Good evening ladies and gentlemen.
I recently test drove a Nardo Grey 2015 RS3 with 50k miles on the clock. Have been after one of these for a while but they never come up locally so was really excited to drive this when it appeared in the classifieds.
It’s a faux black edition with (what I believe) are replica black rotor alloys. A previous owner has applied black vinyl on the chrome parts and I must admit the car looks well. It’s a trade sale and the car has part audi service history with one indy service. Spark plugs changed at last service.
All was going swimmingly until about 3/4 of the way through the test drive (I drove it very hard just to be sure) the car seemed to ‘judder’ and the engine management light began flashing with subsequent power loss. I laid off the power and the engine light went off and the car seemed fine thereafter. No idling issues. Also - at the same time the exhaust began to pop like it was hitting the limiter but wasn’t..
I also note that just before that happened, on flooring the accelerator in sport mode the gear change from second to third sounded clunky, certainly not smooth - that’s the only way I can describe it. When I eased off and booted it again from stationary the gear change appeared smooth. Strange!
Would anyone know what’s caused this? I’ve read potential issues with the coilpack or plugs are common in the Rs3 but I would also be concerned this is a DSG issue - could anyone kindly shed any light please? I’m 50:50 on whether I want to take on a car that’s gonna have issues down the line.
Any advice/thoughts much appreciated.
Thanks
I recently test drove a Nardo Grey 2015 RS3 with 50k miles on the clock. Have been after one of these for a while but they never come up locally so was really excited to drive this when it appeared in the classifieds.
It’s a faux black edition with (what I believe) are replica black rotor alloys. A previous owner has applied black vinyl on the chrome parts and I must admit the car looks well. It’s a trade sale and the car has part audi service history with one indy service. Spark plugs changed at last service.
All was going swimmingly until about 3/4 of the way through the test drive (I drove it very hard just to be sure) the car seemed to ‘judder’ and the engine management light began flashing with subsequent power loss. I laid off the power and the engine light went off and the car seemed fine thereafter. No idling issues. Also - at the same time the exhaust began to pop like it was hitting the limiter but wasn’t..
I also note that just before that happened, on flooring the accelerator in sport mode the gear change from second to third sounded clunky, certainly not smooth - that’s the only way I can describe it. When I eased off and booted it again from stationary the gear change appeared smooth. Strange!
Would anyone know what’s caused this? I’ve read potential issues with the coilpack or plugs are common in the Rs3 but I would also be concerned this is a DSG issue - could anyone kindly shed any light please? I’m 50:50 on whether I want to take on a car that’s gonna have issues down the line.
Any advice/thoughts much appreciated.
Thanks