The Oil leak dictator reference gave me a good laugh :) keen to see this build

Stealerships sell warranties, not because it covers the customer, but because it covers said stealerships. The same concept when purchasing health insurance, car insurance, Home warranties, etc. At the end of the day, a business is there to make money.

Main dealers only offer basic services. For anything else your need to go to an independent specialist like VAGTechnic who know what they are doing.

‘Not going to name and shame the dealership’, proceeds to show driving into ‘Coventry’ Audi 🫣🤣🤣🤣

So, extended warranty is a scam. Thanks for confirming :)

Thank you for convincing me to never buy an Audi, ever... 😂

Bought used Audi from Audi dealership. Also bought extended warranty from them. Everytime something had to be fixed was a hassle. Denied all repairs first, nickle and dimed the repairs after. Even the most straight forward warranty repairs took almost a month to get sorted. Part of the reason I switched to another brand of car altogether is the experience. Love your videos is why I am still here.

Thank you from a viewer for sharing your experience, time and knowledge. Keep strong 💪

You are legend Tom I had Coolant temp to high warning on my dashboard went to Audi as my b9 was still under warranty with them. They did some checking and they told me the car was running fine and they can’t find anything after 2 weeks and so many emails I took my car from them without to be repaired. Guess what on the next day the warning light came back so I went there again and couple hours later they said water pump solenoid and hose has to be replaced. All was done under warranty.

Bought the online Audi warranty for a V10 RS6 some years ago. Had to claim via Audi dlr for a repair that needed engine /box removal. Once they’d checked service history claim was approved - total work cost £7.5k and my excess was only £150. BMW/Mini & Merc also offer similar online warranties but they are insurance not manufacturer backed

I can feel some new ramps added to the ramp fleet is on the way!😊

Personal experience - extended warranties are not worth it. Expensive and hard, if not difficult, to get coverage if something happens. There are so many loop holes that warranty companies have to get out of paying.

Thank you for the great videos. I just bought an early 2018 S4 and due to this video I did the rocker arm preventive work. Hopefully the car will run problem free for the future. Cheers!

Gave a thumbs up and not even watched yet. But I know it will be good 👍

Here in Canada 🇨🇦 for extended warranty from an Audi dealership car has to be less than five years old and less than 100’000 kilometres. And must go through a very extensive inspection, every thing has to work, all control modules scanned, even a compression test, no oil leaks, any faults have to be repaired before extended warranty can be applied. Audi Canada is pretty good with upholding their warranty.

Warranty - even the cover when the car is new is actually an insurance policy taken out by VAG to protect them from unlimited liability claims. This is standard industry practice. I experienced an engine failure on a two year old RSQ3 (cam follower roller bearing failed), both the diagnostic process and the repair attempts were driven by Audi insurance team instructing the dealer what to do next - tried multiple repair paths with 'least cost' being the only constant. Eventually the dealer replaced the engine having taken the initiative to remove the main bearing caps and being able to prove there was metallic debris in the oil galleries. a fully dressed engine was shipped from Gyor. The aftermarket warranties are basically worthless if you read the small print, consequential damage for isn't covered - so the component that fails is covered - any damage that the fail part causes is the customer's responsibility. Read the small print carefully!

I had an Audi S5 B9 2018 with extended warranty (5 years or 100k km) and gearbox failed at 95k km. New one installed without a problem but lucky I didn't tune it otherwise I would be without 15k€ 😰 Trick part is that you don’t get any warranty on replaced parts because you don’t pay anything.

Clarity on the tuning / Audi Warranty, its one of the best when compared to aftermarket warranties (which pay a very small % and pass costs to customer also wanting to dictate there labour rate ) Audi can scan and check for drivetrain mapping prior to taking it out if that helps, once its been logged on the system it stays there & can pickup if tuning boxes have been fitted on later software. Once logged the factory won't cover any mechanical damage cos it's out of tested spec and have no idea if its poorly mapped. Any PX'd mapped cars should go straight to Auction from dealers I've never looked at the T&T online but reckon there's a modified car section 😂 I hope that's helped some viewers that have had bad experiences

Since growing up in the 80s,i have always loved Audi's (group b rally). Finally got to own an a3,needs looking after like all cars do. But still sounds good at 209,000 miles. Admire your knowledge on cars,always a great video.

Still interesting even without the dealership footage. But yes, insured extended warranties for most operate judt like youve explained and there are always loopholes. I like that you've gone and collected and checked over cars and ensured parts complete. Thats an assured service!!

