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[Ian_C]

Cheers for the input everyone - thankfully there has been a happy ending.

The dealer we bought from have now produced a printout of the servicing.

As there wasn't a receipt as such, I did phone the garage that performed the first service. Their records confirmed the car was serviced as per the printout, so everything is inorder.

I will sleep a lot easier tonight. Thanks again everyone.

Where on earth has that suddenly magically appeared from?!

You don't sound in the least bit suspicious?!

If I went to view a 2014 A3 and it had been serviced anywhere other than Audi - or the seller couldn't provide proof of servicing - I'd just walk away I'm afraid

Currently searching for a 2015 A3 S line as a family car - I will ensure a blank service book is included if the cars don't come with one nowadays!

[CoupeWannabeS2]

Where on earth has that suddenly magically appeared from?!

You don't sound in the least bit suspicious?!

If I went to view a 2014 A3 and it had been serviced anywhere other than Audi - or the seller couldn't provide proof of servicing - I'd just walk away I'm afraid

Currently searching for a 2015 A3 S line as a family car - I will ensure a blank service book is included if the cars don't come with one nowadays!

It does all check out. The place that sold it to us are like a car supermarket, they have a great number of cars passing through. Seems the paperwork wasnt with the car when we bought it, and the salesman had made assumptions.

[Ian_C]

Sorted! Glad to hear it all worked out.

[220bhp]

All cars are a gamble Dan . Hope its all worked out for you. Must catch up some time.

[Polarsilver]

My reply to this thread should be in "How Crap is Audi Now.. i purchase a new Q3 for the wife in 2014 .. some time later i thought about the cars first service & get a big surprise that "Audi Do Not Provide a Service Book" with my new Q3 ? .. so i asked audi Dealer can i have a service book for my car as it is missing .. Answer was No the audi service history is now all contained within the "Key"... i am the fool to think a service book is essential.
You do not have a ringer other that Audi are conning the new & used customer ..

[Ian Simmonds]

My reply to this thread should be in "How Crap is Audi Now.. i purchase a new Q3 for the wife in 2014 .. some time later i thought about the cars first service & get a big surprise that "Audi Do Not Provide a Service Book" with my new Q3 ? .. so i asked audi Dealer can i have a service book for my car as it is missing .. Answer was No the audi service history is now all contained within the "Key"... i am the fool to think a service book is essential.
You do not have a ringer other that Audi are conning the new & used customer ..

Like you I'm suspicious of that, how do you interrogate the key if you're in a similar (to above) 'service/ no service' dispute with Audi and don't believe what they say the key is telling them? At least with a stamped book you could do some phoning around.

[Ian_C]

Like you I'm suspicious of that, how do you interrogate the key if you're in a similar (to above) 'service/ no service' dispute with Audi and don't believe what they say the key is telling them? At least with a stamped book you could do some phoning around.

Indeed. When I sold my S4 at 11 years old it had FASH including a full stamped book, oil changes on average about every 11k before my ownership, one of the main reasons I bought it, and I changed the oil yearly in my ownership. How the hell am I supposed to sell it privately and prove that to a private buyer it has FASH without a book? Stupid!