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Thanks Granola, I do indeed understand your point of view. An alternative point of view could be that if say you (in caps) were to spend a considerable amount of time attempting to help others -on demand - and they can’t even be bothered to return to the forum to read the advice they ask for, then this alternative point of view may become more valid. You know, even seeing that a question-poster has had the courtesy to press the Like’ button can really be a welcome uplift, and demonstrates that it isn’t all about ‘I want, you know, you tell me’ , and I can’t even be bothered to take time to say thanks. Kind regards, Gareth. p.s. ‘….some random person in the future benefits….’ It didn’t benefit this poster, since as Stevey mentions, it’s a subject I that’s been answered before, but I guess the poster couldn’t be bothered to do a search.

Welcome John, and thanks for joining. When did you buy this car? Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Roger. Price?

Hello H, Any good reason why you don’t want to fill in your name and location properly? I would have thought your location would have been all important to prospective buyers. ‘Benztrader’ suggests motor trader, or trader associated with Mercedes Benz. Can you assure the forum that you aren’t ?

Thanks Derek, If it were mine, I would be recording my concern in writing to Audi Customer Services. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Richard, Aren’t there vents in the lower rear side panels which can let water in? Seem to recall some earlier posts referencing these. Your model?? Well worth doing a forum search - far more reliable than my memory! Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome Greg, and thanks for joining. Fuses blow to protect the circuit, so if it has blown, you will first need to know why. We take it your rear sensors aren’t working - totally - but do you get any bleep ( 10 second continuous) when you select reverse? Also, do the reversing lights work? Kind regards, Gareth.

Let us know how you get on with your enquiry Alex.

Wonder what the cause of the issue was with Chris’ car after?

Hello Alex. I believe so. If you enter your registration number into on-line factor sites such as Parts in Motion, GSF etc. and search ‘ bake pad warning sensor’ then you should get confirmation via. the part being listed. Are you depending on such sensors to alert you to the need to renew the pads Alex? If so, not good practice. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Bruno, Apologies, I don’t know if it is possible to modify the oil suction pipe to take a conventional dipstick, but hopefully someone will come along on here to help you with this. Re. Oil consumption:- I can see your Q5 is 2023, and so it can be expected that it’s early oil consumption will be higher than it will be when it has some mileage under its belt. To give you a better idea, we would need to know what mileage the vehicle has now covered, how much oil has it consumed during that mileage - assuming it hasn’t yet had its first oil change. Perhaps you can comeback to us on these points. Kind regards, Gareth.

An alternative to washing up liquid could be ATF (auto transmission fluid). Sorry, I’ll bow to Steve’s three sizes. I know there’s a choice of two on the back, because it cost me to have bought the wrong size in the first place! Hope all goes well with it Miley. Kind regards, Gareth.

‘Trading Standards are dealing with it now’. Possibly pessimistic, but they will take all the details, give you a case number, and you probably won’t hear anything more. Meanwhile, your time limit for rejecting the car could well be exceeded. Would I depend on TS actually doing anything to aid your case?? No I wouldn’t.

What I think Matty, is just the same - get yourself to the CAB, as I keep saying and now even boring myself. The clock is ticking!

Many thanks Steve for clarifying this for the benefit of others. Hello Tony, I’m not sure what you now want to believe, but you have a battery of dubious origins, and I believe until you replace it with a reputable branded one, and get it coded to the car, you stand little chance of getting anywhere with this, but it must be your choice. From my side, and apologies if this appears critical, but you seem to be bombarding us with unnecessary detail. Anyway, back to your battery and charging check:- A couple of observations - the charging voltage measured at 13.8v at best, is below par, and I would be expecting around 14.5 volts. I’m not sure what he told you about CCA measurements, but surely Cold Cranking Current would be measured in what it is - amps. not volts. If you are going to decide on fitting a reputable branded battery, you won’t go far wrong with a correct-for-car Exide from Tayna Batteries. Give them your reg. no., and they will advise on the correct one. You will need to further investigate the alternator output.

Apologies Miley, Missed the ‘front’ bit, and I went on to talk about the rear bashes and saddles. Sorry-senior moment!

Hello Miley, First problem first:- what is the (cleaned up sufficiently to measure) dia. of your ARB? Believe it could be either 18mm or 21mm. Getting old ones out? Um! - splined fixings! - you will end up having to drill them out, and refit the new ones using suitable bolts and nuts. Dependent on what size your bar is, I might have a new and unused ‘bought the wrong size’ set here. I will have to check what diameter bar this set is for. Kind regards, Gareth.

CAB Matty - as soon as possible.

Thanks Tony, There’s an awful lot of information there that we don’t need, but…. You bought the latest battery because it was the cheapest you could get at the time-? Did you get it on-line or locally. It’s likely the battery should have been coded to the car, but not absolutely certain of that for your age car. Hopefully we will get some more experienced opinion on that. If it does need coding, then failure to code it can ( I believe) lead to over- charging, since the car will treat it as if it’s still the old one. Over charging can result in toasting the battery. Pulling terminals off should be totally unnecessary and should not be done. Let us know how you get on Tony, and give us an answer as to why you bought the brand you have now. Good batteries are an investment.

Hello Richard, Can we take it you aren’t including discs and pads in your quest to find secondhand parts? Worth trying Parts in Motion for these - there are many more on-line factors, but I’ve always had good service at competitive prices from this company. Kind regards, Gareth.

Or indeed a broken-near-end spring, which maybe difficult to see without close examination. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Tony, With any persisting electrical issue, it’s always worth getting the battery efficiency measured to establish whether it’s a contributory cause or not. Perhaps you could let us know whether you acquired the car with that battery, or if you bought it during your (how long?) ownership. Way forward:- take the car to an Halfords store and ask them to check the battery’s efficiency for you. Get the alternator output checked at the same time. If the battery is found to be sub standard, you may want to come back to us, before you buy a replacement from Halfords. My take on it, for what it’s worth:- It wouldn’t surprise me that the battery you have is ‘reconditioned reject’ bought because it was cheap. Please come back with the outcome - as Cliff says.

Hello Tony, Saying it as I see it, I don’t have any interest in the battery at the moment - and certainly no intention of clicking on the link - other than to say it looks like a spurious brand to me. What I am interested in, and I’m not sure why you aren’t telling us! :- what symptoms is the car is suffering from? Typed while Cliff was responding. Sorry Cliff, I’ll leave this one to you to try to get to the bottom of. Bit odd?

Hello Tony, I think you are getting your amps and milli-amps in a twist. If you genuinely have a ‘parasitic drain’ of 0.06mA, you don’t have a parasitic drain! Interpreting your meter reading:- your meter is reading 0.06 of an amp, which equals 60mA. Does a drain of 60mA point to an issue? No - there or there abouts normal in my book. If you have say a 60Ah capacity battery, and left the car unattended, it would theoretically take around 42 days to drain the battery. Apologies, but what I’m missing here is what are you considering is wrong, and what are the symptoms?

Hello Dave, Tank capacity is 54 litres by what I understand, so you a work out how much it will cost to fill the tank - based on the cost/ltr. in your area for the fuel brand you choose. Hopefully you will get responses to question (2) which will allow you to work out the answer to question (3). Kind regards, Gareth.