Oil in coolant Followup
Tom Nas
tnas at euronet.nl
Tue May 1 22:30:15 EDT 2001
"James N. Friedman" <friedman at georgetown.edu> wrote:
>The recommendation from the dealer after talking to Audi, was to trade the
>car.
>Dealer is now offering $4000 for the
>car in trade toward a 2001 A4 1.8T Quattro (that means 20000 in
>depreciation in
>less than 4 years). Audi, so far, is no help. Since the mileage is beyond the
>warranty, Audi as a manufacturer says they can't help.
Hmmm... AoA seems to be very rigid in these matters. I know for a fact that
here in Europe, these matters would be resolved differently- Audi would pay
for part of these repairs even after the warranty would've run out, if it's
a known defect of the car (and I've read of a few similar cases with the
1.8T, I think). They are obliged by law to contribute to the repair costs
here, as you may expect an engine to be reliable for a certain period and
for no major defects to occur within a reasonable time frame, when
maintained according to factory schedules. 83k is not an engine's life
span, nowadays- not even on low-cost cars. My engine's got near twice that
in 'experience' and shows no signs of throwing in the towel.
Moreover, they would like to protect their good name as makers of reliable
cars... so maybe this is where you can 'score'- make your bad experience
known to the general public... I think it's no more than reasonable to
expect a contribution towards repair costs.
HTH,
Regards, Tom
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