How long to carry out battery tray recall ?

[JonLittlechild]

The 1st is if the battery tray has no cracks - it's repaired just using the special adhesive to prevent any damage.

The 2nd is if there are minor cracks - same as the 1st but a special plate will be riveted on to stengthen the area.

The 3rd is if the cracks are bigger than 2nd group tolerance. In this case photos will need to be sent to Audi technical for them to assess the severity and whether it can be repaired in the dealership or bodyshop.

The 2 special tools needed are about £350 each! And they're only used by dealers for this recall. In our dealership network, we have to share the tools between 5 sites.

Camberley Audi have the 'tool' - mine was done a couple of weeks ago. Reading are still waiting for one, and have been since January.

This is the second time this has been repaired on my car, the first time Reading Audi brazed up the crack and painted it and it looked like new. This cracked again though, so this time they used the new 'recall' fix described above. My car was into the 3rd category, so photos were sent off to Audi (again!) and the crack was rivetted, plated and glued. It looks a mess, but it's in the boot floor underneath the polystyrene insert so you don't see it unless you go looking.

Rob said that the second category is for cracks up to 30mm in length and the third category for cracks over 30mm. The crack in my car was 50mm long.

Just to add to the fun, next week I'm getting my third set of front shocks. Rob says that they've not had any problems with the latest deisgn of shocks yet. Fingers crossed.

Jon

[sonny]

Jesus, the joys of RS4 ownership! Im dredding looking at mine now.

[RocketShip4]

Agreed!

What are we looking at? Any pics?

[PetrolDave]

Its only for the saloons apparently.

I asked if this was saloons only in an earlier thread - and got a reply that it applied to saloons, cabs and avants

[UNI555]

"My car was into the 3rd category, so photos were sent off to Audi (again!) and the crack was rivetted, plated and glued. It looks a mess, but it's in the boot floor underneath the polystyrene insert so you don't see it unless you go looking"

But a future buyer might find it and be put off? Wouldn't this potentially affect the value of the car against a similar one which has an unaffected tray, or one which only needed the 'lighter' repair and looks good?

[lma07]

Not sure what my category was but recall and passenger front shock replacement was done within a day and car was ready at 3pm. I also thought shock changes needed to settle overnight but audi said no.

[MrV]

But a future buyer might find it and be put off? Wouldn't this potentially affect the value of the car against a similar one which has an unaffected tray, or one which only needed the 'lighter' repair and looks good?

I wouldn't worry about it UNI555, i think a potential owner would be far happier if the repair work was carried out.

Even if the battery tray hasn't crack, the junk still has to be used to prevent any damage. And looking from the bottom, it's covered up.

It does only affect about 1500 RS's i think. The recall only came out a short while age, i think it was either December or March

If you're uncertain if you're needs the recall then just ring them up and ask them to check, all they'll need it the reg or chassis number and the bookings clerk should be able to check while you're on the phone. Audi know if yours is affected and it'll show up on the Audi system so tbh, it's pretty pointless looking for it yourself. If it shows then it'll have to be repaired regardless of condition and if it doesn't then no need to worry.

[Winterrunner]

Its only for the saloons apparently. Im sure theres a tedious link to Avants being faster...........

Well I have Sedan (saloon, whatever) so this should directly affect me.... Anyone have a link to the service bulletin on this issue? Thanks