Odelay17

I don't think they will necessarily deny service, but it sounds like they will need to reproduce evidence of the leak. If it truly is obvious, you would be fine. But if its a slow leak of some sort, they may deny service at the time. They kept my car for 3 days to reproduce leak. But also mentioned if I found evidence of reproduced leak on my own at a later date, that would be taken into account. So you need to consider how evidence will be gathered to reproduce the leak over some measureable amount of time

tamcphail

I'll crawl under tonight and look but there are 3-4 decent sized oil leaks on the garage floor. So I can't imagine it being all that hard to find...in a perfect world. haha

dreadlocks

Depends on the dealer and the service advisor you get, roll of the dice, mine I called up and told em what I saw over the phone and they said they'd fixed several of those and it was very likely it would be covered before I even brought it in.. other dealers seem to threaten users with potentially mega bills if they rip into it and its something else or try to kick the can off because they simply dont want to do this job.

There's a TSB for this issue, if you got oil pooling at the bottom of the gearbox bell housing it "should" be covered, how easy that will be for you is anyone's guess.

tamcphail

Maybe more than just oil...

tamcphail

It's covered! They're gonna fix the rear seal when the engine table opens up.

Tonkyman1

Not sure if this is a good place to drop this in. Having problems trying to start a new thread. Any body have any experience changing an oil pan on a 2012 Audi Q7 Tdi?

Liamfmvt

You note your timing chain cover leaks were covered under warranty (dieselgate?). If so, do you have some documentation you might be able to send me? I've got a 2015 with 45k on it and a leaking rear timing cover gasket and they are claiming no warranty on it.

'10Q7TDI_Prestige'

If the dealership denies your valid warranty claim (TDI extended warranty), which is an extremely common sales tactic, then you have to go directly to the responsible party as relates to the warranty enforcement actions (Audi USA/North America)...otherwise the dealership is just gonna continue to jerk you around and try to wear you down to sign on the dotted line accepting financial responsibility, etc.

I've wasted a lot of time escalating up through the dealerships management layers; it never got me anywhere. I always had to call and open a dispute case with 'big Audi', as they are the ones liable if the warranty terms are not enforced. You definitely want to learn the exact details of that warranty document and commit them to memory. There are also specific pre-authorized parts lists for the TDI warranty that will help open your eyes about how extensive the coverage really is.