jaketone

Just purchased a used 2009 Q7 Quattro 3.6L S-Line for my wife. It has 96k miles, we're the 3rd owner, for $24k here in Northern California.

Regarding German cars, I've owned a 2002 A4 Audi (used), a 2010 VW Jetta (new), a 2014 BMW 328 (new), and a 2009 VW Touareg (used). The A4 was surprisingly my favorite - something about that body! Anyway, like any vehicle nearing 100k miles, my concerns are your standard "water pump & timing belts"
- what is the recommended 2009 Q7 100k maintenance schedule?
- [B] any known quirks with the 2009 Q7 (I remember the Touareg had a water issue that was easily fixed ) [B]

dusktildawn

Congrats, thats a nice looking Q7.

smith2010Q7

100,000

Action: Description
Lubricate Windshield Wiper Linkage
Rotate Wheels & tires
Replace Crankcase Oil Filter
Change fluid Crankcase
Lubricate Sunroof
Inspect Steering linkage
Check for leaks Final drive
Inspect Exhaust system
Inspect Engine
Inspect Driveshaft(s)
Inspect Constant Velocity Joint Boots
Inspect fluid level Cooling system
Change fluid Brake system
Check for leaks Automatic transmission/transaxle

smith2010Q7

110,000

Action: Description
Lubricate Windshield Wiper Linkage
Rotate Wheels & tires
Replace Crankcase Oil Filter
Change fluid Crankcase

smith2010Q7

120,000

Action: Description
Lubricate Windshield Wiper Linkage
Rotate Wheels & tires
Replace Crankcase Oil Filter
Change fluid Crankcase
Lubricate Sunroof
Inspect Steering linkage
Check for leaks Final drive
Inspect Exhaust system
Inspect Engine
Inspect Driveshaft(s)
Inspect Constant Velocity Joint Boots
Inspect fluid level Cooling system
Change fluid Brake system
Check for leaks Automatic transmission/transaxle
Inspect operation Shift Lock System
Inspect Drive Belt(s)
Inspect Drive Belt Tensioner
Replace Spark plugs
Replace Air filter element

smith2010Q7

130,000 same as 110,000

140,000

Action: Description
Lubricate Windshield Wiper Linkage
Rotate Wheels & tires
Replace Crankcase Oil Filter
Change fluid Crankcase
Lubricate Sunroof
Inspect Steering linkage
Check for leaks Final drive
Inspect Exhaust system
Inspect Engine
Inspect Driveshaft(s)
Inspect Constant Velocity Joint Boots
Inspect fluid level Cooling system
Change fluid Brake system
Check for leaks Automatic transmission/transaxle

smith2010Q7

What Audi's main issues usually come from some electric component of the car. Lights, fluid leaks (due to cooling system material degrading over time) and ignition usually come to the forefront in their issues. If you are looking at the Q7 with 100,000 miles, you may want to have the timing belt checked. The car at this mileage is just out of the manufacturer's warranty period and the timing belt and water pump would be the next scheduled maintenance for this vehicle. So you should be assured that mechanically the car is outstanding and will run for a long time so long as you can deal with non-working tail-lights and small electronic issues with the MMI (Audi's car interface such as Nav,radio controls). I am not saying that this is what will go wrong, these having a higher % of failing first if there is any issues.

B490MTL

3.6 has a timing chain, no belt there.

jaketone

Thanks for the maintenance schedule! I've been reading about the sunroof leaks and other quirks and will spend this weekend going over my list as well as the above one.

My initial concern is absolutely the timing-belt/waterpump but I've been unable to confirm with 100% certainty whether or not it is a timing belt or chain. You say its a chain, is there an official chart or something of which to glean?

I've -- all I care about is playing music from the headphone jack, not necessarily directly from my iPhone 5. Hopefully this will not bring to light any unknown issue!

B490MTL

Open your hood ;-) you'll notice no covers in front meaning the chain is in the back. Look under the center console or in the glovebox for the MMI connecting plug. You might have to purchase a mew cable to fit that Iphone 5 tho.