Just thought I’d share my story so far in brief around this issue...
Bought my late 2017 model RS3 in December from a VW garage in Nottingham, great car and it drove well. My only gripes were that the rear pads look nearly gone and discs corroded. And that there was a squeaking noise from the exhaust valves which could be heard changing from D to S while parked or whenever the valves open and close (mostly while driving it is hard to hear due to the purring of the engine). This was flagged to the salesman who had it inspected and the VW technician said it was because it had been stood and would disappear after a bit of driving. The pads were 50% worn so they wouldn’t replace.
Rudely 2 weeks after buying the car I had notice that the first MOT was due, so thought to myself “my fault I should’ve asked when it was due” anyway the exhaust was still squeaking so I booked it into Audi JCT600 for MOT and health check noting for them to check exhaust squeaking.
Audi Cam technician informs me the pin is squeaking due to light corrosion. Service lady informs me it needs a diagnostic check which costs £168 to find the problem to see if it can be fixed (knowing that it isn’t accessible I expected the worst). This inspection wasn’t covered under warranty which I wasn’t happy about so rang VW and said they needed to pay for this, they did and the inspection came back with a £2000 cost for new exhaust and silencers which apparently isn’t covered under warranty. All for a squeaking valve pin, however corrosion isn’t something to live with so now I’m stuck between a battle between VW and Audi to see who is going to pay for this.
I just hope I don’t get stuck with the bill and that either VW front the cost as the correct thing to do or Audi decide that technically this is a warranty issue or if I find this to be a popular issue then they cover it anyway in goodwill. I wanted to share my progress with this situation to see if anyone else has had this problem?
Bought my late 2017 model RS3 in December from a VW garage in Nottingham, great car and it drove well. My only gripes were that the rear pads look nearly gone and discs corroded. And that there was a squeaking noise from the exhaust valves which could be heard changing from D to S while parked or whenever the valves open and close (mostly while driving it is hard to hear due to the purring of the engine). This was flagged to the salesman who had it inspected and the VW technician said it was because it had been stood and would disappear after a bit of driving. The pads were 50% worn so they wouldn’t replace.
Rudely 2 weeks after buying the car I had notice that the first MOT was due, so thought to myself “my fault I should’ve asked when it was due” anyway the exhaust was still squeaking so I booked it into Audi JCT600 for MOT and health check noting for them to check exhaust squeaking.
Audi Cam technician informs me the pin is squeaking due to light corrosion. Service lady informs me it needs a diagnostic check which costs £168 to find the problem to see if it can be fixed (knowing that it isn’t accessible I expected the worst). This inspection wasn’t covered under warranty which I wasn’t happy about so rang VW and said they needed to pay for this, they did and the inspection came back with a £2000 cost for new exhaust and silencers which apparently isn’t covered under warranty. All for a squeaking valve pin, however corrosion isn’t something to live with so now I’m stuck between a battle between VW and Audi to see who is going to pay for this.
I just hope I don’t get stuck with the bill and that either VW front the cost as the correct thing to do or Audi decide that technically this is a warranty issue or if I find this to be a popular issue then they cover it anyway in goodwill. I wanted to share my progress with this situation to see if anyone else has had this problem?
they’re having a laugh. 
