r/etron

Trying to decide between installing a level 2 Charge Point or just a 240V outlet in my garage for my first EV. Any opinions on either one or if one way is vastly superior to the other? Only plan on driving 30-40 miles a week if that matters.

What is everyone seeing for their long-term efficiency numbers, and what are you getting on the highway?

I recently purchased a used 2024 Q8 e-tron, and the long-term efficiency before I reset it was around 2.0 mi/kWh. On the highway, I’m currently getting around 2.1 mi/kWh, but I haven’t done any really long trips yet. I’m wondering if that number improves once you get into longer highway drives.

Kyle from Out of Spec Reviews Youtube seemed to get close to 3.0 mi/kWh on his test, which seems pretty wild to me.

I usually drive in Allroad mode with the AC on, so maybe I should try an Efficiency-mode highway run and see what I get. Curious what everyone else is seeing!

Posted a few times on this sub and a few of the shrills have downvoted me for daring to be negative.

Previous post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/etron/s/9CJc1RsugF

I am based in the UK. Fully aware that some countries do it better and quicker.

My car is now repaired and I pick it up Friday. (Needs an MOT)

In the end I had to do the following.

1. Formal complaint to Audi.
2. Formal complaint to dealership, known as Lookers in the UK.
3. Posted a terrible review on trustpilot.
4. Phone the dealership every few days and chase them.
5. Threaten to cancel the finance plan with finance company.

3 months with no car is simply unacceptable. The dealership clearly has issues, coupled with the shortage of EB techs. Thankfully Audi UK pushed the dealership to get my car repaired and have at least apologised for this shit show.

My wife’s car took two months to repair, as that was from a different dealer and under that new car warranty, we at least got her a courtesy car.

The slap to the face there is that the dealer damaged the car so it needs to go back in to get damaged repaired.

It should need to be the case that it takes this level of effort to get cars repaired under warranty.

I hope this helps anyone thinking of buying an e-tron or getting screwed around by their dealer.

I charge my etron at work, as they charge wholesale electric price which is a little cheaper than domestic rate (21p vs 26p currently), and I don't do enough mileage for a home EV tariff to make sense.

My commute uses 10% of my charge, so I had set my charge target to 90% as I charge after lunch ready for the commute home, arriving home with ~80-82% ish most days.

The audi app flagged up an annoying warning about how utterly devastating this is for battery ageing. It can't be marked as acknowledged or read, it will only clear after charging repeatedly to 80% a few times.

Anyone know of a way to ignore it anyway, other than just ignoring it? 😂 I've bought at 6 year old etron with 70k on the clock, whatever battery ageing is going to happen has already been done in the first 3 years of its life.

A few weeks ago I got the message “Adaptive cruise assist: currently unavailable. See owners manual”. Ever since that day it hasn’t worked and is greyed out in settings. I live 1.5 hours from the dealer so I’m trying to avoid going there for something dumb. I called them and the technician said my cameras were probably just dirty. I’ve washed the car twice and specifically cleaned every camera with no luck. Has anyone experienced this/fixed it? I had to drive 6 hours this past weekend in a luxury car without even a basic cruise control.

Hello :-)

I'm hopefully moving from my Mustang Mach E to a new Audi Q6 ETron but had a question regarding the car's cruise control / lane centering features. I've searched this reddit but couldn't find the answer so hoping someone could help.

I'm getting the car in the UK through a lease with LexAutolease (via work). On the Mach E, the feature I use the most often is the automatic lane centering so when I have the adaptive cruise control turned on, on the motorway, the car pretty much does the steering to keep me in the middle of the lane. This works really well for me as I do very little steering input (other than keeping my hands on the wheel).

Based on my car allowance, I am looking to lease the Audi Q6 ETron, sport trim, performance model with the tech pack. Up until today I assumed that this car / spec would do the lane centering like I had on the Mach E but some searches today seem to indicate this is not the case and instead I get the lane nudges rather than the steering.

My question is that, is this something I can purchase later through the myAudi app? The various AI tools seems to give me widely different answers.

Any help will be very much appreciated! thanks.

