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Initial Complaint
04/12/2024
- Complaint Type:
- Service or Repair Issues
- Status:
- Unanswered
I bought a car on Feb 19, 2024. It's a used Audi A3 with 109K miles on it. I bought it for about $6K and paid another $1K for tax and registration. They gave me a smog certificate from July 2023. On the drive home from purchasing the car, the check engine light came on. I got a repair estimate (attached). The dealer would not pay it. I replaced the spark plugs myself out of pocket and some of the engine codes have appeared to have gone away. There are several others. The check engine light came back on. I took it to another repair shop and they said the original misdiagnosed where the major oil leak is coming from. The estimate for that one came out to be $3500.I was not expecting a car with zero issues. I was expecting a car that could pass smog and didn't have serious mechanical problems the day I purchased it.
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Customer Complaints Summary
1 total complaints in the last 3 years.
1 complaints closed in the last 12 months.