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ScottBH
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Aug 25, 2014, 5:10 PM
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Audi A4 A/C coolant fans, super expense??!
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I have a 2008 Audi A4, 2.0T approaching 100K miles. Yesterday, the A/C was blowing warm air in traffic and when stopped, but was cooling fine on the highway. In addition, the coolant warning light came on for a short period, then went off.
I took it to the dealer. They said that 2 coolant fans needed to be replaced. I'm assuming this is for the A/C compressor, not the radiator, but not sure. They also said the coolant reservoir warning sensor was bad, but that it was unrelated to the A/C issue (which I find hard to believe since both happened at the same time).
Worse still, they said it was $1200 to replace the fans, and $150ish for the sensor. This seems very high, especially since a perusal of the internet showed a max price of $250 for a cooling fan. What are the chances that both fans would go bad at the same time also? And should it cost anywhere near that amount for labor/parts??
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Hammer Time
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Aug 25, 2014, 5:26 PM
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You drive an Audi and you took it to the dealer........... what do you expect? Of course the prices are going to be outragous.
Yes, the fans are for both cooling and AC and are probably sold as one total assembly.
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ScottBH
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Aug 25, 2014, 5:32 PM
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Wish I knew someone else to take it to that I could trust. Lot of the mom & pop garages won't work on them.
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Hammer Time
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Aug 25, 2014, 5:44 PM
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That's not a surprise either. You had to know this when you made your choice of vehicle.
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ScottBH
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Aug 25, 2014, 5:54 PM
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Re: Audi A4 A/C coolant fans, super expense??!
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Hmmm...just asked if it was a realistic price given the car and work being done. Didn't expect to be judged for my choice of vehicle.
Thanks for the help.
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Hammer Time
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Aug 25, 2014, 6:23 PM
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I'm sorry but you go out and buy an exotic vehicle and then act shocked and complain when it's time to repair it. It is an expensive vehicle to repair and most independant shops are not trained to work on them so don't act like you are some kind of victim here. You're right. The prices are outrageous but that's life when you own an Audi. You wanted an Audi. Now you have to pay the repair bills of an Audi.
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vanishasingh
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Jul 10, 2015, 4:46 AM
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This is the common problem I’ve seen people facing; you need to change the air filter, if it’s running from quite a long. Other reasons are broken condenser, refrigerant leak, or a bad compressor.
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Hammer Time
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Jul 10, 2015, 5:11 AM
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This thread is a year old and you shouldn't be posting anything to it, and never the nonsense you posted.
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