Imola4

Car has roughly 55,000 miles on it, had it towed to the dealer this morning, cause it would not start. Was making some funny noises when it was running though. They got a service rep coming down from the extended warranty company. What should i expect at this point. I was told to check the timing belt around 60,000 miles. Is AOA going to cover any of this, Is it possible i might get a new engine?

TIA

defenseman

i'd like to know. mine's approaching 52k

bhvrdr

I hope they take care of this for you. Tell them you are a member of the NA audi club as well. Good luck. cheers! Mike

Turbosport

Audi recommends even more than 60k, but conventional wisdom here says to do it at 60...sorry to hear man :-/

GDawgA4

you should try to get them to cover it or at least cover half of the repairs...reference the manual saying that 55k is WELL before what Audi even recommends for the TB.

Someone on the B5 side recently had the same issue, I think his went at 60k or something like that and AoA wouldn't cover the entire thing but said they would pick up half of the tab because he used what the manual stated as a argument and such.

Worth a shot.

Good luck

FireBirdSC

if you are then, forget about it... they are going to say that the extra stressed caused by the chip made the timing belt go.

GDawgA4

true true.

Matt Devo

anyone with a basic understanding of how a TB works can easily refute that

Meskeetdog

My service rep said 75K is best and it costs like 2k...F&** thats expensive for a little part!!!

Just Gizmo

2K is BS...closer to 1K