the old dip stick holder stuck to the dip stick (see pic). Not very good on Audis behalf, should I complain to them about it as they could more bits in my oil that I have only just had changed by them.
Sorry for the lot of reading but I wanted to make you aware of the full story. Any comments and advice grateful and any ideas on what could be causing the EM fault.
Dan
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