A6 c8 30L Quattro diesel

[Charliie]

I have a6 30l c8 that started dying on me the other day and took it to the garage and they said the battery is not charging on it said it’s the alternator. The car has only got 68000  on it. I was just wondering if anybody else has had this issue. Pls help? Could it be something else? My first error message before it died was⬇️ just sceptical changing it because there like £2000 just for part 

[cliffcoggin]

68000 miles is perhaps a little earlier than expected for an alternator to expire, but not unreasonably so. Get the garage to test the battery when you change the alternator as it may have been damaged by continual discharge.

However look at another recent topic on this forum regarding "brake servo restricted" for further enlightenment.

[Charliie]

When the car is running, the batteries only chucking out 12.2 V that’s why I think is the alternator

[cliffcoggin]

I am not disagreeing.

[Magnet]

What is trying to be said here Charlie is that it seems (in caps) that the alternator is at fault, but I would get an independent check on this before taking action. I fully agree with what Cliff is trying to reinforce - don’t assume the battery isn’t sub standard as well - until that has also been tested.

If it were mine, I would investigate the route to getting your alternator repaired if found to be faulty. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Charliie]

Hi i dont think my alternator be repaired as its water cooled has to be a new new one thanks Charlie 

[Mickwillow]

I had the brake servo restriction fault not long ago, if the codes the same as mine it’s the pressure sensor  near the brake servo! 
mine was intermittent would go away after turning off and engine the back on !

what other people have said is if fault stays on the ABS pump  then takes over braking and that it can get damaged if driven over long distances . By the looks of it in other forums it’s common fault across all Audi’s

The pressure sensor is about £94 from Audi parts . Audi changed mine under the all in warranty. Hope this helps 

also mine seem to throw up the fault when stop start kicked in so I would switch it off straight away after starting the engine .

Pressure Sensor 5Q0906207A

Edited 16 hours ago by Mickwillow

[cliffcoggin]

39 minutes ago, Charliie said:

i dont think my alternator be repaired as its water cooled has to be a new new one 

Why? A wise man once opined to me that what man has made, man can repair.

[Charliie]

6 hours ago, cliffcoggin said:

Do u know where i can het it repaired ? 

[cliffcoggin]

Where have you looked?

[Charliie]

11 hours ago, cliffcoggin said:

Tried a few places but had no luck

10 minutes ago, cliffcoggin said:

 

[Optimus]

Its unlikely repairs can be made, a lot of the auxillary engine parts manufacturered to acheive low emiision ratings have become so over complicated that to take it apart and recondition parts the labour to do so is two-thirds of the cost to replace it. 

Its intentional, car manufacturers are selling less cars today because the cost to make them has gone up. they are recouping reduction of new car sales in parts. This has been going on for the last 3 decades.

Google wet timing belts.... which now seem to be going into nearly every vehicle. A rubber belt that deteriotates submerged in oil and carbon based chemicals added with heat alter the structure of the rubber belt overtime/use... They typically last long enough for the warranty to go by but not much longer.

 

Edited 9 minutes ago by Optimus