Bob Petruska

I agree totally, the Q5 was the best "compromise". I just don't understand why they can build us what we want. When was the last time you got a 300 question survey from Audi on what you liked and did not like about your new vehicle....never! One other reason I stay with Audi is that I can change a lot of creature comfort functions with the VAG-COM to my liking. I'm sure Audi will lock that out in the near future.

Q5 Bob

I didn't receive a survey or anything from Audi after purchase. I thought either corporate or the dealership would send out some kind of satisfaction survey.

The dealership experience was fair at best so not too surprised nothing came from them. Since then they've changed management and staff.

I did get one or two surveys from a third party (I think the name began with an M, but not sure).

IMO all new vehicle purchases involve compromise in one form or another in the process.

JonRS4

Wise choice, we really like ours. Do understand that the 3.0T on the S4 side of things has also had some oil consumption concerns. An aggressive break-in is the forum wisdom to address this. That's what I did with the S4 as well as our 3.0T Q5 and have acceptable consumption on the S4 (less than 1 quart per 10K miles) and next to nothing so far on the Q. Aggressive to me means both occasional higher rpm and full throttle operation virtually right out of the gate. It doesn't mean constant full throttle or red line. With the Q, we made sure it was always is Sport mode and were active with the right foot. Always ensure full operating temp before full throttle or high revs.

123Audi4me

I just had my first (5000 mile) service on my 2013 2.0T Q5. My oil level on the MMI never dropped below full for the entire 5000 miles. I drove it a lot though (5000 miles in 3 months).

James Murray

My 2014 A4 started consuming a quart of oil every two fill ups at about 50,000 miles. It is awful. I was told that it failed a consumption test Audi would very likely fix it. It completely failed, but Audi refused to fix it because it was out of warranty. Why did they charge me for the consumption test? It was already out of warranty.

Bob Petruska

I feel sorry for you! My dealer has repaired over 250, 2.0T engines under the recall TSB already.

It is starting to look like you need to dump any Audi that is at the end of its warranty anymore.

I have come to a conclusion that Audi's are really over priced fluff. I have owned 3, the first 2 were gems. The engineering QC has just gone downhill. Just too many walking wounded issues that come to bite you later in ownership. Oil burning 2.0T/s, timing chain tensioners that basically damage engines to a tune of approximately $7K to fix, plastic water pumps that leak, auxiliary cooling pumps that seize up, headlight lenses that craze from the inside ($3500 to replace), etc., etc.

These vehicles will be throw-a-ways when they get older, who in their right mind would want to buy a used Q5 that's 6+ years old and maybe have to shell out $10-15K to get it up and running properly.