2007 3.0tdi Q7 advice/help on gremlins

[Tommyb711]

Hi all. I’m Tom from the Uk 🙂

 

so I have a 2007 Q7 and I’ve owned it the past 4 years. It owes me nothing and i love the car. 
 

Over the years there’s been little gremlins that I haven’t had time to do anything about and to be honest they’re not show stoppers. But, since were all in lock down due to COVID19, I’ve got some time on my hands and wouldn’t mind doing a little DIY on the old bus, if I can. 
 

The beast pulls in every gear, full audi service history up till my ownership, which I now fully service every 6k religiously with OEM parts, except the gearbox. I have a specialist friend for that. 160k on the clock and the girl runs smooth! 
 

so, the little gremlins that id like to address are as follows. 
 

1) DAB Signal - it’s really poor! More so when there’s something plugged into the 12v cig lighter slot or if the DVD players in the back are on. Is there anything I can do to improve this? 
 

2) Front display TV reception - again really poor! It used to be fine, perhaps something to do with DAB signal too? 
 

3) side lane assist thingy (tells you not to pull out on the motorway if there’s a car coming)  - not working and comes up with when button is pressed. It used to work but stopped some time ago. 
 

4) the rear passenger air suspension - is around 20mm lower when the car is parked 

 

5) can I change the set ride height so that the car sits lower than factory without the use of the VAG software? 
 

6) front heated drivers seat heater - temperamental 

 

7) can I somehow retrofit something to connect my phone (iPhone) to the Bluetooth system to play music through the stereo? 
 

😎 little square buttons on door handles. What are they for? Mine are not working at all 

9) boot closing - closed 9/10 but it’s always that 1 time I don’t check; is there adjustment to ensure it closes ever time? 
 

10) front side lights. No LED replacements work in these what so ever. Anyone got any suggestions? 
 

11) how difficult is it to remove swirl flaps? One of my motors has fudged itself. Is there a step by step guide? 
 

12) anyone blanked their EGR before? What’s the best kit and will I need to map it out? 
 

I think that is all. Massive appreciation to anyone who can assist 🙂

[Tommyb711]

Anyone able to help with this, please? 

[Rankers]

Hi only owned a Q7 for about a month so only very superficial advice from me. 🙂

swirlf flaps- reason I own a Q7 as I was too slow replacing mine in my BMW e90. I did take them out and blank once I had a compression issue, when I removed inlet manifold they had broken so had to replace it blank; I blanked (£10 kit for BMW).

this was a very messy horrible job - gunk you’ve never seen the likes of (at 150k miles)

if I was to do the Q7 I would get a garage to do it. And yes I’m pondering it.

re phone interface - I have the worst MMI - would live to replace the dash for the android setup but it would cost a fortune in the replacing the Bose and wiring etc - also it would be a toy and tbh I often play with them for a while then just drive.

denison.com seem to do some interesting gateway devices that will integrate into your system and provide what your looking for, for me it would simply be iPhone connection (I’d be happy if my mmi version will take it without software update - but sorting some more practical issues currently)

currently I have a parrot set up (bought with) and I use an FM transmitter/Bluetooth receiver- and for about £10 works perfectly fine only thing I may do is add a relay to provide ignition on based power vs. Always on as I push in /out the lighter all the time. Pic of this below suited the layout the nicest/most discreet and has functions you can use for forwards back play pause etc. Also wanted it without hands free as parrot did this.

As I say not sure what value my early amateur ramblings are but there they are! 🙂