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Apologies for the gripe, but the forum has recently suffered from a spate of what can be termed ‘Post and Run’ new members, who seem to think it’s perfectly acceptable to post a plea for help, and simply not return to view the help given. In a more diluted form, help is offered, but is very rarely acknowledged even via. a simple press of the Like button, leave alone a posted Thank You. The last part of the gripe is that we frequently have to ask for additional information, and this extra detail often never materialises. Please remember, everyone who posts replies do so without payment, but it certainly does cost them in time - in terms of the Moderators and Admin back up - a lot of time. So a special plea to all on here who post needing help:- please be respectful enough to acknowledge any help given, rather than simply accept it as a no-cost, no time of yours, free advice service. It’s wearing thin folks, so if you want to retain this service, please respect and acknowledge its benefits. Thank you all for reading this, and above all, agreeing to adhere to the respect that is needed to be shown. Kind regards, On behalf of the Moderators. Please note:- This request is to all members, not just new ones.

It’s that time of year again where we think of friends we may not meet during the year, but who we are in contact with by other modern methods that we can use to pass on good wishes. Our family would like to wish everyone on here a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year. I use the word peaceful since regrettably the world does seem to be in some turmoil, but we look forward to the time when harmony prevails. I would also like to thank all those members who take the time to try to help others when they need it. Be kind and considerate. Best wishes to you all, Gareth.

Welcome Lisa and thanks for joining. First things first - can we pass on our condolences for your Dad’s passing. Not an easy time - they only give us one, so always bad news. A couple or so pointers to hopefully help with your query:- Main dealers will not be interested in the car (as good as it may be), since in general, they do not retail vehicles over 5 years old. If they are going to buy it off you, it will be at a price low enough to resell it into their trade contacts at a profit, so really no point in perusing that route. Ways forward:- Enter the details into Parker’s Guide, and you will come up with a ball park valuation for an average mileage car sold privately. If you want a ‘mileage adjusted’ quote, then I believe you have to pay. Worth doing that?? Search EBay and Autotrader for similar year examples, building up a picture of a number of valuations, some of which might be for lower mileage examples. It is worth noting that (unless you are very lucky) you are unlikely to sell the car at prices that dealers are asking, since yours will not be sold with any warranty. Apologies for being pessimistic, but you are trying to sell very much at the low demand end of the year., and the car will effectively be a year older by the end of the month. Another disposal route could be via. the Motorway advertising route, or similar. I don’t have any experience of this, but you could investigate. On a brighter note, such low mileage cars normally find homes among family and friends, and as such tend not to spread out to the wider market. Anyway Lisa, please come back to us if you think we can help further, or if you wish to advertise it on here. Many thanks and kind regards, Gareth.

I doubt we can expect a peaceful future Gareth, but I join you in wishing for it. Happy Christmas dear readers.

Merry Christmas Gareth and all our lovely members, hope you all have a lovely day 😊⛄🎄🎊🎁 Thank you for your great posts and advice 🙂

Local mechanic will be a lot cheaper. The alternative option is an Audi independent specialist

Arrived in 2-3 months. Way earlier than anticipated.

Thank you so much. I just recently replaced the pads with Brembo’s front and back and they seem to be working a treat. I ended up getting them from ECP in the end. Thank you very much for the recommendation.

Credited to Frank Montesinos: "Figured I'd post this in case it helps someone else. If you've had what sounds like a buzzy/blown center speaker on the dash, it might just be the grille vibrating. It was really bad with loud phone calls. I just pulled the grill/vent trim piece and added small, thin felt pads. I first just did it mostly around the speaker, but still had some minor buzzing, so I went back and added more. For reference, this is a 2013 A6 3.0T with the Bose system."

