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Hi you can disable it with VCDS, the system won't work anyway with the aircon on as that would be to much loading trying to start it frequently and drag the compressor round whilst starting. Steve.

its an interesting debate folks,i personally hate the start/stop system and when i use our a6 i turn it off the minute i get into the car!

Have you done the key fob reset?

Hi same as electric cars no one wants to publish the carbon emissions produced in manufacturing or the fact that dead batteries for the car are virtually non recyclable and extremely toxic, but that won't matter in a world of we only want you to believe implicitly what we tell you, in fact the dark side of production is not good P.R. same as where did the last strain of Covid originate. Steve.

Sadly ECS reappeared. This time will make a note of the fault before resetting. electro magnetic handbrake resolved itself without any reset. Don’t seem to be able to clear this but I may need to drill in to engine/module 2 to check for faults and clear them if at all possible. Then try a second bottle of cataclean

I think this is the BRE engine (PD) - It should say on your V5.

I’d like to know what the offset is in terms of carbon released by the engine running versus the extra carbon released from producing the bigger battery required to power the system. Had to buy a battery for our C7 just before we sold it last week. !Removed! expensive. On a side note that is without doubt the best car I have ever owned. 2.0 tdi S line Quattro. The kids are a bit bigger now and we didn’t need the load space and it stuck out of parking spaces… apparently.