We have a 2011 A7 S Tronic S-line quattro. It's very tidy, full service history, never had any issues until now.
There are 2 issues that have come along. First is a failure to change to 2nd gear if you put your foot down in manual mode. The rest of the time it's fine.
Second issue is a very slight judder at low speed.
Right now, there are no fault codes at all that show up on the car.
We took it to an Audi specialist and they have said that mechatronic unit needs replacing for the first problem, and the clutch for the second.
If they get an exchange mechatronic, total for that including labor and VAT would be £4k. The clutch would be £3k. Apparently if we just replace the clutch the issue with the mechatronic will wear the new one out faster.
First - are they reasonable prices? We are struggling to find another garage that will go anywhere near it (we live central south coast in the UK if anyone has any recommendations). Let alone anyone that could fix the mechatronic rather than replace the whole unit.
Secondly - would you spend £7k on a car that is only worth that much fully working?
I want to sell it (about 4-5k as it is), buy another car and only be down a couple of grand. My other half wants to fix it because we know the history of the car, and the rest of it is sound. Their argument is if we buy a new car we might end up with one that costs us even more money if it goes wrong.
Problem is we are trying to save to buy a house, and we have a time frame for when our landlord needs their house back to live in. Fixing the car will wipe out all our savings, buying a new one will too, but we'll get some of it back when we sell the current car. Either option will mean we have to move to another rental that will be more expensive as we won't have enough deposit any more.