Allroad problems
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Currently my work car is my bosses Audi Allroad 2.7T - this is out in America.
It's had a leak that basically fills the passenger footwell, which has been diagnosed by the local dealer in NJ as a common fault, 'they all do that sir'. The recommendation is to not park it outside, the problem being it's a workhorse, and the nicer cars live inside. Is this not a major fault?
The satnav is broken, and after prolonged high-speed running, the ABS, air suspension, ESP and handbrake lights all come on, accompanied by many beeping noises.
That is all really venting that a premium car manufacturer cannot make a car that can't live outside!
The real problem is that the boot, or trunk, won't latch shut, so i'm currently driving around with a collection of bungee cords and rope holding the boot shut. Any idea on how to fix this, or is it a case of leaving it at the useless dealership for 3 weeks, until they give it back with the same list of problems?
Anyone else had similar problems, or any ideas i can give the idiots at the dealers, who are about 2 minutes away from having someone unrelated to the car owner go in and raise hell?
As he points out, us Brits are better than Americans at losing our temper anyway...
It's had a leak that basically fills the passenger footwell, which has been diagnosed by the local dealer in NJ as a common fault, 'they all do that sir'. The recommendation is to not park it outside, the problem being it's a workhorse, and the nicer cars live inside. Is this not a major fault?
The satnav is broken, and after prolonged high-speed running, the ABS, air suspension, ESP and handbrake lights all come on, accompanied by many beeping noises.
That is all really venting that a premium car manufacturer cannot make a car that can't live outside!
The real problem is that the boot, or trunk, won't latch shut, so i'm currently driving around with a collection of bungee cords and rope holding the boot shut. Any idea on how to fix this, or is it a case of leaving it at the useless dealership for 3 weeks, until they give it back with the same list of problems?
Anyone else had similar problems, or any ideas i can give the idiots at the dealers, who are about 2 minutes away from having someone unrelated to the car owner go in and raise hell?
As he points out, us Brits are better than Americans at losing our temper anyway...
My father had two Allroad 2.7Ts over a total of six years and a combined mileage of about 120,000 miles. The only fault to occur was that the DIS failed on the first one (which was one of the first Allroads produced). Certainly none of them ever flooded even during the most heavy rains or snowfalls. So the dealer's talking crap. As usual.
Hi, I have a 2002 allroad and I have recently had the same problem. The footwell on the rear left filled with water. The car was parked on a small incline with the front higher than the rear. Since parking it on the level the water has stopped coming in. Thought this might help as it is more than likely rain coming in through a vent at the front of the car.
Cheers
Cheers
Thanks for the replies, i'm taking the car 'home' this weekend, so will head on over to the dealership, having checked the filters. If this turns out to be the problem, the dealer might well be slapped with it.
It's a 2004 model, and as far as i can see (coming from a 98 polo back in the uk!) it's fully loaded, and has only done 17 000 miles. My boss owns a couple of old muscle cars that he loves, so the audi is very much a beater car. It is however washed weekly, serviced on time, and generally looked after, as all his cars are.
The dealership are in stark contrast to the local porsche dealership who bent over backwards to help when i took his wife's Cayenne turbo s in there to check a tyre pressure sensor. Fixed in about half an hour, after a good browse around the showroom - and i'm 22 so they probably thought i'd stolen it, yet they were still nice!
It's a 2004 model, and as far as i can see (coming from a 98 polo back in the uk!) it's fully loaded, and has only done 17 000 miles. My boss owns a couple of old muscle cars that he loves, so the audi is very much a beater car. It is however washed weekly, serviced on time, and generally looked after, as all his cars are.
The dealership are in stark contrast to the local porsche dealership who bent over backwards to help when i took his wife's Cayenne turbo s in there to check a tyre pressure sensor. Fixed in about half an hour, after a good browse around the showroom - and i'm 22 so they probably thought i'd stolen it, yet they were still nice!
Just a thought that occurs to me. On my old Mk2 Golf, the inner workings of the door (ie window lifters etc) were sealed by a semi-transparent thin plastic sheet. With age or exposure these were very well known for coming unstuck/adrift which would cause the footwell to flood in whichever door was so affected.
Might VAG still be employing the same system on its current models?
Might VAG still be employing the same system on its current models?
under and around where the polen filter and brake fluid reservior are sat in what is like a plenum chamber this fills up with rain water to stop this audi have fitted two rubber drain gromits which are supposed to drain the water away but sometimes they get blocked with leaves etc this then alows water inside the car cauing electrical faults with the car what you need to do is remove the plastic covers sat in front off the winscreen look around in the area filled with water you should find next to the batery mounting plate a rubber gromit push a screw driver through to unblock the hole, you'll find another one near the brake master cyliner these can be seen from underneth the vehicle has well sat above gear box bell housing, if you still have electrical faults you'll have to get it checked as it may have shorted its self out and no doubt items will have to be changed this is common on a6 and a4 models too
dain bramaged said:
under and around where the polen filter and brake fluid reservior are sat in what is like a plenum chamber this fills up with rain water to stop this audi have fitted two rubber drain gromits which are supposed to drain the water away but sometimes they get blocked with leaves etc this then alows water inside the car cauing electrical faults with the car what you need to do is remove the plastic covers sat in front off the winscreen look around in the area filled with water you should find next to the batery mounting plate a rubber gromit push a screw driver through to unblock the hole, you'll find another one near the brake master cyliner these can be seen from underneth the vehicle has well sat above gear box bell housing, if you still have electrical faults you'll have to get it checked as it may have shorted its self out and no doubt items will have to be changed this is common on a6 and a4 models too
he shoots he scores!! those pesky leaves---don't they have trees at indeschalt or wherever they design them?? (had the same on my old early A4 had a 2" pool over the right wing LOL)
MoJo
Having sung the praises of my £150k mile, 2007 3.0 TDi Allroad on another thread recently, the minor issue with the air suspension I mentioned is turning into a bit of a pest. The garage says there are no leaks, so value any advice or ideas.
The problem only occurs when you stop, at which point the car settles very low at the back, with the wheels into the arches. Seems not to happen if you stop in ‘comfort’ mode or one of the higher settings, just when you stop in ‘dynamic’ mode which is what we mostly use.
In one way, it’s not a problem, as it is fine when you restart. But equally it’s not how it should be, so I would like to know what causes it and get it fixed. Any suggestions?
The problem only occurs when you stop, at which point the car settles very low at the back, with the wheels into the arches. Seems not to happen if you stop in ‘comfort’ mode or one of the higher settings, just when you stop in ‘dynamic’ mode which is what we mostly use.
In one way, it’s not a problem, as it is fine when you restart. But equally it’s not how it should be, so I would like to know what causes it and get it fixed. Any suggestions?
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