[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by Palum6o

Bringing this thread back to life in case someone wants to research a failing sunroof drain on a Audi Q7. We were quite shocked this week over our repair bill, at approx $7K. That's right.... $7 GRAND!. On the Audi forums, this issue is nothing new. We always knew it affected the '07 models, and I believe there was a class action suit against Audi for this... never expected this to happen to our '08.

The drain tubes will fail, causing the water to leak inside the car. It happened so subtle that we never noticed the wet carpets - it's been raining a lot in Norther California over the past few weeks. We realized something was wrong when we got stranded, car wouldn't start. Battery seemed to be dead.... turns out a lot of water entered the floor, battery and circuit box are conveniently located under the driver's seat.

Turns out, the water damage turned into an insurance claim, approx $5K. Mildewed carpets front and back have to be replaced, battery and circuit box. Parts were about $2200, labor was the other half at $180/hr.

I'm responsible for the faulty drains however, was told not to worry, parts may cost a couple hundred. Well that didn't include the labor... which now I'm looking at $1,700. My car is all apart, insurance claim was processed, but now I'm stuck with this huge bill on a car with 80k miles on it. We were just thinking of trading it in on something else too.

What a bummer.

These cars are fancy junk. Yes, they are a pleasure to drive and be seen in. Best to lease them new under warranty, dump when done, then move on to another...

PS... filed a claim with Audi USA to see if anything can be done.

Sent you a PM.