Floraudian

hello guys,

What is it going to cost me to get ventilated seats on my 2015 Q5?

Don Keener

In order to get ventilated seats you order the Luxury package which is only available on the 3.0T or 3.0 TDI Premium Plus or Prestige models. The Luxury package is 2300 List or 2140 invoice.

Floraudian

I am talking about getting them after market

Redd

I doubt you'll find the "aftermarket" to fit. Couple hundred bucks for vented pads with fans that you can slid over the seats, but to replace the seats with "the same as" OEM will mean either going to Audi, or to a junkyard. I'd try the junkyard because an entire seat assembly for most new cars, with power and other options, usually will cost you more than replacing the car with a new one. And the junkyard won't be cheap either.

tisi_03

I somehow can't picture a Q5 in the junkyard for whatever reason. Chalk it up to experience and get ventilated seats in the next Q5 you get.

Q5 Bob

Good advice.

Redd

"I somehow can't picture a Q5 in the junkyard for whatever reason."
Accidents happen. Everything, including Audi's, get totaled out every day. And the junkyards are pretty much all networked, any one of them can put out a parts call for you, if you can't figure out how to do that directly.

Any hit which is strong enough to raise a crease in the roof, or shift the engine on the motor mounts, or any good roll-over, will usually cause an insurer to total the car out, because there can be damage to the entire drivetrain, including the engine bearings and crank, that they can't even evaluate unless they disassemble the car. So, it gets totaled.

It is also easy for a car to be water damaged and totaled--although unlikely the water would have stopped below the seat electronics.

T-boned? Often totaled.

Audi makes no difference, the cars are out there. The yards love to sell the seat, four bolts and they ship out a thousand dollar part. (The seat.)

tisi_03

Redd,
Would you put a used seat(s) in your Q5? Especially if your vehicle is in pristine condition. External body/chassis parts or engine parts is one thing. You'd have to be pretty trusting of the "technicians" in the "salvage" yard, i.e. the hacks in the junkyard, to properly pull it out and not damage it in any way. IMO you go new or forget it.

Dalancroft

Maybe just use a meat tenderizer???

Redd

There are times when I have HAD to use junkyard parts because new ones were no longer available. (Typically, by ten years all "cosmetic" and non-essential mechanical parts no longer in production are no longer available on foreign cars. Domestics usually supply longer.)
So a used seat would not be my first choice, but I'd ask the yard what condition it was in, try to inspect it to confirm that, and if the seat was OK? OK is OK, doesn't matter if someone else's butt was in it. If it came from a 7000 mile car, or a 75000 mile car, that's a difference.
But yes, you can do very well from junkyards, even when the parts are still available new. Like shopping for a steak, you just have to know what you are buying to buy a good one.