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Hi. I am selling my RS5 cabriolet 2015. Full Audi dealer history. 59k. Immaculate Manchester

Hi the part number is on a sticker on the steering box.

Hi sounds like a knackered auxiliary drive belt or a seized alternator pulley. Steve.

Boris. Have you ground the crankshaft journals to smaller dimensions? In practice it is difficult to measure either the clearance or the bearing accurately, however one can accurately measure the journal diameter with a micrometer. I suggest you tell Audi what journal size you are dealing with and let Audi worry about the colour.

Hi, Your analysis is interesting as, certainly in my case, there is no set length of time for the fault to manifest itself. The car can be switched of for 5 mins and it occurs, or equally it can be switched off for a day and the system starts up ok. I had already thought it might be something like what you say. But the fact is , it shouldn't be happening and what will Audi do about it? My dealership is quite supportive and have now raised a formal case with Audi UK but ultimately say it is with Audi. Maybe if everyone else got their dealership to do the same, then Audi would need to sit up. Audi already told my dealership to postpone me bringing it in to the workshop as they say there is currently no fix. Quite frustrating. Let us know if you get a fix please. Graeme

As Greg and Graeme say, need to put pressure on. I did notice comments on other forums detailing similar type problems on older cars. I certainly haven't had these problems on previous A3's and I am a big radio listener when driving. From my point of view, is that I don't think my dealership took me seriously, hoping I would 'go away'. I basically lost a week with their lack of interest. A customer complaint letter went off last night so I recommend you do the same if your dealership mess you around. They badger us for a good review and 5 stars in the sales survey so when things fail they must be told and bluntly so. I will post on and further developments

Thank you David. That's very helpful to know. My dealer replicated the issue and sent a technical service message to Audi. Audi immediately have come back and said to delay me bringing it in to the workshop as they don't yet have a fix. But hopefully they are indeed working on it, although if you trawl through the web you'll find this issue seems to have been around for quite aa while. Like you, I'm going to keep the pressure on. If you do get it fixed please let me know! Graeme

Took delivery of a new A3 SLine 35 TFSI in mid June and within 5 days I was reporting exactly the same problem. After poor technical service from my dealership the general sales manager became involved. Car was booked in for a couple of days. Been told it is a known problem and Audi Germany are supposedly working on a fix. I have been given a timescale of 1 month - we'll see!!! I would suggest anyone experiencing the same problem contacts their dealership and tell them you want it sorting. The more complaints Audi get then we might get a resolution quicker