zepharus

I stand corrected... More impressive as that is above and beyond

goti

I caught my dealer in a lie with the tire rotation. I specifically asked them not to wash it so I was able to tell by the undisturbed brake dust that the tires had not been touched (even though they told me it had been done).

Unfortunately I had no way to tell if the oil had been changed.

pls5160

Just get my new Q5. 1200 miles. When I go in for my 5K service I am going to mark the inside of the tires with chalk to see if the rotation was done. Plan on rotating the tires no less than every 5K or sooner. We had a GL 450 4Matic that ate tires every 18K. Started rotating every 2500 and then got about 26K out of a set. By the way what is up with this no dip stick thing? When I picked up the Q5, the first thing I did was look under the hood and pulled out what should have been the dip stick and found a little nub on the end. I asked the service manager and he said they don't have dip sticks anymore!!! He also said they suck/pump the old oil out instead of using the drain plug. Said the oil pan has been "redesigned" and unscrewing/screwing the drain plug causing them to leak over time. Some redesign. All in all I am very impressed with the car. It is a 3.2 and has more poop than I remember when driving the demo and I drove it hard. Not like my old 2000 E55 which slams you into the back of the seat but it performs quite nicely.

rdA4WtQ5

I had just put my winter wheels and tires on before my 5K service and told them not to bother rotating tires. They did it anyway.

luv2sleep

I've owned numerous cars (Mercedes, Infiniti, Toyotas, etc.) in my lifetime and I've done every routine maintenance myself. I don't like other people touching my cars and for the most part, I don't trust the dealership. Maybe it's just me, but I've had bad experiences with the workmanship at different dealerships. As my old man used to say, if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself! Besides, these cars are pretty easy to work on, IMHO. When the time comes, I'll just have to buy a VAG-COM cable to reset the service light. This one thing I don't like about the Audi/Q5; even Mercedes does not need a VAG-COM cable to reset the service light!

xfirechief

OIL/FILTER WERE CHANGED at 5K. I saw them do it.

Thats what u pay the big bucks for - SERVICE.

At over $800 for Audi service whats a few qts of SYNTHETIC OIL.

Thats how they stay in business, customer service by Audi.

MJ23

Mine comes with a 45 day courtesy check. I'm scheduled for it nest week and my q5 i at 2000 miles now. whatever that is :P . They'll probably bring in the car and look at it for 2 minutes and we let me know "looks like your q5 is good"

wonder is they will do anything coz i have free 5000 mile service

MJ23

sorry i was typing too fast! too many typos.

zamojski

Your service will probably be faster than that. 😄

pls5160

Anyone know why there are no longer dip sticks on the Q5s???????
Are all the new Audis like that? See my post of July 4th.