Warranty-safe servicing for Wimbledon's newer Audis
Wimbledon's roads carry more recent Audis than most of our areas, from A3 Sportbacks near Wimbledon Chase to large Q7s and electrified models in the Village. Many owners assume they must use a dealer while the car is under warranty. They do not. Under the Block Exemption rules, an independent garage can service the car to Audi's schedule using matching-quality parts, and the warranty remains valid as long as the work is recorded properly, which we do in detail.
How these cars are used still matters. The town centre around the Centre Court Shopping Centre and New Wimbledon Theatre is congested for much of the day, with heavy bus traffic and pedestrian crossings. A car driven mostly in those conditions builds up engine hours with little steady running, which is hard on oil and, for diesels, on the DPF. On models where the service interval is calculated by the car, we check whether a fixed interval would suit your driving better.
For warranty-age cars, we also watch for faults that belong with a dealer. If something looks like a recall or warranty repair, we tell you rather than charging for it. For cars just out of warranty, we cover the items that often slip at this point, such as brake fluid by age, spark plugs on TFSI engines and gearbox oil on wet-clutch S tronic units. A run out along Kingston Road towards Raynes Park is part of our road test when we need to check the car at speed.
The drive from Wimbledon runs down the A24 to Morden, along St Helier Avenue to Rose Hill, then Wrythe Lane and Hackbridge Road, about 20 minutes. Collection and delivery can be arranged, which saves dealing with town-centre parking controls. Every job is quoted in writing, and repairs carry our 3-month workmanship warranty.