Purchased new August 2020.
Currently 17k km completed.
In most respects very satisfactory.
5.2 L/100km (about 45mpg UK)
Responsive and comfortable
BUT…….
1. The electronics are off the wall. Brake light was illuminating of its own accord - not resolved by dealer But seems to have stopped doing this erratic behaviour.
2. Cruise control/Audi MIME (?)/Main light sensor all at various times become faulty and when one stops working, so do the rest.
One suggestion was brakes were too hot, but this is unlikely after 400m from a cold start on a mostly straight road. Dealer suggested front sensor could become dimmed by road dust and spray, again a fairly childish performance from people who should know better. Happened yesterday in slushy snow - the cruise control couldn’t be engaged for >100km and didnt rectify itself until the slush was removed from the sensor area at journey’s end. A fundamental flaw in need of redesign or so it seems. I can’t envisage the Polis being happy if I pull into the hard shoulder on the E4 motorway here to nip around to the front to wipe the sensor, can you, so this becomes a confidence issue in the standard features of the vehicle and a QC issue from assembly, I’d say.
3. Door surround rubbers peeling from the door (Not the door frame - at least, not so far!)
4. (Nearly forgot) Key fob batteries - one key has had three since August 2020, the second key (used more frequently) is now on its second battery.
THIS CAR IS DRIVING ME BATTY!
Has anyone any experience of these failings or found any reasonable work-around? It’s become so bad and so frequent that we have both lost confidence in the vehicle, we wonder about the quality of the “road safety and driver comfort” features and we would contemplate buying a Hyundai instead. Yes, that bad!
Currently 17k km completed.
In most respects very satisfactory.
5.2 L/100km (about 45mpg UK)
Responsive and comfortable
BUT…….
1. The electronics are off the wall. Brake light was illuminating of its own accord - not resolved by dealer But seems to have stopped doing this erratic behaviour.
2. Cruise control/Audi MIME (?)/Main light sensor all at various times become faulty and when one stops working, so do the rest.
One suggestion was brakes were too hot, but this is unlikely after 400m from a cold start on a mostly straight road. Dealer suggested front sensor could become dimmed by road dust and spray, again a fairly childish performance from people who should know better. Happened yesterday in slushy snow - the cruise control couldn’t be engaged for >100km and didnt rectify itself until the slush was removed from the sensor area at journey’s end. A fundamental flaw in need of redesign or so it seems. I can’t envisage the Polis being happy if I pull into the hard shoulder on the E4 motorway here to nip around to the front to wipe the sensor, can you, so this becomes a confidence issue in the standard features of the vehicle and a QC issue from assembly, I’d say.
3. Door surround rubbers peeling from the door (Not the door frame - at least, not so far!)
4. (Nearly forgot) Key fob batteries - one key has had three since August 2020, the second key (used more frequently) is now on its second battery.
THIS CAR IS DRIVING ME BATTY!
Has anyone any experience of these failings or found any reasonable work-around? It’s become so bad and so frequent that we have both lost confidence in the vehicle, we wonder about the quality of the “road safety and driver comfort” features and we would contemplate buying a Hyundai instead. Yes, that bad!
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