kensciti

Someone please help me! I'm contemplating purchasing an A4 1.8T Quattro, 5-speed, with around 40K miles and am curious what kind of maintenance issues the car will encounter the next 50-100K miles. Are the maintenance costs higher than most cars? What are some of the things I should look for? Please respond to steel73@hotmail.com

Thank you in advance to everyone that replies.

Ken staab

twoquattros

my car just reached 40k miles chiped since 20k miles no problems so far

aktif8

bought the car with about 50k miles. had it for about a year and 4 months or so. it's got 67k now.
in this time (all under warranty,) the following has broken:

transmission. in the shop about 5 times before it got replaced.

turbo: techs refused to acknowledge it was blown, in the shop 3 times for this. broken wastgate rod, this is a known issue.

transmission ecu + engine ecus both evidently failed, had to have both of those replaced

timing belt tensioner broke about a month ago.

bad serpentine belt tensioner (but this is common)

now, it's broken again, power steering makes a mega funky creaking noise during any motion of the steering wheel, and the check engine light is on.

thinking about leasing a new a4, or maybe buying a 00/01.

bleh.

keith