Moses Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Hi All i have 2016 a4 1.4tfsi petrol. I’ve been in hospital for the last 2 weeks and my car hasn’t been switched on. (We’ve had snow etc in the meantime) Today morning when I went to switch on the car I got a message on the dashboard ‘start/stop system fault function unavailable’ visit workshop (see pic). The message disappears after awhile and no error message on the Mmi system. If i do press the start/stop button on the dash then the message will re-appear again any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnet Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Hello Mussa, This would be typical of a below par battery. It may resolve itself with some use, but if it’s still running on its original battery then it sounds like it would benefit from being renewed. A personal viewpoint:- I’d be much happy to live with a non operative s/s system than living with it, so it wouldn’t bother me at all - I would see it as a bonus. Kind regards, Gareth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moses Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Magnet said: Hello Mussa, This would be typical of a below par battery. It may resolve itself with some use, but if it’s still running on its original battery then it sounds like it would benefit from being renewed. A personal viewpoint:- I’d be much happy to live with a non operative s/s system than living with it, so it wouldn’t bother me at all - I would see it as a bonus. Kind regards, Gareth. Thanks Gareth for your response, will be starting the car daily again let’s see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnet Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Hello Mussa, If you intend to start the car and just leave it ticking over for a few minutes then you are likely to deplete the battery even more. Kind regards, Gareth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moses Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Magnet said: Hello Mussa, If you intend to start the car and just leave it ticking over for a few minutes then you are likely to deplete the battery even more. Kind regards, Gareth. Sorry I meant I will be driving it 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moses Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/22/2023 at 1:08 PM, Magnet said: Hello Mussa, This would be typical of a below par battery. It may resolve itself with some use, but if it’s still running on its original battery then it sounds like it would benefit from being renewed. A personal viewpoint:- I’d be much happy to live with a non operative s/s system than living with it, so it wouldn’t bother me at all - I would see it as a bonus. Kind regards, Gareth. Thanks Gareth for your response, will be starting the car daily again let’s see how it goes. Just a quick update - I’ve driven the car yesterday and today and no message when starting the car, fingers crossed it was a cold battery issue as the car hadn’t been started for 2 weeks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6blacked007 Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 9:05 PM, Moses said: Thanks Gareth for your response, will be starting the car daily again let’s see how it goes. Just a quick update - I’ve driven the car yesterday and today and no message when starting the car, fingers crossed it was a cold battery issue as the car hadn’t been started for 2 weeks Coded mine out hateful thing start - stop .... Good luck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha omega Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 On 5/11/2023 at 4:39 PM, a6blacked007 said: Coded mine out hateful thing start - stop .... Good luck positive side mines £30 a year tax with having stop start😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnet Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Selling your soul to the engineering devil for a handful of silver Steve! Only joking. Kind regards, Gareth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6blacked007 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 21 hours ago, alpha omega said: positive side mines £30 a year tax with having stop start😁 Yeah, ours too. I think a6 is around £190. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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