Few very important things to notice here and trust me all come from own expierence and first hand at several Audi dealers: 1) mapped car will be flagged in Audi internal system even during service and they will not let you know about it intentionaly just to have reason to refuse warranty repair in future. So all tunners and car owners doing Audi a favour here 2) there is way to revert remap when no one at Audi will fond any trace of it but ot need to be done by someone who know what he is doing yet still if the claim is big and Audi headquarters will request logs from ECU they will eventualy find the trace. No way for them to to pinpoint exact time or date so if owner was change few times you can win the case at court 3) Audi is fully aware of fault and bad design of several engines including 3.0 tdi and is awfull oil pressure but will not recall the cars. They just don’t wanna destroy their brand name. Tbf to them most of the problems with diesel have started with strict emission regulations in Eu so no directly Audi fault 4) technicians and Audi do not rebulid any part od engines. When my problem occured they have quoted me for £27.500 for brand new engine with all the bits (eg turbo, dpf etc…) 5) lack of service or so called long life service is the biggest enemy of the engine failure (not in this case propably). In 3.0 tdi low oil pressure, gear changing point and cold start settings, short distance driving and LL service is a ticking bomb. Remaping will just speed up the process not causing direct failure (unless remap done by cowboy) 6) when car purchased with full or partial finance dosen’t matter if you have warranty or no. You are protected under consumer right act so the dealer or third party dealer have to sort the car out or give you mowny back. Buying for cash will be shoting yourself here 7) not defending the so called auditor but if dealer have nothing to hide shouldn’t be a problem. 8) some of the sevice interval like for air filter are just mental. 60k miles or 90k kilometers for first replacement in my a4 2.0 tfsi. Realy Audi ?

How many Lawyers can the VAG group afford. How many can others. Very pragmatic and reasonable VLOG. Mick London

It is nice to see you are swamped with work though. Means people are picking your business up from YT. High quality automotive workshops are scarce anywhere in the world, so good for you, just don't burn yourselves out in the process.

Another great video Thomas

I bought my ex lease works A4 Diesel, 2019 plate. 3 years old at the time, I looked at extended warranty with Audi, when it came through the cover was with another company, they only gave an extra 2 years. With my engineers head on all I can think of is the design of the components used are not considering the stress these performance engines are subjected to. When I bought my A4 they were desperate to put me into an S4, even trying to get me to take one for a week to try it. My concern was the tyres profile was too low as I work on sites with poor roads, lucky escape I think 😂.

Another brilliant video, only shame you dont have time for more content

it's almost like things are coming "full circle"....the engines from the 80's/90's all need "forged this and that" to survive any form of tuning/modifying. I remember many a Ford CVH melting when chatting with the RS boys at my local cruise back in the early 00's (I had Fiat Uno Turbo). This example of Audi, is a worrying sign of the future for these type of cars, VAG Technic you won't be short of work!

Hi. Love your channel. Very informative videos. Regarding Warranties around the world, I am from South Africa 🇿🇦. Drive a Hyundai Grand i10 1.2. Noticed the vehicle was using 1 litre oil per 3500km. Bearing in mind I do services every 15000km/12 Months. Has a warranty of 7 years/200000km. So took the car in. They tell me they need to strip engine to see what problem is etc. They also said once stripped will need a new engine. So they tell me they will submit a warranty claim which should be successful to pay for the work needed to be done. So I book car in. So then on the day my gut told me to make sure about the whole warranty paying for the bill etc. That’s where the guy who helped me said only when they find the “cause” of the fault can they assess whether warranty will pay or not. Car has like less than 60000km. So basically they said that if it was a “manufacturing defect” the warranty will cover the cost. If not it is due to the “driving habits” of the owner. Just shows you the warranty is a scam.

Great work as always I never go to the dealer I use vw specialist for my p7 👍

Porsche carry out 111 point check before issuing an extended warranty, interestingly Porsche Macan exteded warranty approximately half the cost of the almost identical Audi Q5 !

the whole point of these and many other warranties is that you pay for something that might occur and feel safe, however when an issue occurs, they always deny service because they know that the legal implications and the lawyer costs to go against them are much higher then simply repairing the car. so its a win situation for those who sell the warranty only

I'm not a fan of warranties. Full of small print to avoid paying out to a customer. Defo should inspect cars so it is clear what is covered etc. How anyone can trust Audi dealerships is difficult when you hear stories like this. Not saying customers don't pull the wool sometimes either. Like you said Thomas... story is probably somewhere in the middle. Still 1 million pounds will sort it and VagTechnic skills❤

Get Doggo on the case to sniff out the true story, something doesn't add up here. Warranty declined for a map, returned to stock map then try Audi again who start stripping the engine then suddenly stop and say not covered by warranty? Surely they record vin numbers of mapped cars in their system somewhere?

AUDI COVENTRY

On a car over 3 years you don't get an actual Audi warranty ( or any other manufacturer for that matter) just an aftermarket warranty arranged by Audi. As with any aftermarket warranty it's up to the buyer to ensure the car meets the conditions for the warranty - e.g. service history , tune etc.

