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I take it Richard is referring to his petrol fuel consumption. Diesel rather better. This is some large vehicle - costly to buy - and I would have thought there would be few prospective owners who would be too concerned about fuel consumption, when all other costs are taken into consideration. Responses from members on here:- exactly what I was indicating Richard. It’s all very well for owners to post pleas for help, but would I be considered to be too critical to state that not subsequently helping others- such as Andy, in this case - is downright selfish. Having said that, it is what it is, and I’m totally in equipped to change it. Anyway, many thanks Richard for your contribution. Kind regards, Gareth.

Are you in the considering petrol or diesel? Mine is 2l tfsi 248bhp and average consumption over 3 years /50k+ miles reads as 35.5mpg. That's probably 75/25 motorway to town driving. But I have found the efficiency driving mode to give me over 30 on short trips. If you go for diesel, then you will almost certainly suffer dpf/egr issues if you don't clock a decent journey every 4 or 5 fill ups. @Gareth - I think it is unfortunately the nature of a lot of Audi owners that they post when they have a problem but avoid providing feedback for others. When I had a Touareg, there was a lot more interaction on the mytreg forum 😕

If you need to buy a new battery get it coded to the car else you will have more problems than you have now.

OK, as it is:- We have c25 pages of posts generally seeking help with issues associated with their Q5s, so obviously quite a significant number of owners. Surely, there must be some members who just might be prepared to return a little help to others, and provide some useful advice to Andy. Not too much to ask in return?? Forums should not be a one way valve to accept help with issues, and then not return experiences to help others. Many thanks for being able to assist Andy. Gareth.

I'm on it. Thanks Renato

@wanleg They are under your glovebox. The recirculation flap motor (2) is on the left, the fresh air flap motor (3) is at the back; you can see some arms connected to this one. In my case, at least, it was (2). After removing the cover under the glovebox, the motor is fastened with 3x torx screws. You will however need someone with VCDS to run the basic settings after fitting the new motor. Unfortunately, the distance from Hartlepool to me probably doesn't make it very economical for my help with this 🙂

There is no magic solution to this unless you are prepared to spend hundreds or even thousands of pounds on engine modifications. For the average motorist who does not want to modify his car the recommendations are same as they have been since the dawn of motor cars a century ago: 1/ Service it regularly. 2/ Maintain the correct tyre pressures. 3/ Be as gentle on the accelerator and brake pedals as possible.