2015 Audi Q7 3.0T quattro S line Prestige AWD 4dr SUV, Gray, Mileage: 79,147

You can not buy a used Audi Q7 for sale without diagnostics at specialized organizations and pick up a car - based on the condition of the body. When the car stops starting or is in need of repair, it will not matter how many painted parts or the thickness of the paint.

Large, solid, finally, just a beautiful German crossover makes a very good impression, still has several obvious advantages - a high level of comfort, excellent handling, good dynamics, a considerable luggage compartment. But considering only the pluses, choosing a car on the secondary market, will not be completely reasonable, because it can have serious shortcomings.

The used Audi and Q7 is the first full-size crossover from the Audi brand with a sports "character," originally announced in September 2005, developed based on Pikes Peak Quattro's concept car. The car is equipped with permanent all-wheel drive. Audi has it called the Quattro. The torque is distributed between axles in the ratio of 40 on 60. That is the rear axle "works" more than the front one. There is an opportunity to install three rows of seats in the car. But it would be more correct to say that the Q7 has two full-size rows of seats. The third row is more likely for children. Or for adults whose height does not exceed 160 cm.

The difficulty of using the third row is also in the fact that Q7 has no reclining seats but only seats with not fully folding backs. In general, to avoid excessive headaches, it is better not to think about the third row of seats, it is more perspective to use this space as a luggage compartment. The Q7 has no overdrive gear. It negatively influences its off-road qualities. But Q7 has never been positioned as a real off-roader. It is more likely a fast and powerful status car on which it is convenient to drive in the city, and also on interurban highways.

The used 2015 Audi q7 prestige  - a comfortable large-sized car with a respectable, although somewhat outdated exterior design, characterized by excellent cross-country capability, smooth running.

Other advantages of this model:

• relatively low fuel consumption;
• good dynamics;
• roomy interior;
• roomy trunk (but not with three rows of seats);
• high-quality interior trim;
• excellent controllability;
• the ergonomic layout of the controls;
• above-average level of safety.

The most essential disadvantage of premium Audi Q7 is certainly the considerable cost of its maintenance, in fact, even without essential breakdowns, it is necessary to lay out a decent sum for maintenance. It is possible to economize if to buy consumables of non-original production, but here it is difficult to say how long the car will pass till the next repair.

The wear of the fuel injection pump and the subsequent emission of particles into the fuel system is a rare defect, typical for diesel engines CASa (V6 3.0) and BTR (4.1 V8). The manufacturer recognizes the defect, and it used to be possible to have it replaced under a recall campaign. The fact that the high-pressure pump has been replaced is elementary to check.

The performance and wear of the HP pump are also easy to check during a test drive with the computer connected. It is not diagnosed on the elevator. The extent of the problem is greatly exaggerated; most often, the problems with chips lie in the long-term operation of the car with a burning check engine for the low efficiency of the fuel injection pump.

How to start choosing a used diesel, Audi? Unfortunately, it is necessary to realize a few things that are not always clear to buyers.

1. The resource of diesel engines. Low mileage is important for gasoline engines, not diesel. The engines themselves are very reliable, and all the breakdowns in 90% of cases occur in the fuel system, supercharger, or exhaust system, which for some reason no one checks, but there is more attention to the pneumatic system, silent blocks, and leaking seals.
2. There is not much sense to choose a car with mileage under 100k miles unless you are buying 1-3 years old vehicles. Diesel cars are bought for high mileage, so when choosing a 5-8-year-old car you should be guided not by mileage but by the car's technical condition, service history, and mileage in moto-hours.
3. The vast majority of diesel cars are aged and have the mileage twisted. It is possible to find out the real mileage only as a result of computer diagnostics performed by professionals. Even in cases when the mileage is "read in the database," it is not uncommon to see the difference between the mileage in the units and on the dashboard - the owners themselves give wrong readings of the mileage when buying inspection tickets.

When buying a used Audi Q7, one should understand that the mentioned failures are only probable; they are not inherent to all cars of this model. If the owner of the vehicle follows the maintenance schedule, does not save on consumables, the car is good for a long time, although it is impossible to exclude the possible presence of hidden defects.