ok, i bought my 00 a4 1.8tqm last spring with 98k on it... i kinda bought it on a whim because it was a really good deal for a really nice car. (didnt know anything about audis when i bought it) however i bought it from a reallllly shady dealership north of the twin cities that knew nothing about the car, only that it was traded in there from a mid 30's lady who they said owned it from 30k till when i bought it.

i was nieve to asking before i bought the car if it had the timing belt replaced , and have been driving daily ever since then without a single problem with anything (i dont regret the purchase for any reason, love it) but now that the car has just tipped 104k i am REALLY wooried that the lady might not have gotten it changed... is there any way to find know if it has been replaced yet or not?

I recently got a borla exhaust system put on from someone where i live and he is very knowledgeable about audis and he checked my belt for me quickly when i was there and said that there are no cracks that he could tell...

i also called the dealership and they know nothing and cant really tell me anythign about the car they said so im thinking im SOL


WHAT SHOULD I DO? i have never had a problem but i dont want to make the decision after its too late

 

Definitely change it. Just because the belt looks good doesn't mean the tensioner couldn't crap out.
Without records, just do it.

 

Is there any chance to get in touch with the woman the dealership bought it from??

This might sound stupid but some shops put a sticker somewhere under the hood, that states when it was changed. Mine doesn't have one but I've seen it before, while I was looking for used Audis.
Other than that, I can only recommend to change the belt, too... and since it's a big job, change thermostat and water pump as well. If it hasn't been replaced in the recent years.

 

time to do your timming belt....should be less than 1k parts& labor....

 

200 bucks if you do it yourself and i was quoted 1300 by the dealer. I asked for a good laugh on how much you can save.

 

you can have audi check their central data base using the cars vin number. they can tell then tell you everything that and audi dealership has done on the car. anyways you should probably have the belt changed at 145k or 150k for a second time regardless of if it has been done before.

 

I bought mine with 87k and didn't know weather or not it had ben changed....I just bit the bullet and had it done....

better safe than sorry

 

ok thanks for the input



i called the dealership and they said they cant tell me the lady who sold it to them becasue of some privacy law or whatever (bs if you ask me ) but they did say that it said on their file that all service was done at carousel audi in the twin cities (only good audi dealership in mn) so thats good, and it she didnt know much and just said do the recommended service they might have done it.... but eitehr way, now that i know that i should it

A) call carousel audi?
b) call that audi vin number place

thanks guys

 

You flynnr, sorry to take this OT, but you got PM's!

 

actually if you go into any Audi dealership to their service department they should be able to do the search for you. The only reason why i know this is because i had them do this for my car because of some rust issues that they say are not covered under warranty because my car was "painted".