Elman'sS6

Has anyone returned a lease with a tuned ecu to audi?

sciblades

nothing they can do to it

HyperS4

You're fine. I turned in several cars off lease with tunes. Just let them know, it's not an offense.

mikec7s6

even it it triggers td1?

HyperS4

Yeah, you arent responsible for that. But you should let them know because if it triggers a TD1 then the car cant be certified.

turbonator

Wow, this is news to me. I've never leased and always thought they give you a real hard-a** time for excessive wear & tear at turn in. Stuff like scratches on the bumper or door dings that they love to charge you extra for. What if someone never even performs any maintenance on the car during the lease? Does that count against them?

Juggernaut

Hyper, this is the case w/ just VAGCOM mods as well, right?

Xtek

You can absolutely do it. However, it will most likely low the residual value of the car. It will no longer be under warranty by Audi meaning the car is worth less as it can't be certified.

If you make friends with the dealer/lead tech you can sometimes sneak it by and they will take care of it for you.

snagitseven

So long as the VCDS mods are the typical, common changes, no one will even notice or check at time of sale or trade. Now if something is borked up due to making changes that affect the basic operation of the car, that's a different story.

HyperS4

What if you never put clean clothes on your kids or bathed them regularly. What if you never took them to the Dr. or fed them correctly. Would that count against you?