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Hi from personal experience I would not go for any Audi with that kind of milage, Diesel/Petrol as you will be entering the land of excessive expense, I would really take as Gospel Steve Qs advice about the VW cars as I have recently discovered the Passat as my new cab and have covered 20k since this February with no problems other than servicing and tyres and new brakes all of which cost a third of what the Audi cost me, power wise its 150bhp and gets down the road quickly, economy is probably about 30% better than the Audi and the 1.9 Steve mentioned has just gone on to the list of engines that will do in excess of 400,000 miles if maintained correctly, I would also give you a little info from a friend who is a trader that most cars now are bought by Cinch or We Buy Any Car, they keep all the good ones to re sell and dump anything with real problems in to the auctions. Steve.

Exactly lots of owners in short succession is often a sign of a problem with the car. Definitely avoid

Hello Jamie, Thanks for coming back and filling in the detail. At a time where most part exchanges are usually traded out direct to local traders, I ask why is this car at an auction site. I know some large warehouses do trade only via. auction, but….so do WBAC. Remember, you buy at auction without any trial, and very very limited access to history chases etc, and you get it with all faults - whether disclosed or not. You simply buy on price. If it need work, can you afford to be without it while it gets repaired? Have you done a DVLA Vehicle check on the reg. no. to see when the last V5 was issued - can give useful information on length of previous ownership. Also MOT history check? Kind regards, Gareth.

I'm going to advise against this. The 2.0tfsi is known for piston ring failures and engine failures. Research it on here and on Google.

My concern here is why ha e you had to pay for the Audi software. Surely as an Audi specialist they should have this already, or make the investment voluntarily. Technically you've invested in the business as they can use that software on other cars too.

Forgot to mention mine also had the B & O system installed, & spacesaver does fit with the sub woofer.

Hi the only thing I would personally change is the glow plugs, as for the loom just get it checked in other words if it isn't broken don't fix it, the glow plugs are probably well past their sell by date and well worth changing as they contribute a lot to engine function especially on start up on colder days as it stops unburnt fuel from killing the catalyst. Steve.

Definitely follow Gareth's advice first and try and access from.underneath the car. But I wont be surprised if you have to go in via the grill.

Thanks Huw. So although you have access to motorfactors, you are saying they don’t stock much for your car-? If you are looking at U.K. motor factors, then you could try Parts in Motion in the West Country of U.K. I’ve used them to good avail in the past. Do they export? Worth searching UK EBay and you will find many more. Continental suppliers? Kind regards, Gareth.

The only way you are going to know is to get it on a lift and see what the behind- grille access is like when the front undertrays are removed.

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂 looks a lovely car. And Scotland is beautiful. I did the nc500 4 years ago and loved it. Sorry to hear you've had problems.

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Hi all, I'm new to the forum and relatively new to Audi ownership. August 23 I decided to get myself a 2012 Q7 S-line. It's a lovely car and amazing for the family.........the small amount I've been able to drive it. About 1 month after buying the car we were taking a family holiday round the Lock Ness area and on the last day of the holiday the car decided to spit out injector 1 on bank 1. Maybe it was in protest of having to carry 6 people, 3 dogs and luggage, but the car had been flawless up to this point. I sent the car into my local independent Audi specialist, as I was a bit worried about the complexity of the job. Whist in for repair, the garage discovered a number of other issues that needed sorting with the car. It took two goes for the garage to fix the injector fault (I got the car back and a couple of weeks later the exact same injector decided to leap from the engine), and there was a lot of delays, but I eventually got the car back in July this year. Unfortunately in that time the car had runout of MOT and it failed on rear brake performance. Understandably the brakes were seized up, but I've stripped them down and have new shoes, discs, pads, and some refurbished calipers on order which should cure the problem. Last thing I need to solve after this is the key not releasing from the ignition barrel (I have to use the little release pin with a screwdriver to get the key out). There are no fault codes so I'm thinking this is probably related to gear position switch, or park position switch. Any advise would be welcome. All this has come at about a £5k cost so I am feeling a bit sorry for myself, but....... The car is a lovely car and hopefully I am over the big troubles. Interested to hear you opinions on this gen of Q7

Never did find the cause. It seemd to have stopped for the last few months and reared its ugly head again. The last time I had to top it up was on 106k and I’m now on 109k and have had to top up in the last 300 miles. I think I’ll get it booked into a specialist and diagnose again. Sceptical to throw money at it again after already spending about £1500 and getting nowhere. If you get yours sorted please let me know