In May I purchased a 2023 OG etron, CPO

Since then,
+ Major electrical failure on the highway (car stopped, Christmas tree of faults / errors, limped to side of road)
+ Dealer had the car for 3 weeks trying to replicate issue and kept trying to give it back to me without any repairs because “intermittent error unable to reproduce”
+ Finally reproduced fault, replaced drive motor module, drove it a bit and returned to me
+ 4 days later I had the same fault experience / car failed on road again
+ they’ve now had the car another two weeks and will be doing a full rear motor repair per collab with Audi

Thank god its CPO but this has been a mess. Any suggestions for negotiating with dealer or Audi corporate on extending my CPO warranty or other compensation?

I'm looking at a RS etron GT with 35k miles that has the carbon ceramic brake option. I know the rotors should last the lifetime if treated right. I've done some research and I should look at the wear dots, see if the surface is smooth, chips, bubling. Then with a test drive, if I notice if shudder, pulling, coarse grinding noise when braking and lack of bite at low speeds. Should I still pay the dealer to use their Proceq Carboteq laser tool to check the rotor and/or have a mobile PPI come can check the rotor condition? The dealer is already doing their own inspection of the underbody, batttery SOH, brake pad thickness, and tire depth. The dealer will probably charge $300 and the mobile mechanic another $200. Is this just overkill, should I do 1 or the other, or both?

Our 2024 q8 etron went in for all the software recalls. After a few of the updates they noticed a large issue and had the car for 5 weeks. I’m trying to get ahold of someone at Audi about reimbursing us for the gas we had to pay for. I have called their customer service line and been on hold for almost an hour 5-6 times.

Anyone have any luck getting ahold of someone or know a better more direct way to contact them?

I have a 2019 ETron Prestige that I charge via a 240V outlet in our house. We are having a weird problem charging where it will start charging and then stop at random. Sometimes it goes for a while, sometimes only ten minutes. When it stops, the charger (third party, not official Audi) says "Charging Complete" but the car is only charged to like 75 miles or something. If I open and close the car door, then charging will start back up again normally only to stop at some random time again.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? Its almost like the car is going to sleep and has to be woken up. We do have location based charging rules setup, but its time period is an entire 24 hour span so in theory it shouldn't matter.

Things I have checked: The outlet is putting out the proper power and was installed by a professional. It charges our other car just fine with no issues. Same with the charger. It only has problems with this car.

Should I be worried? I'm starting to get anxious about the smallest little things, and noticing little quirks here and there, not sure if the 12v battery is starting to die or if I'm just being paranoid.

Biggest thing that happened was that when I stepped in the car, I pressed on the brake pedal to turn it on, and the center screen took a lil bit longer than usual (less than five seconds but more that two, while it normally does it in around 1 or two seconds) to turn on.

I need to mention that I didn't drive the car for like two weeks before yesterday, so that might be another factor to consider.

I’ve been jonesing to road trip in this car and had my chance this past weekend. 755 mi on interstate, 2 lane highway, backroads, and small cities and burgs.

What a joy to drive! Used ABRP to figure out stops because charging was scarce in northern Wisconsin. We had no issues with charging at all.

This car is sooooooo pleasant to drive. The instant torque got me out of an accident when a truck/trailer combo didn’t notice I was slowing for the car in front of me turning right. Fortunately, no one coming in the oncoming lane.

Sunroof open, auto wipers, navigation, stereo…everything was amazing and added to our confidence for a first EV road trip. Spent about $40 on fast charging round trip. Met nice folks at the chargers with great nearby amenities!

Love this car!

D’oh! Edit! Another charge came through this morning. It was actually $76. I missed a big one. Sorry. Still, gas is $5/gal for my spouse’s car sports car (91 octane). Would have cost way more and been less pleasant. Sorry y’all for the goof. Kind of a big goof.

I have 6 months remaining on a 4-year lease on my 2024 Q8 Etron Launch Edition. This has been my all-time favorite car and I would happily take another — except with better range. Unfortunately Audi discontinued this model. I need to find an alternative soon. Is anyone else in the same boat, and what are you considering? I would consider downsizing, if necessary, though I expect comparable luxury, sporty driving, and range of around 400 miles. The Volvo EX60 is intriguing as is the new BMW ix5.

Bought a used 2022 Premier Plus back in the spring while we wait for our R2. Have been super happy with the vehicle and decided to go on an adventure. Drove from Madison, WI to Toronto, Ontario, to Niagara Falls, Ontario and then on to South Haven, MI before heading back to Madison. What a wonderful car! Averaged around 2.85mi/kW with 100% charge still around 235 miles of range.