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#490 of 496 My 2008 Audi TT 3.2 L Quattro declared a Lemon by protruth May 20, 2009 (1:56 pm)
Reporting back.   An Arbitrator appointed by the NY State Attorney General has found that my 2008 Audi TT 3.2 L Quattro has a serious defect, an ear-splitting squeal emitted by the front brakes, and declared the car a Lemon. I was awarded the nearly $50,000 purchase price.   It is now up to Audi USA and its dealer Maguire Audi, Ithaca, NY, to pay up, take their defective car back, and try to salvage its image - and its 'market share'.   Maguire advertizes repeatedly that if one finds a lower price for one of its cars in upstate New York, they will give the customer $5,000 and the keys to the new car, free of charge!!   Wow, eh!! “5 G’s and the keys"!!   Maguire declined to FIX my brakes after 4 failed attempts. They had followed their TSB #46, titled "Brake Squeal" - unchanged in 11 years - and refused to go beyond their TSB.   Just keep telling the consumer that high-pitched brake-squealing is normal!!   Maybe NOW they'll step up to the plate, take back their defective car, and refund my purchase price (I paid up front in full).   Maguire sells 5 foreign makes including VW, Audi, Toyota, Subaru, and Volvo, plus it is a GM and Ford-Nissan dealer.   The Chrysler dealership was closed in the Chrysler bankruptcy.   If GM does likewise, Maguire may see its new car monopoly become an albatross.   Given the contempt with which I was treated, I can hardly be expected to feel any sympathy.
#491 of 496 Maguire comes through ... mostly by protruth Jun 06, 2009 (4:10 pm)
The Maguire Audi dealership in Ithaca, New York, faced with a Lemon Law arbitration decision favoring me, refunded my purchase price in full ... except they wanted to deduct the value of wheel scrapings on 3 of the 4 alloy wheels.   I let them have their oz of flesh regardless that 2 of the 4 wheels were scraped while the Lemon Law Arbitration proceedings were in progress.   I also GAVE the dealer 4 winter tires on original equipment Audi wheels ... cost ~$2000. I had no further use for them, nor DO I have any further use for Maguire's multiple dealerships in Ithaca.   Give me the run around once, my stupid fault. Give me the runaround twice or more, without doubt, their fault.   I quickly bought a 2009 Infiniti G37x AWD coupe with ALL the trimmings for a few thousand less than the original price of the 2008 Audi TTS Hatchback.   After 18 months of hassle and outright lies about the Audi brake shrieking fiasco, I'm reasonably pacified.   And the Infiniti (Nissan parent) is a dream machine.   Based on my experience with Maguire, I cannot in conscience recommend anyone buy an Audi from Maguire Ithaca, and I would caution about ANY purchase from a Maguire dealership in Ithaca without IRONCLAD guarantees regarding repairs IN A CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY!!
#492 of 496 '02 TT Rear Axle by whitr Jun 20, 2009 (10:21 pm)
Has anyone removed the rear axle on a quattro? I have mine torn down to replace rear bearings and can't get the axles to break loose from the trans coupler. All coupler bolts are removed but that is as far as I can go. Any help would be appreciated. Replies to this message: belennm (Aug 28, 2009 4:37 am) whitr (Aug 28, 2009 5:05 am)
#493 of 496 TT Convertible water Drains by whitr Jun 21, 2009 (6:33 am)
For all TT owners. You should periodically flush the drains in the floor pan of your convertible to keep them from stopping up. After a few years, dirt, leaves etc. will stop them up and cause water to pool in the pan beneath very expensive, moisture sensitive, comfort control module. Personal experience; my '02 CCM failed and the dealership blamed it on a tear in the rubber gasket just behind the pass. door and said I needed a new top, in addition to the $800+ for the CCM. I replaced the top at a local trim shop and the owner told me that the drains had been clogged for quite a while and that it was his opinion that was the cause for CCM failure. If drains had been clear, he said water from the tear would have flowed straight to the drains and not pooled to slosh around and wet the CCM.
#494 of 496 glue failure by dmlph Aug 18, 2009 (10:48 am)
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#495 of 496 Re: '02 TT Rear Axle [whitr] by belennm Aug 28, 2009 (4:37 am)
Replying to: whitr (Jun 20, 2009 10:21 pm) what brought you to change the bearings, IE, noise, etc?   I have an 03 TT Coupe and have a roaring in the rear of the car, especially over 70 mph. I don't think it is the tires (new Michelin's). When the back seats are up it is muffled to some extent.   Any ideas, all input will be appreciated. Replies to this message: whitr (Aug 28, 2009 5:05 am)
#496 of 496 Re: '02 TT Rear Axle [belennm] by whitr Aug 28, 2009 (5:05 am)
Replying to: belennm (Aug 28, 2009 4:37 am) First it was roaring, then it began to wobble. Probably was ready to come apart, Anyway, I dismantled rear suspension (both wheels) and took complete assemblies to a repair shop to have bearings replaced. I am back on the road now. Thanks for responding.

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