Hello Paul, I would suspect that you use Halfords to service this virtually new car - worth tens of thousands of £s, to save a little money. If your Halfords centre is anything like my local one, their tool chests are surrounded by a certain three letter national motorfactor’s own brand filters - emblazoned by a once respected bought out brand name. Would I use them on our 175K car? No, I would use well respected aftermarket ones, but of course it’s your call. Can we take it that they are able to formally record this servicing information on VAG’s computerised service history system -? I doesn’t surprise me that VAG are not making it easy to extinguish servicing lights, and really who can blame them? Please don’t think I have any support for main dealers, but I do think - for right or for wrong - that using them during the warranty period does give you a better chance of getting warranty claims sorted. After that, simply use a trusted local garage. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi the reason for this is the year of your car, VAG fitted all vehicles with SFD software protection which stops anyone outside themselves from performing a lot of simple functions so they have to do them and charge a shedload for it, it used to be that you could do it on the MMI but thats gone, the only way you can do it now is with OBDEleven pro which has the ability to disable SFD, its not too expensive and would be a worthy tool for the future as you can also reset your inspection milage as well, I discovered all this when I bought a 2021 Passat so I bought OBDEleven that allowed me to reset it all, then I discovered on YouTube that you can reset it all by using the trip distance button on the dash, but in saying that I have since re adapted a sensor and coded in my new battery, all in all its saved me about £400 in diagnostic charges at the dealers. Steve.

It'll be on the floor under the carpet. Check to see if your carpets a damp, if you're getting condensation on the inside. Check spare wheel well for water too.

You're welcome, please keep us posted on how you get on 🙂 Yes that's an option, but we're seeing more and more cars coming here with further issues after having dpf or egr deletes.

I'd recommend a second opinion from an Audi independent specialist. If you can get the part number id recommend you source a 2nd hand part, on sites such as eBay including international sellers.

Where have you tried so far? I'd recommend you try eBay including international sellers. In addition I'd recommend you put wanted ads on breaker sites.

Glad you got some resolution in the way of replaced discs. Hopefully you get to the bottom of the issue soon.

That's normal for all extended warranies and applies to almost any part that might be claimed for. I really don't understand why these worthless deceitful so-called warranties have not been made illegal. Their only purpose is to increase the salesman's salary without any risk of paying a penny to the customer. Learn the lesson Leo, and never buy one again.

Is that wise? It could be as wrecked as your existing joint.

Happy christmas to all members and their families,enjoy the festivities and have a peaceful new year.Greg

To Magnet Your advice is really appreciated. Thank you and Best Wishes for festive season

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Yes and no, it depends on the competance of the persons involved not the training organisation. I suggest you look for independent VAG specialists to get the best of both worlds i.e, a good knowledge of Audi cars without the corporate greed and indifference of the Audi company.

I sold the Audi A6 Allroad which I used these winter wheels on about 18 months ago so it's about time I got round to selling them. They are Audi original winter wheels, 18x7.5", imported from a German supplier of winter wheels so not often seen in the UK. They are specific Allroad tyre size and fitment; the wheels may fit other 2012-18 A6s but you'd need to do your own checks and the tyres are a higher profile than non-Allroad versions of the A6. Tyres are Dunlop Winter Sport 3D with M+S and A0 markings, size 235/55R18 100H. The date code on each is 0518 and they have about 2-3mm of tread front and 4mm rear), evenly worn. Sorry they're dirty but should clean up fine; they aren't kerbed or dented. I have a set of centre caps to go with them (visible in the picture on the car) - original 5-pointed Audi ones. Collection only from near Worcester. I'd be happy to receive £200 for them. You should be able to message me through this forum but if you have trouble post below. Full gallery of images here: https://imgur.com/a/UOZDZLn and a couple of photos attached - car not included!

Hi Leighton, you have had a wealth of reasons as to why they do this my car went in for repair for a month at one of the local body shops, guess what they disconnected the dash cam which I knew they would it protects the identity of the staff as well as anyone can patch in to the bluetooth system on the camera and download the footage, all their equipment where its stored, even the Police have to get a court order to seize CCTV footage from inside the workshop, it wont matter how far you pursue this the answer will be the same, I can see their point of view insomuch as how would you feel if anyone was filming your kids on a beach without your knowledge and selling the footage on line. Steve.

In your position I would demand, in writing, a replacement car on the grounds that the car is defective and the dealer has thrice proved himself incapable of fixing it. It could be a long battle so keep records of all communications, which should preferably be written not verbal.

