Generic scissor jack will be fine for temporarily changing the wheel - just make sure you get a decent one with the correct rating and don’t work under the car whilst it’s on jack !

 

And here was me thinking it was just tte IK that had suck poor roads 🙄

Yep more cutbacks from Audi !
Early cars had a jack (I had a 2016 TTS which did), i’ve since had a 2019 and a 2020 mk3 and neither came with a jack, I fitted the whole spare wheel set up as I’m not a fan of the repair gunk !

 

It’s not Audi Specific in any way. No recent car I’ve had or driven has a jack unless it has a spare wheel. The covers Toyota, Audi, Mazda and Volvo.

 

I belive the jack became an option from 17 or 18 YM onwards, however, easy and quite cheap retrofit

 

my 2018 came with a jack and all the other tools, and I've added the space-saver spare since

 

Sydney roads are terrible after all the rain - I've been driving the Touareg and still worrying about the potholes.
My 2017 TT came with a jack. Interestingly, my SLK has a collapsible space saver under the boot floor. I'm going to test fit it to the TT and maybe get another if it fits. I'll post results if anyone is interested.

 

Very much market specific - for example US cars still come with a jack , UK ones used to but now don’t.

Weirdy Audi list a jack in the list options for a new A3 at £125. However if you were to order the same jack with a new S3 / RS3 it would only cost you £25!

 

Thanks for the replies. Bought a jack and got the wheel off and new tire and wheel back on.

On the journey I noticed grease on the brake lines and when I picked the wheel up, the guy there said there was a lot of grease in the wheel and maybe there was a problem with that axel,

Thoughts?

Cheers

 

Check the wheel bearing seals. While you are in there, it's worth changing the bearing and repacking it with the best quality grease you can find. It's a fairly easy DIY job and should not cost much at all except time and maybe a little skin off your knuckles.