Leaking thru sunroof onto gear shift

I have owned 4 Audi vehicles.. This 2020 Audi Q3 Teknik is the 4th. On July 11th, when driving through a rain storm, water started coming into the cabin of the vehicle out of the overhead light fitting & dripping onto the gear shift and radio/gps unit. We had to get to our destination so tried to catch the water in plastic ziplok bags (see photos). Upon returning home on 15 July I immediately took the vehicle to my regular Audi dealership ( Audi St.Laurent) and explained what happened. The dealership service staff acknowledged that they have had lots of complaints about this design defect & that there was a long maintenance wait for appointments. No problem; I was booked in for 13 August 2024. No mention made as to being charged for this.

12 August brought the car to the Dealership (Audi St.Laurent), to find that I had to agree to a C$1,050+ ‘evaluation fee’. I declined to sign this. The dealership again agreed that this was a design defect but advised that they couldn’t accept the vehicle unless I signed. I asked to speak to the dealership maintenance supervisor who advised that, since the car was out of warranty, nothing could be done about the charge. I asked to go ‘up the chain of authority’ and spoke to someone at Audi Canada. I was told that, since Audi considered that it wasn’t a safety issue, then Audi couldn’t accept covering the cost! I was surprised & explained that I thought it most definitely was a safety issue. Audi also said to me that no coverage would be provided since the vehicle was out of warranty. I expressed the thought that since this was an Audi design defect (as expressed their own Audi staff) , and not a wear & tear/usage issue, then the warranty had nothing to do with it. After I asked to speak to his manager, the Audi Canada representative said he’d consider what I’d said & get back to me in 2 days. Called me back in 5 days to say there’s nothing they could do.

Separately I checked on the internet to discover that Audi have known about this defect since 2018/19. Yet they never advised me (or anybody?) about it prior to the expiry of the purchase warranty. We found that they have even issued a manual to their technicians to fix it. To the owner of the vehicle it appears that the cost to the client to do this repair ranges from C$3000-$5000.

Haven't yet gotten to the dealer to diagnose and repair, but it's clear from the internet that this is a real and ongoing problem for Audi Q3's, and not just the 2020 version. Given the cost of the vehicle, (not to mention the supposed "German engineering"), it's unfathomable that this hasn't been a recall item yet, and that Audi hasn't come up with a fix for it. How come my other car, a much older Japanese Lexus with a sun roof, has never had a problem? A leak that lets water into the car is dangerous and could potentially have long-term effects like mildew and mold or ruined electronics! Really unhappy to have purchased this car, because I'm anticipating a run around from the Audi dealer.