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My A4 is less 3 y.o. and still under 48k warranty. Hot days started and I found that there are no cold air at all blowing into cabin. No error in A/C shown.
Brought to dealer today. My wife picked car and they charged her $160 for "seasonal recharge". Today is Friday afternoon and I will follow it Monday, but for me it seems strange. I'll check warranty agreement, but my basic understanding that no matter what happened until 48K is covered.
Any comments? Anybody has such experience?
My A4 is less 3 y.o. and still under 48k warranty. Hot days started and I found that there are no cold air at all blowing into cabin. No error in A/C shown.
Brought to dealer today. My wife picked car and they charged her $160 for "seasonal recharge". Today is Friday afternoon and I will follow it Monday, but for me it seems strange. I'll check warranty agreement, but my basic understanding that no matter what happened until 48K is covered.
Any comments? Anybody has such experience?
Should be covered 4y or 50k, Did the work order listed any parts use such as filter etc?
It should be covered by the warranty. Also A/C shouldn't need a "seasonal recharge". If the recharge fixed the problem, the system is leaking refrigerant and needs to be fixed! Its entirely possible that its a slow leak that required extended testing under vacuum. A car less then 3 years old shouldn't be blowing hot air when the A/C is on.... period. Sounds like this dealer is lazy and wants to turn over cars. I would also ask for detailed information, if the system was recharged, they should have a record of how much refrigerant was in the system prior to it being purged, along with pressure readings at the high and low pressure fittings. Obviously if pressures were below factory spec and less refrigerant came out than the factory fill, it had to go somewhere.
It should be covered by the warranty. Also A/C shouldn't need a "seasonal recharge". If the recharge fixed the problem, the system is leaking refrigerant and needs to be fixed! Its entirely possible that its a slow leak that required extended testing under vacuum. A car less then 3 years old shouldn't be blowing hot air when the A/C is on.... period. Sounds like this dealer is lazy and wants to turn over cars. I would also ask for detailed information, if the system was recharged, they should have a record of how much refrigerant was in the system prior to it being purged, along with pressure readings at the high and low pressure fittings. Obviously if pressures were below factory spec and less refrigerant came out than the factory fill, it had to go somewhere.
Thanks for conformation of thoughts. Definitely refrigerant is gone somewhere. I already contacted Audi and they will talk to dealer at Monday. Looks like it should be warranty case.
05-31-2019, 06:10 PM
A/C and warranty
