Well this isnt good for a first day

[Joe2.0E]

It's time for a serious chat with Oscar at this stage. He can't undo the past few weeks but he could at least extend the warranty on the car at the very least.

[limoncello]

There isnt a time limit to reject a car as such, and i am on day 2 (as of monday coming) as far as anyone is concerned. obviously the sooner you reject the better, but im still well within my rights, and the finance company are already aware of the situation which makes it easier for me. and i will be talking to oscar.

But i like to be fair, Oscar is partially responsible by lack of pre preperation on the car etc. I have no doubts i can still reject it easily without to much fuss. and having only had it for 24 hours i havent yet even tried every feature of the car.

these things happen even on brand new cars, the main fault here is with Audi. IF the pump which is very rare according to them has really gone, 27 days to fix is still an unbelievable amount of time.

The current position/excuse is - we were moving the car back in to the workshop to apply the software update and a pipe ruptured (its one of those hard pipes look to be made out of metal) - when there is no pump it puts a much greater strain on the rest of the system and the pipe burst.

Im not an expert on mechanics as most of you know. so whether this is likely or possible i dont know yet. the cynic in me is saying that there is a far greater likelyhood of the pipe being the main (only) cause of the problem and the pump was never at fault.

When you consider that i was driving at the time and it went from normal steering to no steering in a second, no warnings no degradation of steering functions etc. It would seem to me that a pipe off or ruptured is by far much more likely than a steering pump.

what do you think - are my assumptions correct. is there a greater strain on other parts of the system? is what they say posiible/probable.

As it stands i will get the car back on monday after the free MOT being done by them and the new pipe fitted.

Whether or not the pipe or pump is at fault there has been a catalog of errors here . and 27 days

[Norretal]

Originally Posted by limoncello

When you consider that i was driving at the time and it went from normal steering to no steering in a second, no warnings no degradation of steering functions etc. It would seem to me that a pipe off or ruptured is by far much more likely than a steering pump.

I can only offer limited input but when my power steering pipe ruptured and spilled the contents of the system and reservoir on the road that is the exact scenario I had, one roundabout everything is fine, next one half a mile down the road I realise all is not well and have to wrestle it around the roundabout. D3 obviously, but probably not much different?

I feel your pain on the Audi front too, I was told in August 2014 that there were no inlet manifolds available for the D3 S8, and none would be produced until January 2015. After hearing that news I looked at alternatives (import / repair) and six days later TPS delivered a brand new one to the independent who had my car. Fortunately I'd arranged a repair of mine so told them to stick their £2,500 replacement. The scenario was a bit more complex than explained but it left me thinking Audi and TPS weren't very professional at all, nigh on incompetent in fact

I hope you get sorted satisfactorily, and in a way that suits you best. Personally, I'd have bailed out ages ago and started looking again, I'd never feel confident and comfortable with a car I'd had such an unpleasant start with.

Good luck

[limoncello]

My 1000th post

The car finally has power steering again, havent been to collect it yet just had the call. hopefully its passing its MOT as I write, so will collect today or tommorow morning

unless it fails of course

[IT]

Originally Posted by limoncello

My 1000th post

The car finally has power steering again, havent been to collect it yet just had the call. hopefully its passing its MOT as I write, so will collect today or tommorow morning

unless it fails of course

Good news, although the sceptic in me will save celebrations for the 1001th post where you post its actually arrived home safe and working.....

[Johnmed]

Indeed. Postpone celebrations until you're happy with it, in the flesh so to speak.

[limoncello]

Post 1001

finally home, been for a drive or 2, happy again, the D4 is a lovely place to be

MMI version seems to be on 0065 which isnt listed on the updates (maybe because it was the first.)

god knows what map version i have, suspect i need to update

put in a giffgaff sim card, but no option for google maps, though the online services works ok. not getting the funnny sign in the display except briefy when i rebooted the mmi.

first mod done - the boot now opens and closes with the key fob

[IT]

Yay....

I confess I took mine out for a run today too. Harrogate to Birmingham this morning. Was very, very peaceful.... Lovely wafty comfy place to be.

Enjoy



P.S. Feel free to document the boot mod....

[Johnmed]

Excellent.

[Adrian E]

Originally Posted by limoncello

MMI version seems to be on 0065 which isnt listed on the updates (maybe because it was the first.)

god knows what map version i have, suspect i need to update

put in a giffgaff sim card, but no option for google maps, though the online services works ok. not getting the funnny sign in the display except briefy when i rebooted the mmi.

If you have a P in the firmware version before 0065 then it's the 'Production' firmware that it left the factory with. If it says K then it's been updated at some point.

Post the map database version and it should be possible to work out the age of the maps (I imagine original). I'm on 6.22.4 now

It may be a case of RTFM for Google maps access, now you've inserted a SIM, or it may need a firmware update.

Assuming yours is definitely 3G+ then it should be available.