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Old 09-28-2010, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Jusforfun
Either way the most recent fail report is from a car with an arrival date of Nov 09.
Mine is a 01/10 built, delivery in 03/10 and failed miserably...
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Old 09-28-2010, 06:01 AM
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How do I find out when my build date was?

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Open the driver's door and there should be a sticker on the bottom right (vertical surface).
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Old 09-28-2010, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by AudiA4B6US
Build date 11/09, plastic housing, no entry in the Audi recall database, not gone to the dealer yet
thanks for throwing that up so people have something to compare it to. Hopefully this increased awareness will drive Audi to movement.
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MY11, Build 05/10 Aluminum
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Just check mine, built date 8/09, plastic.
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Wheh! Mine looks to be aluminum and build date is 01/09.

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My build date is 11/09. And it looks plastic, so mine will be going to the dealer when I can. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it will be soon because of work. hmmmm. hope it doesn't fail in the mean time.
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wtf thats interesting. Bob M @ 1/09 aluminum and AudiA4B6US Build date 11/09, plastic housing? MartinQ5 1/10 build and failed? no ryme or reason to this.
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Originally Posted by yob2kanobe
wtf thats interesting. Bob M @ 1/09 aluminum and AudiA4B6US Build date 11/09, plastic housing? MartinQ5 1/10 build and failed? no ryme or reason to this.
Could be different suppliers working to different revs of a drawing working through their inventory. I have seen this happen first hand. Sounds like Audi didn't care which part they had as long as there was one to slap on the car as it rolled down the line.
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I just call the dealer and my Q5 is on the RUV list, its going in this week for the new water pump.
It sounds like Audi started using these plastic water pump some time in early 2009 and discontinue it at around March 2010.
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