Barrie Driscoll

I would suggest that you look carefully at the internal plastic surround that the sunroof fits into. My roof on my SQ5 had cracks in it and it would creak as it was not retained tightly. I put it into an Audi main dealer and they charged around £220 for a “sunroof service” using special high priced grey lubricant. It was messy and made no difference. I was then told that it may require the whole sunroof plus internal guides etc plus the roof lining being taken out to check the whole mechanism. The cost would have been over £1k. I decided to use strong single sided foam tape that I placed around the internal edge of the hole in the roof, that the glass roof fitted into. It solved the problem by removing much of the creaking noise. Unfortunately the car was involved in a write off and I bought a 2020 SQ5 Vorsprung about 4 months ago which also has a two part glass sunroof. It has been absolutely fine. Good luck with the black single sided adhesive tape!

Eventually, having considered the problem of not getting ‘centred’ on the steering wheel plus getting the fault light on the electric steering, I put the SQ5 into the main Audi distributor. They had to reboot/ reset the software/limits on the steering. £190 later and it’s been put right. It seems to be a weak point on these cars. No assistance whatsoever from Audi/VW U.K. It was two days outside of its main dealer warranty. You make your own decision on how you see this.

Hi Steve, it’s a small world! I’ve decided to use thick automotive grade 20mm width foam tape around the insides of the roof area where the glass meets the sides plus the rear of the roof area where it meets up with the rear glass roof section. It seems to have worked and the creaking noise has reduced by about 90%. Seems a design and/or installation build issue I used to have a BMW X5 with a panoramic roof. Never had a minute’s problem with that. In fairness though, the SQ5 is faster and handles better.

2016 model SQ5. I’ve had a guy around to my house to produce a duplicate car key. Tragic really, as after an hour and a half and lots of laptop usage etc he could not do it. He left, and said that there was a fault showing on the steering but that it would ‘right itself’. Of course, it hasn’t! I now have a fault showing with the dynamic steering. The steering is heavier of course and steering wheel doesn’t centre. Also the ESC drive stability light & system deactivated and the auto stop/start immobilised. I’ve checked the fuses in the side of the dashboard but they are ok. It appears from a diagnostic tool that there is no communication with the dynamic steering so probably no power getting through. This is a late 2016 model so not the problem of two/three years ago. Could this be a common relay for these circuits? If so, then where would it most likely be located? Is the small square box accessed in the area under the bonnet, via a small square flap, close to the windscreen area, located centrally a possible area to consider? Any ideas please? Any other suggestions?

I am trying to buy the special ‘T’ shape tool for an Audi A5 cabriolet that is used to manually operate the roof for opening and closing