I work for Audi the first thing i do is check for chip tuning etc before stripping things down.

My favorite KZfaq channel 💯🤘❤️

I'm surprised a pre check at dealership was not required before warranty added. In my experience when added vw warranty to a californium ocean just out of manufacturer's warranty, the terms are it must have vw service hx and be checked by vw before warranty added.

It's crappy that Audi never brought over, the B9 S4 avant, to the states. Otherwise, I would have purchased an avant instead of the S4 sedan..... Then again, it was so people would be ecstatic, and impatient about awaiting the arrival of the RS6 avant.

Long story short, do not buy extended warranty if you are hoping for engine coverage.

Looks like you need a garage double the size and few more mechanics like yourself.

Love these videos. However, I’ll never buy an Audi S/ RS variant because of these videos.

Good work as always. Got a question about 3.0 tdi engines on mk2 Q7 , do they suffer from low oil pressure on idle as I watched video from Poland where they remap them to counter this and fo you guys remap cars with that option ? I asked two remaping dealers in my area ( both well known) and they had no idea what I am talking about .....

Great video again as usual, always good to see the attention to detail in your videos. From your perspective, what is/are the most reliable VAG engine in recent years? I thought the 3.0 TDI was always solid but it seems to have run into issues more and more over the recent years, what is your perspective? Thumbs up as always.

Got a 2016 scirocco r with an RAC platinum warranty a few months ago. Just been paid out for a master, slave cylinder and clutch. Had to chase them a bit but they paid.

For Audi, then they basically cover themselves if they find the ECU has been mapped, or if the car hasn't been serviced in accordance with their specification in terms of duration or materials. I don't think they should be allowed to sell extended warranties, if they haven't serviced the car from new. That said - you can go online, type in your registration and sent up payment and you're covered. The reality is quite different when you come to claim. The owner in this case - really needs to go back to the original garage or seller, especially if they were led to believe it was stock.

Audi extended warranty does not work like that. Normally an owner moves into an extended warranty after purchasing the car from Audi as a new or used car. The transaction is all done on line. Initially the owner receives an email invitation

cant wait for the 4.0t video, how reliable are these v8s?

I owm a low milage (34k) b9 S4 (Nov 2017) with full history. Immaculate car with 2 previous owners. Fingers crossed, i suppose. I dont drive everywhere in dynamic mode, so hopefully there will be some enjoyment in my driving experience as i seem to be seeing more and more of this content from this channel in particular. Very valuable content but im trying my hardest to ignore it. Its a punt you have to take buying a used, second-hand vehicle. My assumption would be that the problematic cars are the ones that are abused. Please correct me if im wrong.

Always impressed but even more so on the intro Birds Eye view.

Ill be honest if you do that build for 10 grand ill be gobsmacked because mine is 15 so far lol

Damn that previous owner had too much fun with ut

TD1 will void all warranty for addresse4s 1-40. It should have been TD1 scanned prior to the warranty being issued.

I'll stick with my S2 ABY Coupe and my D2 S8's. Barely has any issues pretty much bullet prove

It wasn’t me❌

Yep - I wanted to buy extended warranty for my SQ5 (B8.5) and also was astounded they did not want to health check the vehicle first. I almost begged them to do a health check, which they did offer for free tbf, but said it would have no bearing on the warranty…. Very strange 🤷🏻‍♂️

Same shit happened to me. Apart from mine wasnt in a warranty claim. My car went in for diagnosis. When i first got it, every time i would floor my s4, it would go into limp mode. Went into audi and they told me they couldn't diagnose it because, apparently, audi say if the car has been mapped, when they plug there diagnosis machine in it wont allow the technician to work on the car because its been mapped. And that's how i found out the car was mapped.

Seems like they only checked for tune once they decide big money involved. Why not check it up front if you plan on not covering anything.

One of the ECU’s will tell you when it was updated! Problem solved.

Easy guys never ever take extended warranty. On a car, a truck, a lawnmower problem are never covered.

VW dealer would not extend the warranty on my Golf when it got to 7 years old. When they did extend the warranty the dealer had the car in for inspection before offering the warranty. Dealer said VW don't warranty older cars even though this had been serviced within the same group since new and had a continuous VW warranty. Was this warranty an 'after market' warranty which have an interesting reputations.......if you follow my drift!!

@VAG Technic so the question is how many declines you have from extended warranties so far and if the extended warranty is worth it?

I wouldn't buy an extended warranty from a dealer unless the car was sold to me by the dealer network. They can't wiggle out as easily as they would have inspected the car. Doubt they'd pickup a tune though

all the parts on a "loveley trolley" hahahahahahahaha

I bought a 21 RS5 last year from Audi CPO and bought an extension, this has me concerned the previous owner may have flipped the TD1 bit.

