angrypengu

If you think Audi is bad, you should see how S class owners are being treated now, or how the LS500 is a complete joke reliability wise these days. Sure, no cars are perfect, but these are all mainstream cars.

I don't often talk about my Ghost on here b/c, well, that's rude, but as an owner now I can totally see how mainstream and bespoke car brands treat their clientele differently. Don't get me wrong, Audi treats me very well, but I certainly have reasonable expectations which is to state, these are also the makers of an A3.

It is laudable that Acura did right by you, but I don't just seem to understand why on mainstream car forums there is such an elevated expectation by car brands. Audi's BSG issue is a total farce, but at least they extended the warranty pretty quickly. Audi is far more proactive with this issue than with serious issues in the last 15 years, right down to the total **** poor communication/support of the flat tappet cam follower issue in the original 2.0 FSI engine.

retom

Yes, the root cause is probably SS system but this based on 48V BSG. These cars as SQ8 with 12V alternator have no problem with it. In older models (before MY2020) it was possible to disable SS via coding . In new models the only solution to disable SS is the Chinese module but installation is more complicated and may void the warranty if discovered by Audi.
BTW Mercedes has also huge problem with 48V systems and ISG in their cars but in their case this problem is connected with 48V battery which suddenly dies and also totally immobilizes the car.

angrypengu

Agreed on all fronts though SS in the 12V architecture is vastly different and less complicated than the 48V BSG shenanigans

a75

It makes no sense to disable profiles through UI, you need to disable the profile system via OBD11

ThomasWShea

For the record, it isn't Continental, Vitesco Technologies is the Continental Powertrain break off. It's Vitesco now. I would be curious if the current alternators being produced have the Continental logo anymore. Originally it was just Continental, then both logos were present - but now that Vitesco is completely separate, I assume the Continental logo is no more on the part.

Bgtron

For people who dropped their cars off to dealership for the Electric System Malfuction in March and April, have any of you gotten your car back yet? Dealer ordered my part on 04/26 and I'm wondering what recent wait times have been.
The update I received from my service advisor today was as follows: "Usually these take anywhere from 15-30 days to arrive. I did check with my parts department & currently your order shows "backorder" no expected delivery date."

ThomasWShea

@Bgtron there were a few reports of 2 weeks but it didn’t seem like a larger trend. If it were me I would still plan on a couple months. Sounds like ur SA is saying about a month for the part. If you have your car by June that would be considered fast based on the pattern of 2 months.

For anyone else, the path to guaranteeing no wait is to buy a BSG and the parts needed for the repair now, so when your car dies you will only be down a day or so.

oleaudi

Why not replace the BSG now if the pending failure causes so much anxiety?

ThomasWShea

I guess my thinking is since it is a case with unpredictable premature failure, better to use the part initially installed until it actually dies, then put in a replacement. If the failure happened predictably at a certain milage or time point, preemptive replacement would make more sense. Also the replacement part doesn’t fix the root cause so even with the replacement it is just a matter of when the failure occurs again - so to me you don’t gain much by swapping in a new part before the existing part fails. The risk of failure will remain even once u replace the bsg until the root cause is found. in my eyes what I would try to do is minimize down time by having a replacement on hand until the root cause is found.

angrypengu

Call me crazy:

Am I reading too much into this? We see a whole slew of forum posts about this BSG issue when it's cold out/winter, and it seems to just 'stop' as the weather warms up.

Coincidence?