Hi there, need some advice please. I'm a recent owner of an Audi Tdi 1.6 sport. When I bought it from the car dealer he told me the cambelt had already been changed but I needed to view online with my audi. Com. I went through this process only to find it has no records of this being done. The local audi dealership is saying that Audi recently changed the cambelt renew to 140,000 miles with no time limit either, just pure mileage. It does say on my audi.com that this is to be renewed at 140000 with no time limit too. I'm so confused as to what I should do as I don't want to drive a car that could breakdown at any time but want peace of mind too. The quotes for Audi to replace the belt and water pump is £873 which is a lot of money to pay out on top of just buying the car. It has done 55k and is a 2013 plate. Any advice on this would be gratefully received.
Helen F
If your local Audi dealer has no record on Audi's electronic records of the cambelt being changed and the seller cannot produce evidence that it has been changed, then there is no proof that it has been changed. Too late now, but you should have obtained evidence before buying or insisted on a change as part of the deal to buy. I wouldn't risk driving it very much further before I get the belt inspected and changed if necessary but I don't believe you need to go to a main dealer and pay their prices. Do you have a local independent VW/Audi specialist nearby?
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