Low coolant light on cross country
08-06-2023, 01:10 PM
#11
AudiWorld Super User
Thread Starter
Props to the dealership for explaining things in a no-BS manner on video!
I'm going to hazard a guess and say you're going for the double whammy, like I did. That was more than a little bit that came out from the front and the rear is leaking quite badly, considering that the can was full and there's only a quart or so of coolant in there to begin with. This is consistent with what I heard from techs before, i.e. when it starts leaking, the motor failure is not far behind.
Notice that you got the error while on a road trip, exactly like I did. I suspect there may be something about driving for extended periods of time that damages the seals (perhaps they just get hotter or there's some coolant starvation issue and they get chewed up).
From the lidar sensor visible in the video, it looks like you have a 2019. Get that extended warranty and let the motors fail when they may! Use the info in my recent thread and try to get a decent price for it (in all fairness, Audi should suck it up and extend the warranty for all of us early adopters).
I'm going to hazard a guess and say you're going for the double whammy, like I did. That was more than a little bit that came out from the front and the rear is leaking quite badly, considering that the can was full and there's only a quart or so of coolant in there to begin with. This is consistent with what I heard from techs before, i.e. when it starts leaking, the motor failure is not far behind.
Notice that you got the error while on a road trip, exactly like I did. I suspect there may be something about driving for extended periods of time that damages the seals (perhaps they just get hotter or there's some coolant starvation issue and they get chewed up).
From the lidar sensor visible in the video, it looks like you have a 2019. Get that extended warranty and let the motors fail when they may! Use the info in my recent thread and try to get a decent price for it (in all fairness, Audi should suck it up and extend the warranty for all of us early adopters).
Regardless, I am going to dig into the Zurich warranty extension that was posted in another thread.
This car was only supposed to be my stop gap before a Q6 E-tron. And we all know what happened there.
08-06-2023, 01:53 PM
#12
I thought the Q4 and the Q6 were supposed to be the new "real" electric architecture, not a tweener like the Etron. Sounds like there's more work to be done there.
08-06-2023, 07:39 PM
#13
AudiWorld Super User
I don't know how that applies to the yet-to-be-released Q6, but I inquired about the Q4 the other day and the salesman, knowing that I have an Etron, said flat out "stay away from that ****".
I thought the Q4 and the Q6 were supposed to be the new "real" electric architecture, not a tweener like the Etron. Sounds like there's more work to be done there.
I thought the Q4 and the Q6 were supposed to be the new "real" electric architecture, not a tweener like the Etron. Sounds like there's more work to be done there.
Also, always take with a grain of salt what an Audi salesman tells you about the EV models.
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08-06-2023, 08:07 PM
#14
08-07-2023, 03:02 AM
#15
I don't know how that applies to the yet-to-be-released Q6, but I inquired about the Q4 the other day and the salesman, knowing that I have an Etron, said flat out "stay away from that ****".
I thought the Q4 and the Q6 were supposed to be the new "real" electric architecture, not a tweener like the Etron. Sounds like there's more work to be done there.
I thought the Q4 and the Q6 were supposed to be the new "real" electric architecture, not a tweener like the Etron. Sounds like there's more work to be done there.
08-07-2023, 05:24 AM
#16
AudiWorld Member
I also live in the DMV and I agree service like that is completely unheard of for any car brand. You really got lucky with that one. Mind if I ask how many miles you have on your car?
08-07-2023, 06:42 AM
#17
That being said, the Etron interior isn't exactly all that fancy either. The plastics rattle and feel worse than my Golf.
08-07-2023, 08:14 AM
#18
I've purchased most of my Audis from Audi Denver including my current e-tron. The owners are local and are usually present, and some of the sales people have been there forever. They know how to cater to the wealthy compared to the other local Audi stores, with luxury bathrooms and waiting areas with complimentary beverages and coffees, and a couple of smaller private showrooms in back featuring the more expensive or rare cars. It's a nice store and they usually have a ton of e-trons.
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08-07-2023, 09:03 AM
#20
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I've purchased most of my Audis from Audi Denver including my current e-tron. The owners are local and are usually present, and some of the sales people have been there forever. They know how to cater to the wealthy compared to the other local Audi stores, with luxury bathrooms and waiting areas with complimentary beverages and coffees, and a couple of smaller private showrooms in back featuring the more expensive or rare cars. It's a nice store and they usually have a ton of e-trons.
Oh and as a side thought. When I went to pick up my car, I sat in the showroom lounge for 45 minutes and they sold three Q5's! While I was sitting there, people walking in abd buying Q5's. One of the customers had called ahead and the car was waiting. The other two just toured the showroom and purchased off the floor.
The dealership was also sponsoring some sort of National Bike Race in Littleton and had quite a bit of inventory parked around town with stickers on them.