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Feels like an age but at last New Gearbox valve body fitted and car drives superb!! Just a heads up ,anyone with an auto and gets juddering in gear changes then the valve body is a common problem on the 3.0 v6 thanks Karl

Turns out the drivers side central locking mechanism was faulty. New one fitted, problem sorted!

Thanks guys, good call. I'll be booking it in tomorrow. I'll follow up on this forum just for others benefit. Robin

Jack. I have the 2 litre diesel, and while it has loads of torque it inevitably is noisier than a petrol engine of similar power. I have no idea how it compares to a Honda CRV, whatever that is. For comparison with my previous cars, my A3 has better performance and comfort than a BMW 325d (which was an unpleasant car,) and equal performance to a Mk.3 Granada Cosworth (which I still miss). For some months I have been considering changing to a smaller more frugal car as I do only short trips and no more than 2000 miles per year, so if you want to try mine you are welcome to do so.

Spot on steve, my mate is a coder and has vcds,Odis etc

Hi all models from 2004 need a BEM recode but almost any of the diagnostic platforms can do this using the original BEM Code and changing one digit it thinks its getting a new O.E. battery and as long as the BEM is happy life is good. Steve.

Hi sorry to hear of your troubles, you should not be having these problems and certainly not have to wait until new year for them to fix it, my personal view is that they have all bought the golf cart revolution and are just trying to get rid of what they perceive as redundant stock out of the door before they take on more of the new stock, I have met a lot of people, [cab driver] who have had various electrical problems with their Audis and most of them are under fifteen months old, its good for me for all the wrong reasons as they get cabs to work because the cars are back at the dealers for weeks sometimes, Audi are doing a first class job of destroying a hard won reputation, if that was mine it would be going back with the statement, I want a car that works, I know cars need updates to avoid future problems at around 40k but not 900 miles. Steve.

Hi Gereth, I have Pirelli P zero all around and the tyre pressure is check all the time. I changed DMF and clutch kit ( all genuine from Audi) and still have the same problem. Kind regards Martin