In February my check engine light came on. I park my A3 in the driveway - garages are for woodworking, not cars. Took the car to the dealership. They gave me a loaner. The next day, I got into the loaner, (another Audi, but an A5) and all the lights on the dash came on and said the car was not driveable. I called the dealership who said that it looked like a squirrel had a nest in my A3. Apparently the same squirrel tried to make a home in the loaner too. I was charged $1100 to fix the wires the squirrel had eaten. the loaner charge was over $3000. On a side note, I caught the squirrel and put a beeper in the engine to keep other squirrels away.
Fast forward to the summer and I noticed that my A3 was overheating somewhat. It got pretty bad and I had to blast the heat to keep the car from overheating. Thank goodness for a convertible. I took it back to the dealer who charged me another $1200 to replace some additional wires that the squirrel had eaten.
Now it's September. The check engine light came on and I noticed that I had no heat. I returned to the dealership expecting them to fix what they broke. Nope, they charged me $2900 to fix the thermostat and replace blower motors. They claim there were faults on these things for the past few months.
Does anyone know if I have any recourse? I've never had a blower motor go on any of my cars in over 55 years. When things that were working, stop working after a visit to the dealer, that is mighty suspicious. I don't have more money than I know what to do with. I won't go back to the dealer again, but there must be something else that I can do.
