Best Audi Midsize / Medium SUVs

Terrible car. I thought Audi is quality German engineering, but I was wrong. Bought brand new in December 2018. I bought it from Audi Penfold… Read more

Burwood In Melbourne. In 6 years we have done only less than 90,000km. Nothing but trouble.

On 27th December, we were travelling from Canberra to Sydney. Suddenly car RPM went very high on Middle of freeway, I stopped on the side of the road to see what’s going on. After switching off the engine, car would not start. Ended getting up tow truck to towed to the Audi Canberra Dealership. They could not find any fault, why car wouldn’t start. After 10 days of constant follow up finally answered to me that there is less compression on all engine cylinders.

To do further testing and investigation they need to strip the engine which will be charged to me $9650, if they find that engine needs replacement, new engine of Q5 3.0 TDI will cost approximately $30,000. Plus plus plus ….

All this unnecessary electronic cr#p keeps going wrong. Parts are extremely expensive. Audi Australia and their dealership are not willing to help or taking any blame of defective piece of German engineering.

Do yourself a favour and don't Audi cars.

Reviewing ex wife's experience in past 4 years that has been unfortunately nothing short of a nightmare. Bought second hand with approximately 120Ks… Read more

on the clock. Admittedly the car is powerful and comfortable when all is OK, BUT when things start to go wrong it's a horrible experience. First problem was supposedly with turbo failure and ended with a myriad of other components also. Long story short, the car was taken to Audi service centre (which by the way recommend to stay away from) in Sydney and 15Ks later and months of the car going back and forth because it was breaking down every other month. Car was not fixed to an acceptable standard and Audi did not want to continue with it. Eventually another mechanic solved the problem by again swapping out the turbo and other electronic modules and sensors which cost 12K. Next came steering failure by traveling through a couple of inches deep pool of water. Apparently the Audi SQ5 is not designed for that, which took out the steering rack and module while driving which is dangerous . Finally the transmission has given way also while driving and is now locked in park. Personally I think all these newer cars especially in the last two decades that have sensors and modules for everything along with four cylinder diesel turbo engines are a joke and are built with a five year lifespan at most before problems arise. Could be that ex purchased a lemon but just wanted to warn others.