Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

<sheehan888@hotmail.com> wrote
> thanks pete and curtis, so what exactly does the 4/50,000 cover? is
> that a powertrain warranty? i would assume that if scheduled
> maintenance isnt free then unschduled maintenance also wouldnt fal
> under warranty coverage.

Scheduled maintenance and warranty are two different animals. The
4/50,000 warranty is bumper-to-bumper. There is really no such thing as
unscheduled maintenance. If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.

Unless you want to call more frequent oil changes an "unscheduled
maintenance". In that case, you pay for it yourself. For example, my
2001 A4 had oil changes done every 10K miles as part of the free
4/50,000 scheduled maintenance. Since I'm an retentive, I chose to
have it changed every 5K miles - so, those changes in-between were
"unscheduled" and not free, and certainly did not fall under warranty
coverage either.

The list of things covered under the scheduled maintenance should be in
your owner's manual. Such lists are also posted on
www.bentleypublishers.com, but they don't have one for 2007 model year
yet. What is included in that $575 contract that you mentioned - I have
no idea, but if you're paying for it, the dealer should give you in
writing what it covers, how often, etc.

Good luck,

Pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

<sheehan888@hotmail.com> wrote
> thanks pete and curtis, so what exactly does the 4/50,000 cover? is
> that a powertrain warranty? i would assume that if scheduled
> maintenance isnt free then unschduled maintenance also wouldnt fal
> under warranty coverage.

Scheduled maintenance and warranty are two different animals. The
4/50,000 warranty is bumper-to-bumper. There is really no such thing as
unscheduled maintenance. If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.

Unless you want to call more frequent oil changes an "unscheduled
maintenance". In that case, you pay for it yourself. For example, my
2001 A4 had oil changes done every 10K miles as part of the free
4/50,000 scheduled maintenance. Since I'm an retentive, I chose to
have it changed every 5K miles - so, those changes in-between were
"unscheduled" and not free, and certainly did not fall under warranty
coverage either.

The list of things covered under the scheduled maintenance should be in
your owner's manual. Such lists are also posted on
www.bentleypublishers.com, but they don't have one for 2007 model year
yet. What is included in that $575 contract that you mentioned - I have
no idea, but if you're paying for it, the dealer should give you in
writing what it covers, how often, etc.

Good luck,

Pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

<sheehan888@hotmail.com> wrote
> thanks pete and curtis, so what exactly does the 4/50,000 cover? is
> that a powertrain warranty? i would assume that if scheduled
> maintenance isnt free then unschduled maintenance also wouldnt fal
> under warranty coverage.

Scheduled maintenance and warranty are two different animals. The
4/50,000 warranty is bumper-to-bumper. There is really no such thing as
unscheduled maintenance. If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.

Unless you want to call more frequent oil changes an "unscheduled
maintenance". In that case, you pay for it yourself. For example, my
2001 A4 had oil changes done every 10K miles as part of the free
4/50,000 scheduled maintenance. Since I'm an retentive, I chose to
have it changed every 5K miles - so, those changes in-between were
"unscheduled" and not free, and certainly did not fall under warranty
coverage either.

The list of things covered under the scheduled maintenance should be in
your owner's manual. Such lists are also posted on
www.bentleypublishers.com, but they don't have one for 2007 model year
yet. What is included in that $575 contract that you mentioned - I have
no idea, but if you're paying for it, the dealer should give you in
writing what it covers, how often, etc.

Good luck,

Pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

"Pete" wrote
> If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
> it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.

Except wear-and-tear items such as brakes or tires, of course. :)

Pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

"Pete" wrote
> If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
> it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.

Except wear-and-tear items such as brakes or tires, of course. :)

Pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

"Pete" wrote
> If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
> it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.

Except wear-and-tear items such as brakes or tires, of course. :)

Pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

thanks for clearing that up pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

thanks for clearing that up pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

thanks for clearing that up pete

Re: no free service on 2007 A4?
 

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:12:33 -0500, "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"Pete" wrote
>> If it's unscheduled, it's not maintenance -
>> it's repair and should be covered by the warranty.
>
>Except wear-and-tear items such as brakes or tires, of course. :)
>


Just FYI, brakes were covered on the free maintenance plan on my 2001
Audi A4, which I purchased new.

The dealer said if the pads are worn down to the wear indicator before
the warranty was up, they would replace under the maintenance plan.
They replaced my windshield wipers, topped off fluids for free and did
a 10K maintenance for free up to 50K miles. The 40K service was
free and it was normally kind of pricey.

I would do my oil change every other 5K.

From my experience, about the only item it didn't cover was tires.