[fanofbmwe46]

I’m strongly considering buying a 2019 Q7 55 Premium Plus for a smoking deal that I negotiated (under $20K). It’s got 84K miles, but clean carfax, one owner, dealer dealer maintained. From everything I could tell on the test drive it’s perfect. It’s being sold by a Mercedes dealer and they showed me their inspection report and things they did like an oil change and new tires.

We have other primary vehicles so this would only be driven 2-3 times a week on my wife’s short commute to work which sometimes involves hauling kids to and from school. Probably 6k miles a year and I’d probably only keep in for 2 years.

I’m curious how reliable these vehicles and the powertrains are? This has a 3.0 supercharged TFSI V6. I think earlier and later years were just turbocharged and possibly had oil consumption issues.

I’m debating buying it with no warranty or they can do a comprehensive third party warranty for $3,800 (that’s as low as I could get them with negotiating).

Do you think taking it from 84k miles to 96k miles or so in two years before getting rid of it, I’ll have $3,800+ in warranty repairs? Curious to hear from anyone familiar with servicing these or owning one.

Thanks!

[chassis]

Successor engine is the hot vee EA839 3.0TV6, developing a reputation for water pump failure (internal leak of the active impeller shroud rod seal).

The supercharged EA837 was produced in fairly low numbers. It has iron cylinder liners which is a good thing. Try reading Audiworld posts.

SSP 624 attached.

[Burrcold]

I had a 2019 before my 2022. It served us well with over 50k miles and no issues (apart from my kids kicking and breaking the rear hvac screen which was a $2k repair). Super comfortable and the Supercharged V6 has far more character vs the Turbo V6 on my current Q7 (more usable torque as well).

[wheelz96]

My wife still daily 's an 18 Q7 with the 3.0 supercharger. We've had it for about 70K miles and I have kept up with all the normal maintenance on it and no issues for us (knock on wood). The car is one of the nicest riding vehicles I have ever been in and family road trips are very comfortable.

Only real complaint I have with the car is its a 3-row and the storage space is worse then her previous Jeep GC.

Outside of that, the car was been problem free and still looks and drives as good as it did when we bought it.

Go for it!

[fanofbmwe46]

Originally Posted by wheelz96

My wife still daily 's an 18 Q7 with the 3.0 supercharger. We've had it for about 70K miles and I have kept up with all the normal maintenance on it and no issues for us (knock on wood). The car is one of the nicest riding vehicles I have ever been in and family road trips are very comfortable.

Only real complaint I have with the car is its a 3-row and the storage space is worse then her previous Jeep GC.

Outside of that, the car was been problem free and still looks and drives as good as it did when we bought it.

Go for it!

Appreciate this and all the comments so far!

[DetroitAvant]

We've had a 2017 for quite a few years. The common things I'm aware of are motor mounts and water pump, with a class action settlement on the water pumps. I've heard that the supercharger clutch can be a problem. PCV is an expensive replacement when it goes as it's under the supercharger. The most annoying thing I've noticed is the brakes squealing in reverse which also seems very common with owners. The last thing I've been hearing about is oil burning in these due to stuck piston rings.

[E90convert]

From Consumer Reports