Car Broke down Same Day of Purchase

Understandable on 21/01/2023 - 23:58
Last edited 23/01/2023 - 11:23 by 1 other user

Hi everyone, I purchased an 2013 Audi A5 coupe and picked it up today. It came with statutory warranty of 3 months/5000km, after about 50 minutes of driving the stop start failed came up with an alert, car started vibrating at idle so pulled over straight away and the engine would not start after, there is an EPC light and looks to be engine aswell.

The roadworthy was done by the dealers mechanic yesterday and now today the car is now with their mechanic to be fixed. When test driven and prior to the fault the car felt fine, only has 105,000KM with service history.

I am unsure of what I can do in this situation, I realise I should have done a Pre-Purchase Inspection but as a result of the warranty can I take the car to an reputable mechanic to compare a RWC or look for major faults?

The dealer will have to make repairs but how can I know that they are doing things properly? I had a look at the reviews on the mechanic given and they do have reviews stating about their dodgy RWCs…

Thanks, any suggestions will help :)

Automotive Audi A5

Comments

      • Understandable on 23/01/2023 - 22:26

        stop start fault is back, i assume they cleared the code and then changed the fuel injector + spark plugs..

        have contacted them again and will do some research. Car still drives though

        • MS Paint on 23/01/2023 - 23:10
          +3

          Don't use start stop feature ever.

          It's purely for the manufacturer to meet emissions standards. It is not designed to help the consumer. You are saving bugger all fuel.

          One of the most stressful events for a car engine is the startup. Why choose to repeat this process as many times as possible? It doesn't make sense.

          It will also stop your expensive battery and starter motor from premature failure.

          This should be your new procedure:

          • Hop in car
          • Start car
          • Disable start stop
          • Drive away
          • Understandable on 23/01/2023 - 23:45

            @MS Paint: This is what I have been doing each time driven car since picked up today, terrible feature which I plan to code out once warranty is over.

            I wonder why the stop start fault occured even though I had the feature disabled on the button, it also came with engine light..

            • MS Paint on 24/01/2023 - 07:37

              @Understandable: Sounds like it's troublesome and needs to be coded out before the statutory warranty expires. European electrics are a real b!tch.

      • Understandable on 03/02/2023 - 14:53
        +1

        runs beautiful so far, no problems since

        • Ghost47 on 03/02/2023 - 15:11

          Good to hear, hope it stays that way.

  • Liamv4696 on 01/02/2023 - 10:27
    +1

    Probably worth ensuring the battery is a proper start stop AGM, or it'll crap out in no time. Century catalogue lists a DIN110LHAGM as the required battery (Note you can't just grab this off the shelf at your local Supercheap, it'll need to be special ordered from the battery manufacturer.. welcome to owning a euro).

    • Understandable on 03/02/2023 - 14:54
      +1

      thanks, had a look and it is the right battery. car had all reciepts for work done

      • Liamv4696 on 04/02/2023 - 09:55

        If you do end up needing to replace the battery in future, make sure you get one of those start stop AGM's, and not just a regular old lead acid (DIN110LH's are available in standard lead acid form as well as the Start/Stop AGM).

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