Audi drops free maintenance, dooms A3 forever?
02-14-2006, 08:09 PM
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you are not buying a warranty.... you are just pre-paying for some oil changes an pollen filters
maintenance is not warranty. Maintenance is changing the oil filter, pollen filter, DSG juice & filter, haldex juice etc. These are not failing items... they are maintenance items which audi was giving away for free (part of purchase price before) but now they are asking that you pay for your own filters and oil. They are NOT selling cars without warranties.
Audi is giving you teh easy way out $550 pays for the maintenance needs for the 4 years 50k... Its a wise choice to make, on practically any model you would be a fool to not take it.
If your DSG gearbox stops operating at 48k and you havent had it serviced at the 35k interval then you might have a problem because that could be the cause of the failure. Then you might be asked to pay for the new gearbox and the labor to install it. But thats because you neglected to meet the cars maintenance needs.
Audi is giving you teh easy way out $550 pays for the maintenance needs for the 4 years 50k... Its a wise choice to make, on practically any model you would be a fool to not take it.
If your DSG gearbox stops operating at 48k and you havent had it serviced at the 35k interval then you might have a problem because that could be the cause of the failure. Then you might be asked to pay for the new gearbox and the labor to install it. But thats because you neglected to meet the cars maintenance needs.
