I brought my 2018 Q7 in on 12/22/2025 for three straightforward items:…read more- 12V battery replacement
- Brake fluid service
- Coolant flush
The quote was around $1,400-$1,500, and the car was returned the same day. Immediately, I noticed the coolant reservoir was filled all the way to the cap. When I emailed the service adviser, Devin Hitchcock, he told me not to worry. As a car enthusiast, I simply removed about 500 mL myself -- inconvenient, but manageable.
Half a month later, while doing my own oil change, I discovered something far more concerning: all eight T‑25 screws were missing from both sides of the front belly pan. Missing one or two would be understandable. Missing all eight is not. That prompted me to check the battery installation, where I found the security strip loose as well. At that point, it was clear the work had been done sloppily.
I emailed the dealership again -- no response. A week later, I finally received a call from Michael Coughlan (the supervisor). He asked for time until the following Monday because the technician was "in training in MA." I waited another week with no follow‑up, and every call went straight to voicemail.
So I contacted the Audi Advocate line and filed a complaint. Only then did Mike call me back. What he said next was astonishing: he claimed the technician was a senior tech and that my car "never left the floor." I asked how brake fluid service and a multipoint inspection could be done without lifting the car. His response? "You didn't do a brake fluid service."
I was literally holding the receipt in my hand.
After asking him to double‑check, he realized he had been looking at an old receipt from 2023. He then claimed they "don't take wheels off on some cars" for brake fluid service -- which contradicts the video from two years ago showing my car clearly on a lift.
Throughout the conversation, he repeatedly insisted he trusted his technician and implied that because I do my own oil changes, he couldn't be sure what happened. No explanation for the loose battery security strip. No accountability for the missing screws. Just deflection and blame toward a customer who has serviced their car here for two years.
At this point, I told him I do not want anyone from his team touching my car again. He offered to give me eight screws if I drove back -- as if that addressed the larger issue of dishonesty and poor workmanship.
This experience ends my relationship with this dealership. I'm sharing this so others are aware.
If you buy a car here, get your service done somewhere else. If I hadn't done my own oil change, I might never have discovered the missing screws, the loose battery security strip, or the coolant overfill -- and I still have no confidence that the brake fluid service was actually performed
Respond to owner. Yes, I had two services for this Q7 and also a few for my Q5.After I raise my concerns through email. Shouldn't you say why don't you bring the car in here and we will put these t25 on and make sure your family are safe. Instead, you spend a week and now tells me because I did my own oil change?!!Okay, why don't you send me the complete video from your workshop and I am more than happy to post the complete thing online. I truly hope your clients check their car before driving out from your service. Simply because there is no trust. For the coolant, why not google it and see what happens if you overfill the reservoir? For battery, post a video to the public if the strip looks that loose on your new Q7? Please stop insulting your customer's intelligence. For oil change, dealerships use the suction pump from the top as it is faster and oil filter is on the top of the engine. The front pan only goes down if a proper inspection was done or repair needed. Contact you directly? Check with Mike how many time I tried. Cannot believe Audi standard dropped to this low. As for Mike, he told me no we did not do your break fluid change this time initially today. Really? Are you telling me you did not do what I paid for? Let me file a CT K35 and we can go from there.