RESULT!!! So I finally got round to swapping out the heater core and it's done the job! It took me a total of 2 hrs and I'm not a mechanic! Every garage I took it too either didn't want to do it or said it would be £1500 and 2 days to do it. I'd say give it ago your self, it's fairly straightforward. There's 2 things I'd change if I had to do it again... number 1 don't get drunk the night before 🤢 spent way to much time upside down for that! And 2. Get a flexi drill bit to get in the small spaces.. there's so many screws!!! I'd recommend whilst your there changing your pollen filter.. mine was disgusting! Also disconnect the battery first, for when your unplugging the air bags. Other than that the only additional thing I had to take off was the blower motor on the back of the pollen filter, this gives enough room to slide the core out, in turn of this undo the 2 bolts on the media unit and slide it forward an inch. It just helps with the room

Hello Manu, Firstly, I have removed the Audi dealer name a location you stated, since this is an open forum, and anyone can read it, so you don’t want to leave yourself open to legal challenge. To answer your questions:- The splitting and wear may just be marginal at the moment, so in effect perhaps they don’t need attention now. My recommendation would be get this car independently checked at a trusted local dealer, and follow their advice regarding whether to change at this time. If they do need changing now, then I would renew both lower wishbones as complete units. Have a look at the Parts in Motion (Exeter) website, input your reg. no. and that should come up with some alternative brands for you. My recommendation would be to buy a reputable brand such as Febi or Lemforder, and I certainly would not buy on lowest price. Price to fit? Ask your local garage to quote you for replacing both lower wishbones. Could you please come back to us Manu and let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Marcus, So when you found it was overfilled, that was found by you physically checking the dipstick some 5 months after the car had an oil change service. In effect, it was likely to have been overfilled at that service point, rather than suffering from oil dilution during the last 5 months. Likely - is the operative word, since it’s now not possible to confirm that. For future reference, always check the oil level before start up on the morning after the service was done, to ascertain where the level sits. Re. Replaced oil pressure switch? :- can you please update us on whether that has solved your problem. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Asnan Taking it your current tyre size is 205/60/16, and you want to increase the wheel diameter to 17inch, you have to ensure that the ‘rolling diameter’ of the 17 inch wheel matches that of your current 16 inch. To achieve that, the profile of the 17 will have to be less than that of the 16 inch The maths:- Current rolling dia. of 16 inch = 2x (60% of 205mm) + 16 inches converted to mm. To convert 16 inches to mm, multiply by 25.4. To change to 17 inch wheels at a tyre width of 225mm:- first convert 17 inch to mm, and subtract that from the rolling dia of your current 16 inch. Divide that difference by 2, and work out what % of 225mm that represents - that will be your necessary profile figure as near as you can get it. I used to work these out for members, but I left school over 60 years ago, and found it wore my brain out! Kind regards, Gareth. p.s. Some clever so and so is now going to tell you there are websites which work it out for you, but worth giving your maths a work out instead.

Welcome Daniel, I think we have the same engined car as yours - the ‘older generation’ 1.6. You just don’t buy these for performance, so personally I would not recommend any attempts to re map it. Just leave it alone, and hopefully it should treat you well. Ours now has in excess of 176K miles behind it. Kind regards, Gareth.

If that was a recent purchase from a dealer take it back and get him to sort it out at no cost to you. If that is not an option then the obvious problem is the battery, hence the low voltage warnings. If your garage test was done with a simple volt meter it will not have revealed internal battery faults. I suggest in that case you get the battery professionally tested elsewhere. That is not to say the battery is certainly the cause of the problem, but until you eliminate the battery as a cause it is pointless to look for other faults.

Dave. It might as simple as the steering wheel rubbing lightly on the cowling around the column. If the noise stops when you bend the cowling in a little you have found the cause. A trace of silicone oil should help. On the other hand the noise may be from the steering column bushes that are a lot more difficult to access.

No problem Joel, Doing a coolant flush is certainly going to introduce more air into the system. Changing the cap will eliminate that as a possible offender. Never carryout two changes at the same time. If you do, you won’t know which of the two was the culprit. Always change one thing and test. Kind regards, Gareth.

This is the audiConnect app on iOS.

