retom

Here is even cheaper: https://parts.audibrooklyn.com/p/aud...N0903028P.html
Please let us know when you buy it. It is interesting that people in US wait even couple of months for replacement and here in many US Audi shops this alternator is available immediately and in a very low price. Just a mistery for me.

angrypengu

Yup will do. My only concern is what Thomas brought up above which is, what happens if I buy a part that is then superceded? Will Audi actually catch up inventory wise in the next 3 months making stocking up pointless? That's what I'm navigating through but i'll make a decision by the weekend. Audi Canada will hopefully get back to me tomorrow

retom

I'm afraid that Audi will not solve the problem quickly and what we see now is just only the peak of the iceberg. There are so many cars with BSG
My Audi technician said they don't really know what's causing the problem and they only suspect a software bug. Audi did not inform them whether the problem was finally resolved. There are owners on German Audi forums who had BSG replaced already 2-3 times.
It seems to me more like treating the symptoms of the disease than preventing it. As an owner of SQ8 with 48V BSG I am also very concerned about this issue.

angrypengu

****!!! ****!!

2-3 times already?! This is absolutely crazy. I was just thinking about this the other day. AW has forum members that have had 1 failure and then things have been fine. I guess there is no solution.

This reminds me of the 2.0 TFSI (yes, TFSI, not TSI) engine back in the B7 A4 days. They used a flat tappet cam follower. Audi extended the warranty for 10 years or something, but never actually fixed the problem for that engine. They ended up swapping to a roller cam follower in the 2.0 TSI engine which fixed that problem.

Anybody with a 2.0L TFSI B7 Audi A4 owner today, still has that one $50 part that can shatter and then wreck the HPFP.

Maybe this BSG issue won't be solved...that is a possibility, after all.

ThomasWShea

i would plan on it not being resolved. make ur ownership decision accordingly. if it were me i would buy a spare bsg to have on the ready. keep the proof of purchase. if audi supersedes the part if u know ur dealer they will probably let u turn it in for the improved part. what you get is assurance that ur car won’t be in the shop for months. that months long wait could be a thing of the past soon, or it could go on and on. Audi will reimburse u for the BSG if you end up using it in a repair. too me, if my car had a bsg, i would have order it with the price drop we saw about a month ago. it turns a potentially multi month wait into a 2 day deal.

angrypengu

Yeah, all good points. I'll place the order today. Do you know when this latest "P" version came out?

retom

Look here: https://www.motor-talk.de/forum/rs6-...ight=rs6%3B48v

angrypengu

Wow that was a depressing read. BSG ordered. I'm not playing this game of chicken with a part that takes a month to arrive. That's crazy.

ThomasWShea

At the same time, a case of re-breaking a 2nd time hasn't been reported here. I *think* we are primarily north american cars on here. It is possible that for some reason, the cars here in north america are not failing a 2nd time - I don't know what could account for this. We have explored the batteries, BSG units, and alternators. We haven't looked into the other 48 volt components - BUT the software update is to the BSG itself, which leads me to believe the problem is isolated within the BSG. Is it possible there is some other regional config value that runs the software there differently that causes re-failure? I just don't know. @retom and @Mrclopec might be able to better speculate as they are more advanced w config and finding the different hardware between regions that I am.

angrypengu

My bet is b/c over "there" the BSG kicks in way more often as their ICE engines turn off as they're coasting to a stop.