Hi everyone,
I own a 2015 Audi S3, sepang blue, S-tronic, and almost has 15000 km on it now.
It is a really awesome car to drive with a lot of fun and excellent finishing all in all, but seems that the rumors about ''Audis not being very reliable'' is turning out to be true for me. I would like to share my experience with you.
With less than a year of ownership and just 15k on it, several problems have come up.
1. My water tank sensor just went crazy. I kept having the ''turn off engine and check coolant level'' warning come up, although no water was missing. After several attempt at the audi dealer to solve the issue without result, they finally changed my whole water tank with its sensor. Issue resolved.
2. My sunroof developped this VERY loud and annoying rattle when its closed. I felt like the car was about to fall apart. The sound completely disappeared as soon as i tilted the sunroof or opened it. Went to the audi dealership again, and they serviced the rails and greased them up. So far so good, not hearing the rattle anymore.
3. The doorhandle lock sensor will not work many times especially when the car is wet. No solution found yet.
4. As for the main topic of this thread, i am having a very annoying metallic rattle coming up from the driver side i think, especially audible at low speeds at low rpm, and VERY audible on bumps. I am not sure what's the reason behind it, as it's not very consistent but hear it like 60% of the time. I have attached a video i took with my cellphone outside the window, you can clearly hear the rattle in the background.
Any idea what it is? solution?
I own a 2015 Audi S3, sepang blue, S-tronic, and almost has 15000 km on it now.
It is a really awesome car to drive with a lot of fun and excellent finishing all in all, but seems that the rumors about ''Audis not being very reliable'' is turning out to be true for me. I would like to share my experience with you.
With less than a year of ownership and just 15k on it, several problems have come up.
1. My water tank sensor just went crazy. I kept having the ''turn off engine and check coolant level'' warning come up, although no water was missing. After several attempt at the audi dealer to solve the issue without result, they finally changed my whole water tank with its sensor. Issue resolved.
2. My sunroof developped this VERY loud and annoying rattle when its closed. I felt like the car was about to fall apart. The sound completely disappeared as soon as i tilted the sunroof or opened it. Went to the audi dealership again, and they serviced the rails and greased them up. So far so good, not hearing the rattle anymore.
3. The doorhandle lock sensor will not work many times especially when the car is wet. No solution found yet.
4. As for the main topic of this thread, i am having a very annoying metallic rattle coming up from the driver side i think, especially audible at low speeds at low rpm, and VERY audible on bumps. I am not sure what's the reason behind it, as it's not very consistent but hear it like 60% of the time. I have attached a video i took with my cellphone outside the window, you can clearly hear the rattle in the background.
Any idea what it is? solution?