No more of an imposter than me. I no longer have an Audi, and as if that was not enough, my current car is electric.

Hi no way you will be blackballed as a non Audi owner, I as an ex Audi owner thought the same when mine went but due to open minded attitude of the moderators I have just been able to carry on, they all seem to realise as I do that all VAG model diesels operate the same way regardless of different engine designations, they even share a lot of the same DTCs and I would be more than happy to help you should you need it, just PM me, after all its a sad world when you can't help someone else, the small capacity TSFI units have to work a lot harder to get you what you want so longevity is not guaranteed and when you consider a lot of Audis, Q3,A3 share the same engine design you could still learn loads. Steve.

Hi post 15 is about right but get a late 16 if possible, with regard to the Passat I have one for a cab now and can't speak highly enough of it when bought it in feb this year it had 58k on the clock, it now has just under 90k on it and apart from discs and pads all round and the usual servicing its been brilliant, its only 150bhp but gets down the road a bit lively and returns about 40mpg around town and sixty on a run, the part prices are about a third of what I was paying on the Audi. Steve.

Welcome Leighton from the Homeland, I think Cliff has a fair point, otherwise it would be difficult to justify why you would want it to be connected while in their workshop - unless you don’t trust them. If that is the case, then you would be better off searching for an alternative trusted garage - such as an independent. I think many people would need some convincing about the benefit of having a 6 year old car serviced at a main dealer, unless you have some out of manufacturer’ warranty that ties you into doing that. Kind regards, Gareth.

I suppose there might be privacy issues if the possibility exists of you filming or even publishing names and faces of staff at work. Which is very convenient for the dealer because you also can not see what is done or not done to your car.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts it is much appreciated, I know this wasn’t going to be A easy process. I have now contacted Audi head office and have raised my issues and concerns with them (Fingers crossed] but not expecting anything. I have a friend, who also is giving me some legal advice who is a Solicitor about what the best route is and what are my best outcomes.

Matt. It is not clear to me what the problem was that initially caused you to visit the dealer in the first place. Was it the error message and staying in D1, or was there some other symptom? What I am trying to get at is whether there were two faults with the car of which only one has been fixed, or whether the valve body fault was wrongly diagnosed as a flywheel fault.

My mechanic checked and cleaned the brakes. He said the front discs were pitted and should be replaced, fair enough Audi did this for nothing as the car was still under the 30 days of my ownership. The noise is still there, and still sounds like it’s from the back passenger side. I’ve left it for now, might take an Audi person out sometime, but another thread I’ve posted on has said it’s probably the material the pads are made from, that Audi changed the pads to give less dust. Also took a family member out who drives an A6. He said his car makes similar noises (but I haven’t heard the in his car). I’m leaving for now as it does seem to brake fine…. Maybe at my next service I’ll check back with my usual mechanic…still be interested to see how others get on, seems a common complaint..

Search the recent history of this forum and you will find several reports of the heater matrix becoming blocked. As far as I recall they involved disintegrating bags of silica gel. Stevey Y knows more of this than I do.

Thanks Ian, Perhaps you could do us a favour and Like the post and fill in your model and year on the profile.

Hi most people have either VCDS or OBDeleven they both do it, Carista, no idea, if you consider I always did my filter change over 270k the way I described I can't see the problem, they do it that way at most garages thats where I learned and never had a problem. Steve.

So, it's been sorted now it had a failure on the ignition coil on cylinder 1. They found that there were a smaller amount of misfires from another two coils. All the coils have been replaced and new set of spark plugs. Thanks for the advice!

Hi, well done, a lot of that is accumulated rust and crud from the block, I would recommend a complete drain down of the system and a refill with good quality antifreeze to prevent it happening in the future. Steve.

Looks good glad you got sorted

Many years ago the 1.4 litre petrol engine suffered dramatically high oil consumption leading to many claims by owners. The problem was eventually rectified by Audi with a modification to the rings. It's unlikely you will come across one of them now, but it is worth knowing of the possibility. Unfortunately I don't recall the affected production dates so you would need to research it yourself, unless others here can supply the information.

Confirmed water pump, being replaced under warranty