Electric System Malfunction
03-13-2023, 10:35 AM
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has anyone verified that the alternator parts that are listed online are trhe same parts being replaced. In other words are they simply putttinng the same alternator back in? Some have discussed buying the alternator to speed up the repair at the shop, but it doesnt make sense there would be some in stock online and such a backup at audi.
03-13-2023, 12:22 PM
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has anyone verified that the alternator parts that are listed online are trhe same parts being replaced. In other words are they simply putttinng the same alternator back in? Some have discussed buying the alternator to speed up the repair at the shop, but it doesnt make sense there would be some in stock online and such a backup at audi.
Maybe @angrypengu can share if he was able to get a BSG ordered? They gave angrypengu some resistance when he went to buy one - he is the only person I've seen try to buy one from an audi dealer. Too me, it would just be a first come first serve purchase. You'd be waiting months for your alternator to come in, just like someone with a car on the lot is waiting. The difference is, while you're waiting your car isn't broken and you are driving around.
In europe, and in the U.S. there are places that have original audi parts other than the dealer, I believe a couple other people over the past 2 years may have acquired a BSG outside of audi channels. I don't know how audi's distribution works, but it isn't controlled to just audi dealers. There are some parts that are dealer only, but that goes for all makes.
03-13-2023, 12:25 PM
#683
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The BSGs going back in still have the issue - we haven't see any re-failures over here, but in europe they are seeing re-failures.
Maybe @angrypengu can share if he was able to get a BSG ordered? They gave angrypengu some resistance when he went to buy one - he is the only person I've seen try to buy one from an audi dealer. Too me, it would just be a first come first serve purchase. You'd be waiting months for your alternator to come in, just like someone with a car on the lot is waiting. The difference is, while you're waiting your car isn't broken and you are driving around.
In europe, and in the U.S. there are places that have original audi parts other than the dealer, I believe a couple other people over the past 2 years may have acquired a BSG outside of audi channels. I don't know how audi's distribution works, but it isn't controlled to just audi dealers. There are some parts that are dealer only, but that goes for all makes.
Maybe @angrypengu can share if he was able to get a BSG ordered? They gave angrypengu some resistance when he went to buy one - he is the only person I've seen try to buy one from an audi dealer. Too me, it would just be a first come first serve purchase. You'd be waiting months for your alternator to come in, just like someone with a car on the lot is waiting. The difference is, while you're waiting your car isn't broken and you are driving around.
In europe, and in the U.S. there are places that have original audi parts other than the dealer, I believe a couple other people over the past 2 years may have acquired a BSG outside of audi channels. I don't know how audi's distribution works, but it isn't controlled to just audi dealers. There are some parts that are dealer only, but that goes for all makes.
03-13-2023, 01:57 PM
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Awesome! I think it is awesome you are setting yourself up to have minimal down time! Did you also order the other bolts etc I see on the audi paper work? I don't think you'd have to wait for those, but I notice all the same part numbers on the paper work people have uploaded.
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03-13-2023, 03:17 PM
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Awesome! I think it is awesome you are setting yourself up to have minimal down time! Did you also order the other bolts etc I see on the audi paper work? I don't think you'd have to wait for those, but I notice all the same part numbers on the paper work people have uploaded.
teasing!
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