Audi Q7 2017 Oil Consumption. Any one else with this issue with this model and year?
#772
AudiWorld Senior Member
#774
Hehe, yes ANY engine can fail, and the track record of this engine seems to be much more fragile (even possibly flawed) with the possibility of a bad water jacket placement, bad valve casts, or something else. Add the fact that Audi's recommended OCI is a great way to end the life of your engine quicker, especially with their poorly designed pcv valve on this engine and you have a bad day all around.
I have had a lot of DI engines and some of them not nearly as maintained as this one was, and they never had a catastrophic failure. An Audi A4 with over 200,000 miles on it, Porsche Cayenne with over 180,000, My Touareg had 160,000 when I sold it, 7 Jetta's, 3 BMW's, and a few more, none of them dropped a valve or blew half a valve out of their domicile. I did get the tiguan with the timing chain recall that VW didn't honor, but that's another story.
When I spoke to the local Audi service technician, he made a comment that made me wonder. He said, these engines are designed to last up to warranty and no more. In the long run it will be bad business for Audi, but there are enough sheep, I don't think they care.
I hope Audi does something to actually look into this, but the reality is, if it doesn't affect shareholders and no one's holding their feet to the fire, why bother. As a customer, you can be replaced. I'm personally done with Audi as well, I will not buy another.
I have had a lot of DI engines and some of them not nearly as maintained as this one was, and they never had a catastrophic failure. An Audi A4 with over 200,000 miles on it, Porsche Cayenne with over 180,000, My Touareg had 160,000 when I sold it, 7 Jetta's, 3 BMW's, and a few more, none of them dropped a valve or blew half a valve out of their domicile. I did get the tiguan with the timing chain recall that VW didn't honor, but that's another story.
When I spoke to the local Audi service technician, he made a comment that made me wonder. He said, these engines are designed to last up to warranty and no more. In the long run it will be bad business for Audi, but there are enough sheep, I don't think they care.
I hope Audi does something to actually look into this, but the reality is, if it doesn't affect shareholders and no one's holding their feet to the fire, why bother. As a customer, you can be replaced. I'm personally done with Audi as well, I will not buy another.
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Prove the design flaws you describe.
There are hundreds of thousands of these engines on the road running just fine. If there were design flaws like you describe then there would be hundreds of thousands of accounts here complaining about it. Kelisko is trying but he is at least ninety nine thousand accounts short.
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Hi Kelisko - nice to meet you… again!
Prove the design flaws you describe.
There are hundreds of thousands of these engines on the road running just fine. If there were design flaws like you describe then there would be hundreds of thousands of accounts here complaining about it. Kelisko is trying but he is at least ninety nine thousand accounts short.
Prove the design flaws you describe.
There are hundreds of thousands of these engines on the road running just fine. If there were design flaws like you describe then there would be hundreds of thousands of accounts here complaining about it. Kelisko is trying but he is at least ninety nine thousand accounts short.
#779
AudiWorld Senior Member
If it is a rampant issue then where is the Class Action?
I understand if bad things happen then emotional people can become bitter, but it can happen to any brand not just Audi.
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If it happens to me then I fix it. I don’t come to Audiworld to endlessly whine and complain. I don’t make endless false statements of design flaws etc.
If it is a rampant issue then where is the Class Action?
I understand if bad things happen then emotional people can become bitter, but it can happen to any brand not just Audi.
If it is a rampant issue then where is the Class Action?
I understand if bad things happen then emotional people can become bitter, but it can happen to any brand not just Audi.
Last edited by DonkeyKing; 05-12-2024 at 07:28 AM.