RS4 belt change at 40k????

[FrankC]

Can any one confirm that the belt change is carried out at either 40k miles or 5 years from first registration?
My car will be 5 years old on 07-03-2005 and has covered 33,500 miles,the dealer has advised me that the belt change will have to be carried out before 07-03-2005 to keep the car in warranty.
It makes no mention of the 5 year clause in the service schedule.
Advice please?????
Cheers fc

[Amosu]

Hmmm... not sure with the Audi, but I always thought 3 years or 40k was the norm - whichever comes soonest. That is on other brands though so not sure?

[KeithD]

Spoke to my local dealer this morning about this very subject and his view was 40k or 5 years , his view was it was better to change the belts than the engine !!!!

He seemed very clued up RS4 wise which was quite impressive , had a chat with him about a few mtn modified cars which they look after.

Hope this helps

Keith

[FrankC]

Called Audi uk for clarification....they advise not to wait untill the 40k service to have the belt change but rather do it now due to age of the car ie 5 years old.
Cheers fc

[RS4_Barry]

Can never be too careful mine was changed at 4 years old which equated to 13000miles

[bobjebb]

keith - whats the dealer you mention? Seems there are too few around with real RS4 expertise...

[simple1]

Belt is to be changed at 40K or five years, which ever comes first and costs £900 inc vat by dealer, I believe it can be done for less than half that by specialists.

[J.Seven]

He seemed very clued up RS4 wise which was quite impressive , had a chat with him about a few mtn modified cars which they look after.

Hope this helps

Keith

What did he mention regarding modified cars?

J.Seven

[911TT_STEVO]

It is definately 40k for sure! don't know about 5 years!!! Price you should be looking at is roughly between £600 - £700, I got mine replaced for £590 ish (if i remember correctly) and I know that was a good deal! You have to haggle with the dealer on it, they will come and go!, but I would definately be looking around the £700 mark!!! good luck

[KeithD]

The dealer was Epsom audi , can't speak for them first hand but the guy i spoke to today seemed very switched on as far As rs4 was concerned, I have spoken to quite a few service guys over the last few weeks checking the history on cars and some of the comment's were a little scary !!! some were just totaly unhelpfull.

Regarding the modded cars all he said was that there were a few going in there for servicing, he was very up with the various level of tune etc and how it is achieved . Other bit of advice he gave was not to buy one with out a warranty !!!!

Keith

[bjacks]

The price for a "40k" service will be upto £1k. All depends on whether you're having the belts done and the service, or just the belts.
Stings a bit either way

[bobjebb]

ouch - thank God my wife's gone on the game.

[911TT_STEVO]

If your paying £1k for a service that's above cost price, i'm more than sure it's about £900 at cost and what most dealers do is cut the labour costs, I will try and pull out my invoice which will show this! You also have to remember I had a 6year relationship (customer that is!) with my Audi dealer so they were always good to me!!!

[FrankC]

Steve,

my dealer provided me with a breakdown of the costs associated with the 40k service.

belt change £ 573.76.
other 40k service work £293.83.

This makes a grand total of £867.59 which includes the vat.
The car is having the work carried out in 3 weeks.

Should be noted that my dealer charges around £65ph while others charge up to £100ph,this is why some lads face the £1000 bill.
Cheers fc

[RS4_STEVO]

I'm going to find that invoice on Monday (accountant has it!) i'm more than positive I had a full service with change of belt for £590 ish (I might have not inc the VAT) What I definately know is you can haggle with labour costs, I ordered Gmbh Quattro Suspension (through Audi) and ordered my Milltek (through Kim) and got the Audi dealer to fit them both for £400.00, I went to another Audi dealer and was quoted between £700-£800.

It would be good to find out how much others were charged!, I'm happy to show others my invoice if it means other members could get a little money of the labour costs!!!