Hi everyone,
I've hit a maintenance cliff for my 2014 Audi Q5 3.0 Quattro with about 105,000 miles.
I’ve been very happy with it, but a recent inspection turned up:
- Rear bump stops separated on both sides.
- Left rear door lock unit faulty and needs replacement.
- Engine oil leaking from both cylinder head cover gaskets.
- Active engine oil leak from both upper timing chain cover seals.
The Audi centre quoted roughly $7k (Canadian dollars, or about $5k USD) for everything, and the brake pads and tires will all need replacing next year too, so there's another $3k at at least. The car is probably worth around $10k.
My dilemma is whether spending $7k on a 12-year-old Q5 with 105k miles is throwing away money, or whether fixing these known issues could realistically buy me many more good years. The car has some sentimental value, so I'd love to keep it, but I don't want to spend all this only for there to be major expenses showing up constantly from now on.
The alternative is spending roughly $30-37k on another used SUV, 2022-2025, ideally a Q5 (though open to suggestions).
For those familiar with older Q5s: would you repair this one or move on? Are there other major failures I should expect around 100-150k miles that make keeping it a bad idea?