jmgonzalez

So I just took delivery of a new 2014 a6 with a couple of hundred miles on the clock already. Does Audi have a way to check the car computer to see if this car was redlined during these few critical break-in miles?

goethe6889

unusual, mine was delivered with 6 miles on odometer. to answer your question, this is not possible unless a fault is detected, which is then logged in.

snagitseven

Several possibilities for the 200 miles; it might have been used for a short period of time as a demonstrator, a loaner or used by a manager. It could also have been driven from another dealer and the customer changed his mind.

jmgonzalez

so it is technically possible to red line the engine and NOT have it picked up by a computer scan...(unless a fault is triggered). In this case...there is no fault....but the rotors appear warped (indication of hard driving). dealership is willing to check/scan...but it sounds like this may be a false negative.

snagitseven

Since the engine is designed to rev to its max rpms and the limiter is designed to prevent exceeding it, there would be no fault code unless something else was the cause.
While anything is possible, it seems doubtful 200 miles of hard driving would warp new factory rotors that quickly.

tenspeed

There are few warped rotors. Most often the pulsation felt when braking is the result of friction pad material transferred unevenly to the surface of the disc. New brake pads should be "bedded in" by five moderate to aggressive stops from 40 mph to 5 mph without letting the brakes cool and do not come to a complete stop. Then do five moderate stops from 25 mph and let the rotors cool after each brake application. The bedding in evenly spreads the friction material on the rotors and it heats up the pads to cure the resins.

If your brakes are pulsating, have the shop clean up the rotors with a wire wheel. Turning them down in a lathe will do it too but it makes the rotor thinner which means you will be replacing them sooner. Better yet is to have them replace rotors and pads with new parts.

DB22

When I go to buy a car, I find one in the color I do not want and then test it for performance, braking, handling etc. I then drive the one I want to buy and drive it carefully knowing that it needs to be cared for during its break in period so it is possible that with 200 miles it has been hammered by people with my buying technique.

AudiQ5sleeper

The ECU will log the event of speeding and redlining. this logging is only to be seen by dealers/insurance when there is an event of so called blowing the motor when the owner claims "the engine just blew up"

jmgonzalez

therein lies the question....can the dealership's ECU/computer/scan rewind the history to see how that car's been driven? In hind sight...I should have refused delivery and insist on a car w/ 6 miles....just to be sure. I too will test a car by pushing it hard....I always ask the sales associate if driving the "test car" near it's limits is allowed...I wouldn't want to damage some other future owner's car... the 2 different dealerships both encouraged me to drive their new car as hard as I felt comfortable. Neither seemed to be concerned w/ damaging the brakes, engines, or any other components nor hinted at any type of "break in" behavior. Is there any damage that can occur by driving these hard during this period? There seems to be 2 schools: Drive it like you stole it and baby it the 1st 1k miles.

DB22

I did not drive mine really hard until I had the first oil change out of the way at 5000 miles. That first oil degreases, allows for seating and suspends the particulates that are most apparent in a newly assembled motor. After the first change I felt good to go for it!