I’m going through a similar battle with bmw, they are claiming it is a pre-existing issue and denied my claim, I am now waiting for them to prove this.

this means you do much better service then the audi dealer 😉

good old coventry Audi

Lmao @The English Weather.

Although not exclusive to fast Audi's, these RS/S cars are a liability. I just sold my 66 reg B8.5 SQ5 because i couldn't stop worrying what was going to go wrong next (and plenty of the normal failure parts already had). I've had many cars break throughout the years. It's part of the game with fast cars. But the size of these Audi bills scared the living daylight out of me! The timing chain was getting rattly. The Turbo was starting to blow oil into the intercooler. The engine/gearbox/diff mounts needed doing. I was looking at £10k+ just to keep it going. Then the insurance quadrupled this year. I actually feel like i'm survivor. Getting away before any real financial disaster. Gone EV now. No timing chains on those! (Cue the ICE anti EV brigade!)

Based on that steering wheel alone they definitely checked for a previous ECM flash and it got TD1’d. Why they didn’t notify the customer it might not be covered under warranty before they did the tear down seems silly

Hi Thomas, what ever happened to the A8 with that EV or battery issue?? Ahh, just saw the recent video on this topic ; thank you.

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Come to Ireland we're sunbathing under the full moon...

I would say that if they strip the engine they are automatically accepting the repair under warranty!

I had an extended warranty on my 2018 8V RS3. All online, so had an end of manufacturer warranty check over without saying why. Have now cancelled it 2 years on due to cost ramping up. Hoping 5 cylinder is robust with maintenance 🤔

Coventry Audi here I come 😂

My friend, you must come to work in Greece, 11 months all day sun 😅😅

Honda warranty, 3 times no issues with the right dealership. Honda solihull are a waste of time though and reject everything.

Still Awesome 👌..... I can do your video editing, you're too good of a mechanic to be playing with computers 😅.

who would thought that they are incompetent greedy bastards. My lord.

Very close to Birmingham 😉

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I find it really odd that Audi would sell an extended warranty without first checking the condition of the car thoroughly. As a customer before buying said warranty I would be determining what is covered and what is not covered under what circumstances given that it is a second hand vehicle. It seems to me that the customer has failed to do their due diligence and equally Audi has failed to do their due diligence. The whole situation is a bit of a shemozzle.

Idk if i want no audi no more after watching this channel for a few weeks. I love them, my dream was a b9 or a rs3. But yeah, i dont think supporting a company that dont delivers reliable cars is a good idea. Any suggestions to q reliable fast car with 4 wheel drive?

Good video. What`s your opinion on A6 C7 2.0 tdi engines? DO they have serious issues and is there point upgrading those engines?

Is there no way he can go back to the seller. If the vehicle was sold without any declaration of being modified. There has been some recent legal claims over this same thing.

I'm curious to see how this turns out.

Do not go to Audi Leicester - bad experience I had nice experience at Audi Poole well recomend

Are all the issues with the b9 platform for S and RS petrol line ? I own a A5 coupe(B9) TDI 2.0-190HP! My car has already 126k km and non issues at all ! Do I need to look after prevention of rocker arm change ? Thanks for answering! 😊

Interesting that Porsche (Now part of VAG) will only allow a warranty to be put on a car if it passes their 112 Point Check & any issues identified are addressed before hand. That is the only genuine way to do it.

Makes me wonder which of the Audi's are the most reliable and robust, and which ones will likely cause headaches and rebuilds/uprade repairs if the B9's seem to be so problematic.

Hi love watching your videos and information that you disclose. Top man. My question is do you only do the performance audi cars?. I have a 2017 2.0l tdi s-line 190bhp model and wondering if you be interested in doing a cambelt kit replacement and also give my car a health check inspection and software update if required. The car is completely standard. Would you be interested in doing this as its not one of the high performance engine car's. My car has covered 90k Thanks Barry

Don't modify your car and expect the Manufacturer to warranty it, How can anyone expect otherwise 🤔

That sounds very poor ie. Audi quite are happy to take the money but not do any checks on a car they are selling an extended warranty on. To get a Porsche extended warranty, it has to go through a 111 point check and they are part of the same group of course. Might you the 11 point check may not have picked up the tune !? I hope that he got his extended warranty cost back?

So guy buys this car and the seller doesn,t say its remapped.Haha yeah right.Thats the only reason he bought it and the seller would tell him for sure.

You blanked the reg out, all bar 16:53 clearly visible! 🤔

That's from .. Audi Coventry

Forget the warranty....I wonder how these new audi models can't make it pass 50k miles...

Keyword here = Tuned....