This deal is profitable. The price is 3.9 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $18695
Fair price: $19995
High price: $21294
MPG: 31 mpg city / 43 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Black
Color: Lotus Gray Metallic
Mileage: 33,792
Year: 2015
Ownership Cost for 2015 Audi A3 (2.0 TDI Premium)
Estimated: $43310 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$4420
$2122
$1857
$1680
$1503
$11582
Insurance
$2084
$2157
$2233
$2311
$2392
$11177
Fuel
$1054
$1086
$1124
$1169
$1221
$5654
Maintenance
$1717
$1615
$1172
$1577
$1810
$7891
Repairs
$600
$791
$895
$1021
$1195
$4502
Taxes & Fees
$1692
$1692
$1692
$1692
$1692
$2506
Total Ownership Costs
$11567
$7963
$7526
$7914
$8339
$43310
Air Bag Loc Curtain: All Rows
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Knee: Driver Seat Only
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 1968
Displacement CI: 120.094728378
Displacement L: 1.968000
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 150
Engine KW: 111.8550
Engine Manufacturer: Audi
Fuel Type Primary: Diesel
Make: AUDI
Manufacturer: AUDI
Manufacturer Id: 1149
Model: A3
Model Year: 2015
Other Engine Info: Fuel: Diesel (50-St); Federal / California Emission Standard: BIN 5 / ULEV125; Emissions Certification Test Group: FVGAV02.0APA
Plant City: Gyor
Plant Country: Hungary
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Indirect
Transmission Style: Automatic
Trim: Premium
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
THIS COMPLAINT RELATES TO A TDI VERSION OF THE AUDI A3. WHILE DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL, THE CAR STOPPED DEAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. ON INSPECTION BY AN AUDI DEALER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. THE PUMP FAILURE CAUSED METAL PARTICLES FROM THE PUMP ITSELF TO CIRCULATE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM DOING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE FUEL SYSTEM AND POWER TRAIN. AS OF THIS DATE, THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR LONGER THAN TWO WEEKS WITH NO ESTIMATED DATE OF COMPLETION. WE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR CATASTROPHIC FUEL PUMP FAILURE WITH OUR AUDI Q7 TDI IN JUNE OF 2012 WHICH REQUIRED A NEW ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM AND OTHER PARTS (SEE ODI # 10480946). ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IN REPAIRING THE A3 RELATES TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF CARS WITH SIMILAR FUEL SYSTEM FAILURES WHICH HAS CAUSED A SCARCITY OF PARTS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO TDI VEHICLES FROM BOTH VOLKSWAGEN AND AUDI. I AM NO ENGINEER, BUT WIDESPREAD FUEL SYSTEM FAILURES SEEM POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO DRIVERS AND THEIR PASSENGERS. THIS PROBLEM DESERVES AN INVESTIGATION. *TR
