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Morning all, thanks for letting me in !

Good point, on second thought sorry.

I think you need to stop thinking about it so much. If you bought from an independent garage rather than privately, there’s a good chance it would have cost about a grand less, but that’s life. Quick check on Autotrader reveals these cars are still pretty scarce. It’s low mileage, hopefully in a colour and specification you like, and you’ve got the summer ahead of you. If it’s an auto box get it serviced. Usually every 40k miles. Similarly oil and filter changes ever 8-10k miles. Audi do suffer from corrosion on subframes. To be honest, early cars we’re better built. Take the wheels off and treat the suspension and subframe to a thorough snow foam, and jet wash, and once dry spray Lanoguard or similar on exposed metalwork. Paintwork too, any chips touch up. On the roof, it’s possible to treat it, if it’s not looking it’s best. Replacement roofs are expensive, so consider additional waterproofing from GTechniq. Check the cabin filter. These rarely get changed regularly. Mann filter including charcoal filters will be exactly the same as genuine OE.

Ctek have a very good reputation. From my Skyline days a lot of owners used to have them connected up for the show cars. I've been using the NoCo Genius 10 on my previous Mondeo and now on the Q5. As standard it comes with croc-clips, but you can get an eyelet connector (or unscrew the croc clips) which can be bolted to the battery permanently and then you just plug in the NoCo charger when you need it.

Well she went for her m.o.t and a pass

Hello, It sounds like the bit in the gearbox which activates the switch plunger isn’t moving the plunger sufficiently. Aftermarket switch? Kind regards, Gareth.

You've done a great amount of diagnostics, I'd definitely consider a wiring fault next

You're welcome. They're not allowed to due to EU regulations. The next wave of these regulations will be that these cannot be turned off at all.

Parts diagram here. https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/audi/RDW/A2/248/9/955/955000 The motor was made by Valeo. From memory, as my wife used to have an A2 is the wiper arm can’t cope with the sweep. It eventually wears at the spindle. Aero blades help to a point. Anything on EBay could be just as bad, but worth a punt if the money is right. Beware of breaker yards, they normally ask top dollar then fail to deliver a serviceable item.

Further to my above post 3 weeks ago, my A6 has reluctantly now been traded in with Audi and I have a replacement car. A shame because I really like the A6 (my 3rd) but could not tolerate the inherent unreliability and likely forthcoming big bills. I have spent time googling Audi + Vitesco, then making use of google translate and reading the various posts on the German websites and forums. (For those not aware, Vitesco appears to be the manufacturer of 48V equipment for these models including the notorious BSG or RSG in German - RiemenStarterGenerator). Clearly liability and fault for all these problems is a major discussion between the two companies which seems far from resolution according to the reports and will be hugely expensive however the legal process pans out. One piece of perhaps relevant information from the motor-talk.de forums suggests that the early "potentially faulty" BSGs had a serial number commencing in 4N0, whereas the SN of the more recent "good" BSGs commence with 4N1. So to possibly answer my own question, I reckon the more recent models with the 48V system may well have the issue fully sorted, which is a glimmer of good news for those such as me who like the concept of the system, despite the poor execution of it. Perhaps surprisingly, I remain a fan of Audi cars as a brand, though the company's poor handling and lack of ownership of the whole BSG issue is simply dreadful. Nonetheless, to anyone buying a new or used Audi with the 48V MHEV system, a long extended warranty would be a very good investment I reckon.

Suicide birds is what I call them. I don't object to their urge for self destruction, but why must they inflict so much damage to innocent cars?

Well got the control arms went to put them on wrong ones there too big 14mm was correct just too wide to fit in the hole on the v part the 8K0407695C item number don't come up on there system, the part number you need is ss2721 left side and ss2722 for the right side, not sure if the other ones are for the a5 can't get my money back as I put them on the car but thay did me a deal on the correct ones so if these fit your car just 50.00 I payd 130.00

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