Facelift Rust!!!

[mikemod]

Just washed the car and noticed the rear bumper trim starting to rust, car 13 months old !!

 

[AudiNutta]

Just washed the car and noticed the rear bumper trim starting to rust, car 13 months old !!

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That's only plastic trim, must be a screw behind that's rusted and it's leaking out.. you can see that from there it's started.

 

[mikemod]

It seems to be in the trim as looking at it further there is a six inch piece above the rust part which seems to be delaminating.

I looked at the ELSA breakdown and it is only held in with plastic clips, no screws at that point.

 

[Tom.H]

Get it back to the dealer for a new part then, my sister in law has just had 2 new wheels under warranty on her 2014 A3 as they were corroding.

 

[mikemod]

Yea it's going in for a service this week so hopefully they just replace it although looking at ELSA it involves taking the entire rear bumper off to get at the clips.

 

[AudiNutta]

But the trim is totally plastic? The whole rear bumper is plastic? It can only be rust from a fixing.

 

[mikemod]

That silver strip is metal, just tried a magnet and it sticks to it all the way along.

It comes in three pieces, the end pieces are £114 each and the centre piece is £98

 

[AudiNutta]

That silver strip is metal, just tried a magnet and it sticks to it all the way along.

It comes in three pieces, the end pieces are £114 each and the centre piece is £98

Oh that's surprised me, thought it was plastic.

Get it to Audi, should be pretty straight forward and I'd have thought they would have those on next day delivery.

 

[Bitzieee]

Theirs usually a way around Elsa repair operations unless you're doing it through warranty. Make sure your servicing audi dealer has a bodyshop on sight or they can't do anything about it and will require a re-visit somewhere else. And if they do. Make sure they know in advance or again it may require you to rebook

 

[Dan_G]

Had a wheel off today and the inside spigot (inner hub where the bearing cap is) is significantly, and I mean pitted, rusty.

11 months old and never been in the sea etc!

 

[Bitzieee]

Had a wheel off today and the inside spigot (inner hub where the bearing cap is) is significantly, and I mean pitted, rusty.

11 months old and never been in the sea etc!

Experiment time!

Ask the service advisor 'WHY?' five times.

He will give you a fob off answer probably twice. Then he will disappear top ask a tech probably twice. Then he will finally come back to you with a valid answer.

 

[mikemod]

Had a wheel off today and the inside spigot (inner hub where the bearing cap is) is significantly, and I mean pitted, rusty.

11 months old and never been in the sea etc!

I went to see my car just after it was delivered to the dealer, transport stickers still on just two weeks after being built and mine were already like that..