rasmac

i picked up a '03 CPO allroad last year that has 1.5yrs remaining on the extended warranty and is coming up on 60K and i've got a newbie question:

do i HAVE to take the AR to the dealer to perform the maintenance in order to maintain the warranty OR can i go to an indie and still maintain the warranty. can i also take care of some of the little stuff myself (like the oil change)?

thnx.

rasmac

paulroad

to keep a waranty. This includes CPO.

IIRC, its only an oil change..SYNTHETIC is a must.

Go to www.audifaq.com for a listing of all scheduled serivces. I would also find a good Audi Savy Indy to check the car out while you are under CPO.

epfrisco

My belief is that it helps down the road. Having a relationship with a good service advisor helped as I shopped the second Audi (running VIN's for service history) and how warranty work was written up. Plus, my Indy is very busy and not that convienent....an oil change would be 2 hours out of my day vs dropping the car and grabbing a loaner. But definately take it to the indy before CPO runs out for a full inspection.

SKIroad'r

in case you ever need to prove that the car was properly serviced.

finiki

$144.55 Labor
$ 99.67 Parts
$ 14.46 Enviromental fees
$ 6.48 Tax
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Indy' has to be cheaper.

millerwd

it's in the Audi data base. A buyer can take the VIN to an Audi dealer and research the maintenance actions performed. When it comes time to sell a prospective buyer can see the work was performed by competent* technicians. The buyer may not be impressed by an indy having done the work.

Just another perspective.

DJ_JonnyV

He'll appreciate the indy route a lot more once he has to start paying for service visits...