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I've had my Audi A4 Avant 40tfsi since the end of December and had only covered around 1200 miles to the middle of June. Went on a road trip, mid june, covered another 1000 miles with no issues. Got home and went to start my car next morning....warning lights, aircon wouldn't work, loud fan going full speed in engine bay. Called Audi assist they said I had a sensor fault but safe to drive to dealer to fix. Car was in 2 days and they said my wiring loom had been chewed through by rodents which was not covered by warranty, however they very kindly didn't charge me either. Got my car back on the Friday evening, it was parked on my drive all w/end, went to start it Monday morning.....same issue/warnings....back to the garage, wires all chewed again including the original wires that were repaired however a lot more damage this time. Took them a week to fix it. In the meantime I had bought 30 mouse traps (I don't do thinks by half :)) Anti mouse spray, an ultrasonic device to scare them off and mothballs (recommended by lots of people). I also bought a game cam and set everything up. It took a couple of days, but finally saw a mouse running around and caught/killed on day 3 or 4. Got my car back after a week (with a large bill), parked it up the drive surrounded by mouse trap with the game cam under the front of the car looking towards the rear. All was well for about a week...reviewed the cam each morning and saw a rabbit under the car sniffing around. It then jumped up onto the engine trays under the gearbox/engine.....fortunately only stayed there about 20 seconds and left, so hoping it was the spray/mothballs/ultrasonic device that scared it off.....fortunately no damage this time. Spent a bit of time rabbit proofing my drive/garden but rabbit keeps coming back to look for a way in. It doesn't touch my sons Audi S3 or any neighbours cars, just my A4!!!!! Anyone know if it's possible to block the rear of the engine undertrays to prevent animals jumping in there...I can't believe it's only happening to me?

I picked up my Avant from Audi at the end of last year.....one of the 'features' is documented as 'auto dim rear view mirror. I've been driving for 40+ years now but this is the first time I've come across and auto dim mirror....so please excuse the stupid question. During daylight hours, the mirror is perfect and i can see everything clearly. As soon as it gets dark, the mirror goes very dark...so fully dimmed. I would have thought I would clearly see out the mirror in the dark and when a car approaches from the dark, a sensor would tell the mirror to dim....but....it's just dimmed all the time at night......am I correct and it should be 'un-dimmed until a car approaches from behind, or is this normal, and once it goes dark, it is fully dimmed? Tks

Finally...the end to the saga. Car arrives at the dealership tomorrow and picking it up 3rd Jan. The good news it only took 4 months from ordering to deliver and not six months forecast. I still can't believe that an organisation the size of vw/audi can't/won't provide their customers with more information on the status of their cars or even have a basic user access where you key in an order number and it returns a status code.....at least you'd know what was happening. Anyway, good luck to those still waiting, fingers crossed but I'm out of here now 🙂

I was told on Wednesday that it was in this country but dont know what docks it is at or if/when it will clear customs. My dealer (lookers) has just been taken over by some canadian company that borrowed too much money at too high interest rates and have started issuing redundancy notices to the staff. Not chasing them as there is only a few days of 2023 they can register the car if they get hold of it....will chase them up in the new year, but its definitely in this country. So it was built 4th December and between then and it was built/exported. Really surprised you've at least not had a build date 😞

I agree with you Gareth, I don't want it till next year but I would like to know what is happening. When I spoke to them a few weeks ago, they said it was 'scheduled' for build in week 49. Good info, thank you....but did it get built then (week of 4th Dec) or was it put back...where is it now? I think if you are spending the amount of money we are, you'd expect a little courtesy now and again......sorry...just having a right old moan lol

What do these car dealers actually do for their money? I ordered my car in August and the only time I've found anything out about the process is when I've contacted them....and I've had to do that on several occasions because they don't always get back to you. My car was supposed to be built last week.....was it??? no idea....I don't care, I really am starting to lose interest in the whole bl**dy thing, they have totally ruined the experience for me. This will be my first...and last Audi

Just standard apart from the black paint. And correction to my original message build week 49 but dealer saying delivery in 6 - 7 weeks from now...we'll see, but at least that is some progress.

Josh, I've finally got a build date....week 49 (2 weeks from now) estimated delivery 6 - 7 weeks from build date

Really pleased for you, what a saga, at least you can finally enjoy your new car. I actually have the patience of a saint, even if they told me 'your car will take a year from now till you receive it' I could cope with that.....it's the being told absolutely nothing for month after month that gets my goat. I just cannot believe for a minute that after 3 months, Audi still cannot tell me an approximate date my car will be built, never mind delivered...Set your customer expectations and don't treat them like mushrooms.

Fingers crossed for you Kevin:)

On the audi online website that shows what cars are currently available in showrooms or about to be in showrooms it is showing a large number of avants now being available - different colours/trim/specs etc. Normally there are 1 or 2 there but there is 20 today, 2 of which are the spec/colour for my car. Obviously audi dealerships don't co-operate with each other to fulfull customer requirements

Ah, ok Steve, thanks for the info. I did test drive one before I ordered, but for the life of me, I can't remember what shape it was 😉

I am awaiting build/delivery of A4 Avant S-line 40TFSI from Audi. Does anyone know what shape of steering wheel will be on the car. The traditional round one or the flat bottomed one? I'm not bothered which one I get, just interested.

Thanks for that update Josh, it's not great, but at least I know it's not just me.

My son tried to buy this but they won't cover S or RS models 😞