Suspension Knocking - on rebound

Post by **Jupu** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:23 am

Dont know the part number but it cost me about 2500â‚¬ installed.I would suggest that you contact your local bilstein dealer if your interested about it.

Post by **W8PMC** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:48 am

rjkflyer wrote:W8PMC - go see if it knocks over sleeping policemen...

All good for the drive into the office this morning, over 3 large speed humps. Even lost an annoying rattle in the car now so that's a big bonus. No knocking at full lock coming off driveway & no noise over the lumps/bumps.

Post by **ChrisRS4** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:29 pm

Paul, you may have answered this in already but how long were you waiting for the shocks to arrive?

Post by **W8PMC** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:22 pm

ChrisRS4 wrote:Paul, you may have answered this in already but how long were you waiting for the shocks to arrive?

Chris, no wait whatsoever.

Car went into the dealers on Thursday AM, they spotted the fault, ordered the shocks & valves, these arrived Friday AM & were fitted on Fri or Mon (they had my car until yesterday AM as i was on vacation from Thur PM to Wed PM).

I did try to force the diagnol replace issue, but they said this was not required on the RS4 (not sure how true) & they had the re-chrage equipment so charged all 4 shocks up to 15bar.

Post by **ChrisRS4** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:55 pm

Excellent, sounds like a decent turn-around. I also have a bunch of speed bumps to go over at the office, kinda makes coming to work even more annoying than normal...

Post by **WnelsonRS4** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:35 am

Mine is still in with the Dealer. I have even called Audi HQ to see if this is a known problem....no prizes for the response! So currently still no car and no timescales to get it back!

Post by **W8PMC** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:13 am

WnelsonRS4 wrote:Mine is still in with the Dealer. I have even called Audi HQ to see if this is a known problem....no prizes for the response! So currently still no car and no timescales to get it back!

Get the car sent to Camberley Audi then, as the parts are available, as is the kit required to fix.

Post by **ChrisRS4** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:16 am

WnelsonRS4 wrote:Mine is still in with the Dealer. I have even called Audi HQ to see if this is a known problem....no prizes for the response! So currently still no car and no timescales to get it back!

Is there a reason they didn't just had the car back to you till the parts arrived? I've had assurances that mine is safe to drive and they'll book me back in once the parts turn up.

Post by **Cobalt** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:16 am

Look at KW suspension. I know alot about bike suspension as I raced for a few years and still do trackdays on two wheels !

The KW seems to be a superion product as you have adjustment 3 ways preload / ride height. Compression and Rebound. This is important dependng on driving. They are also SSteel so wont corrode on our salty roads.

Mine is in on Wed at West Tuning Thruxton to be done and forgotten about. When I do my Ring Trip I can set it when there for a few days of fun and then change it back to put 3 kids and the dog in the boot !

I have an 03 RS6 Avant, Milltek, West tuned 515 brake allegedly !

Post by **W8PMC** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:19 am

Cobalt wrote:Look at KW suspension. I know alot about bike suspension as I raced for a few years and still do trackdays on two wheels !

The KW seems to be a superion product as you have adjustment 3 ways preload / ride height. Compression and Rebound. This is important dependng on driving. They are also SSteel so wont corrode on our salty roads.

Mine is in on Wed at West Tuning Thruxton to be done and forgotten about. When I do my Ring Trip I can set it when there for a few days of fun and then change it back to put 3 kids and the dog in the boot !

I have an 03 RS6 Avant, Milltek, West tuned 515 brake allegedly !

Do the NSPCC know you drive around with your 3 kids in the boot

Post by **Cobalt** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:11 pm

Post by **WnelsonRS4** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:34 pm

My car is now back and working - no knocking. They aparently just re-tried the normal way to recharge and it worked!

Life returns to the fast lane

Post by **WnelsonRS4** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:37 pm

ChrisRS4 wrote:
WnelsonRS4 wrote:Mine is still in with the Dealer. I have even called Audi HQ to see if this is a known problem....no prizes for the response! So currently still no car and no timescales to get it back!
Is there a reason they didn't just had the car back to you till the parts arrived? I've had assurances that mine is safe to drive and they'll book me back in once the parts turn up.

My thoughts were if there is a knocking noise what other damage might this cause, so I didnt want it back until it was fixed. These cars cost to much money to mess with issues such as this....thats what the warranty is for

Post by **minou** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:19 pm

Been following this with interest. My Rs6 Avant was off the road for 3 months a few years back with DRC valve problems. Bought an Rs4 Avant Oct 2006 as I understood Audi had solved the suspension problems. Now I find all these problems you are getting that are just the ones I had several years ago. So have acted quickly and I am out of Audi for good and have sold it. Sad to see it go but a car is no use to me if it is likely to have a problem that the dealers are unable to sort.

colin

Post by **WnelsonRS4** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:21 am

AR@E!!!!! My car is still playing up!!!! Going back to Amersham tonight! As recommended from W8PMC I called Camberley Audi and they stated they had no issues fixing this. So if not resolution by the weekend it's off to them I go.

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