Well the S4 went into Audi this morning to have the suspect suspension creaking sorted out.
Waited all day for a progress call which I eventually got a 5:15pm.
To cut the long story short, I need a new power steering pump which is excessively worn apparently, £595 inc labour. Also i need 2 steering arms which are also dangerously worn, at a cost of £212 for the pair. To top it all off, the creaking has been traced to the fact that 3 of my 4 upper suspension bushes have completely perished. To replace them is £580!
So after he added it all up with labour and VAT, it comes to just short of £1800, for what started off as a small creak.
Have no choice but to have it done as it needs a mot straight away and currently has no chance of passing.
Only good thing is that they have supplied me with a free courtesy car, an 07 A4 2.0T S-Line Quattro with Sat Nav and a few other extras. Apparently as I have an S4, they would not want to give me anything less than an A4 to drive about in, which I thought was nice. It only has 300 miles on the clock.
Cheers all, hope you are having better luck than me
Waited all day for a progress call which I eventually got a 5:15pm.
To cut the long story short, I need a new power steering pump which is excessively worn apparently, £595 inc labour. Also i need 2 steering arms which are also dangerously worn, at a cost of £212 for the pair. To top it all off, the creaking has been traced to the fact that 3 of my 4 upper suspension bushes have completely perished. To replace them is £580!
So after he added it all up with labour and VAT, it comes to just short of £1800, for what started off as a small creak.
Have no choice but to have it done as it needs a mot straight away and currently has no chance of passing.
Only good thing is that they have supplied me with a free courtesy car, an 07 A4 2.0T S-Line Quattro with Sat Nav and a few other extras. Apparently as I have an S4, they would not want to give me anything less than an A4 to drive about in, which I thought was nice. It only has 300 miles on the clock.
Cheers all, hope you are having better luck than me