You should check your facts. There have newer been any crankshaft issues at all with the 1.2 TDI 3L. This is in fact on of the most reliable 3 cylindered diesel engines in the world. As long as you service it regularly and use the correct Castrol Edge 5W30, the only thing that do go bad, is the occasional (2-300.000 km) nozzle seals. If the gearbox is not overfilled to 3.1 liter (only 2.6 is stated in the manual), the gearbox bearings tend to wear out around 250.000 km. However, it is absolutely essential, that the people servicing the 1.2 TDI, had the special knowledge of these cars. Plenty of examples on people getting a huge bill for changing various parts blindly, when the culprit in fact is a 5 min operating and a 20 cent O-ring. Having owned 8 of these cars, (currently we have 2), I'm quite sure that this is the best car in the world.
Hi Sören, Would it be possible to get in touch to better understand your recommendations. Indeed these are amazing cars and I am aiming at keeping them a long time ... Thanks!
What "axial clearance of the crank shaft" are you referring to? The 1.2 tdi is well known to be indestrukable! With a new turbo at 400.000 km you are able to run it for 800.000 km!!!! And also forgetting to mention that the body work is constructed to last for eternity makes this revue unfair. In year 2040 the A2 will for sure be one of the very few cars from year 2000 remaining on the road.
@@RareOrf Yes that would be a worry for the future, I agree. I live in the south of Sweden, but I always go to Denmark for all maintainance. A company called JP Auto in Havdrup are completely specialized in servicing the 3L cars (Lupo/A2)
I bought one of the last special edition cars in the UK. My thinking was the *known* sunroof failure issues would have been corrected/resolved through the evolution of the life of the car. How wrong I was. When mine failed, just out of warranty, there were only 6 dealers in the country who had the skill and share of the "pool tools" to be able to fix it - at a cost of £2k+.🤬 The myth of German engineering was laid to rest when I found out that Audi never made any attempt to correct the design fault, choosing instead to repair only under a warranty claim. During my ownership, I had the ABS pressure switch fail, on three separate occasions - it was built into the top of the ABS unit - replacement cost over £1k +VAT +labour. The Air-conditioning system failed due to a £50 flap position motor (£700 dash out labour charge) and another positional flap motor in the air intake manifold and another £1k+VAT + labour to fix. Then there was the harsh crashing/noisy suspension, gutless 1.4 diesel engine, around town (that was actually ok on the motorway) and the cheapest hardest plastic surfaces (dash and door cards) etc. Needless to say, I was very happy to see the back of it with only 42k on the clock and why I have never bought another Audi since, although I am sure I must have bought a Friday afternoon car😭😭 I very much believed in the concept of a lightweight all-aluminium constructed car but it clearly cut too many corners - hard to believe then that they lost money on every car they sold without options and when the new Audi CEO came in, the first thing he did was cancel it!
Attention: Lots of facts in this video are simple wrong. The speaker mixes up between the 1.4TDI and the 1.2 TDI 3L. This are in fact two very different cars.
You should check your facts. There have newer been any crankshaft issues at all with the 1.2 TDI 3L. This is in fact on of the most reliable 3 cylindered diesel engines in the world. As long as you service it regularly and use the correct Castrol Edge 5W30, the only thing that do go bad, is the occasional (2-300.000 km) nozzle seals. If the gearbox is not overfilled to 3.1 liter (only 2.6 is stated in the manual), the gearbox bearings tend to wear out around 250.000 km. However, it is absolutely essential, that the people servicing the 1.2 TDI, had the special knowledge of these cars. Plenty of examples on people getting a huge bill for changing various parts blindly, when the culprit in fact is a 5 min operating and a 20 cent O-ring. Having owned 8 of these cars, (currently we have 2), I'm quite sure that this is the best car in the world.
Hi Sören,
Would it be possible to get in touch to better understand your recommendations. Indeed these are amazing cars and I am aiming at keeping them a long time ... Thanks!
What "axial clearance of the crank shaft" are you referring to? The 1.2 tdi is well known to be indestrukable! With a new turbo at 400.000 km you are able to run it for 800.000 km!!!! And also forgetting to mention that the body work is constructed to last for eternity makes this revue unfair. In year 2040 the A2 will for sure be one of the very few cars from year 2000 remaining on the road.
Well said.
I tend to agree. My only worry is to find people able to fine tune the gear. Box system.
@@RareOrf Yes that would be a worry for the future, I agree. I live in the south of Sweden, but I always go to Denmark for all maintainance. A company called JP Auto in Havdrup are completely specialized in servicing the 3L cars (Lupo/A2)
I bought one of the last special edition cars in the UK.
My thinking was the *known* sunroof failure issues would have been corrected/resolved through the evolution of the life of the car.
How wrong I was.
When mine failed, just out of warranty, there were only 6 dealers in the country who had the skill and share of the "pool tools" to be able to fix it - at a cost of £2k+.🤬
The myth of German engineering was laid to rest when I found out that Audi never made any attempt to correct the design fault, choosing instead to repair only under a warranty claim.
During my ownership, I had the ABS pressure switch fail, on three separate occasions - it was built into the top of the ABS unit - replacement cost over £1k +VAT +labour.
The Air-conditioning system failed due to a £50 flap position motor (£700 dash out labour charge) and another positional flap motor in the air intake manifold and another £1k+VAT + labour to fix.
Then there was the harsh crashing/noisy suspension, gutless 1.4 diesel engine, around town (that was actually ok on the motorway) and the cheapest hardest plastic surfaces (dash and door cards) etc.
Needless to say, I was very happy to see the back of it with only 42k on the clock and why I have never bought another Audi since, although I am sure I must have bought a Friday afternoon car😭😭
I very much believed in the concept of a lightweight all-aluminium constructed car but it clearly cut too many corners - hard to believe then that they lost money on every car they sold without options and when the new Audi CEO came in, the first thing he did was cancel it!
Remarkable. Horribly so. I've had mine for 8 months and found Audi don't want to know.
Attention: Lots of facts in this video are simple wrong. The speaker mixes up between the 1.4TDI and the 1.2 TDI 3L. This are in fact two very different cars.
I own a 1,4 tdi and i wonder what car is here spoken of. It has made 280.000 km without any trouble.
My own can’t reach 150 km/h I don’t know why