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Stevey y on here, would be your man to give you best advice on this.

Hello Stephen, I can not comment on the 0w 30 vs 5w 30 debate - always used 5w 30 myself, and bought the VAG exclusive brand Quantum Longlife 3, oil for decade or so - once blended by Castrol, but it seems it’s now blended by Fuchs. If you intend to use 0w 30, then you can get Quantum on EBay from CE Automotive ( I’ve bought my 5/30 from them in the past) for a tad under £40 delivered for 5 litres - not much more than my 5w/30. It’s also worth having a look on Amazon since I found Quantum 5/30 cheaper than on EBay. Your 0w/30 maybe cheaper there too. Let us know what you think. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Michael, Welcome, and many thanks for joining. This may not help much, but I recently looked into this for a friend who was looking for a Skoda Fabia (which was eventually decided against), and I’m only now only going from memory - not wise! but…. I believe the issue can affect vehicles as early as 2009, and I think went on until the 2015 model year. I did find some informed on-line information, but I didn’t save it I’m afraid. Any particular reason for moving away from diesel? Kind regards, Gareth.

It seems I’m out of touch with current tread depths as far as new tyres are concerned. Past experience had pointed me to expect that the tread depth was normally close to 8mm on new tyres, so I was a little surprised to find that the A3’s new set of Michelin Primacy 4 are measuring out at 7mm. This equates to a 12.5% reduction on expected, and if we say I previously hoped for around 18k out of these tyres, I would now expect to only get 15.75K miles. Or look at it another way:- Since the min. legal tread depth is 1.6mm, I now have less than 1/4 inch of useable tread. The other thing I notice is that the circumferential grooves are visibly wider than they used it be, so if you couple the two together, then there must be a fair amount less rubber used per tyre - at the customer’s expense - the customer now paying a much higher price for less! Anyone else have any recent experience of other brands? Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks James, Could you please fill in your profile.

Thanks Kamran, Could you let us know where Graham Goode is, and let us have contact details please? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Derek, Doing a search on here for ‘water in footwells’ , should give you a fair amount of reading, and tips of what to check. Kind regards, Gareth.

Oh dear Frank - please excuse my oversight, and I naively thought it was JSon who had ‘liked’ the thread - silly me for assuming before looking! Sorry about that, and many thanks for acknowledging the reply, and even more importantly, sharing your very valid experiences in relation to turning off the stop/start. I must admit, I alway turn off the s/s (unless I forgot) on the non-Audi, because I believe it to be engineeringly averse - but that’s just a ‘dirty’ diesel. Many thanks again Frank for your help and input with this. Let’s hope JSon does come back with some answers - now that he has viewed my response. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks for liking the response JSon, Can we take it you are going to fill in the details for us when you can -? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Dan, Rear, seal or no seal? Best way to find out with your particular model is to visit your local dealer’s Parts Dept. ( I wouldn’t do this on the phone), and enquire there. Perhaps you could let us know the outcome. If not, and silicone? I wouldn’t if it were mine. Perhaps some low adhesion, not hardening mastic-? Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome, thanks for joining, and sorry to hear of your issue. Thanks Jason ( can we take it that’s your name? - profile reads JSon). This issue sounds serious, so I wonder if you would be kind enough to colour in as much detail as possible, so that others become fully aware of how this issue is first shown, and what the ‘system’ advises you to do, and/or what the Audi dealer advised you to do do. Perhaps it might help to break it down into some questions:- What was the exact wording that came up on your display? What was the wording colour? Were there any associated messages, such as ‘Do not drive’ ; Do not use/ contact dealer etc? Did the car become immobile or went into limp-mode when the warning message was shown? Did you continue to use it between the time the warning appeared, and until it went to the dealer? I think that would be enough questions for now, and trusting you will be able to help with some answers. Many thanks and kind regards, Gareth.

Great Steve, and as you say an extra 10w won’t break the battery’s bank - less than 1 amp. The extra light splay must make night driving so much safer and far less stressful - says one who now admits I no longer like driving in the dark . That’s nothing to do with age say he, tongue in cheek! Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome to the Audi Owners Club. I don’t think this is going to fully answer your question Drew, but I recall a similar fault code description coming up on a member’s 2015 A4 Avant, and it defeated the local dealer part department. It turned out that it wasn’t actually a separate part, but was part of some other sensor - which one ?? - sorry, can’t remember. Hopefully, someone on here will clarify, but you may have to give up looking for the air intake temperature sensor as a separate part. Kind regards, Gareth.

I thought you said it wasn’t the left side Dan, because you had replaced that one.

Blinking heck Dan, you are confusing the already confused here - all in good humour! I’m quite capable of confusing myself, without outside intervention! So we will work forward with rear light, and not refer to headlight from now on. You’ll be given a strange look at the dealers if you ask for a headlight seal. Great. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Dan, So to aid my sanity, are we talking rear light, and not headlight? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Mathew, Are you trying to run this on a mixture of 7 year old diesel by any chance? Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Dan, but regrettably I’m of an age where confusion ‘improves’ with age! When you say headlight (on front of car), you do mean rear light don’t you-? Rather than first trying to use any form of ‘goo’, it would be worth visiting the dealer’s Parts Dept. and seeing if you can buy a new (foam rubber) seal, on the basis of trying the proper way first. Perhaps you could let us know how you get on Dan. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Richard, I don’t want to blow my trumpet, but I was obviously correct in believing that the dealership’s rapid diagnosis was built on experience ‘…….several …..in the area..’. Again, I differentiated between ‘water..ingress’ and ‘water spillage’ on the basis of, to me, ingress defines water coming in from an external source, and spillage an internal source. Interesting that the dealer confirms that your issue was due to water ingress. You tell us only you and your wife occupy the car, and the logic follows that you don’t have anyone sitting in the back seat - where the spillage (my term) has occurred. The dealer states the damage is due to ..water….rather than drinks, such as coffee, so the logic only holds if you have a mystery water drinking rear seat passenger that neither of you know about! ‘Now looking to get rid of it….’, obviously your choice Richard, but a bit reactionary in my book, since the dealer can put a cover over it, Incase your mystery water drinking passenger decides to hitch a lift again! I think it’s highly unlikely that any motor manufacturer doesn’t currently have any model that is free from some ‘common’ issue. I would look at it from the standpoint that you’ve found the problem with this one - it should be rectifiable, and off you go. Anyway, just an opinion. Good luck with the Audi, and my gut feeling is that you will get some sort of goodwill contribution ‘without prejudice’. Perhaps you could let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Sharad, Re. (1) - I’m having a little difficulty in understanding why you aren’t simply returning your new car to the dealer and talking through the issue. Kicking it! Re.(2). I certainly wouldn’t.

Hello Richard, Welcome and thanks for joining, and sorry to hear of your issue. Pending responses from other Q5 owners, I would would want proof positive whether this water was due to ingress from an external source, or spillage? If the former, then that automatically becomes Audi’s responsibility. Unfortunately, the Audi USA situation, although of interest, is of no ‘value’ or influence for claims in the U.K., unless you want to take them to court. If this were mine, I would be composing a carefully worded e-mail to the dealer principal at the dealership, outlining your case that you maintain the spillage route could not have been the explanation in your case, and you wish this to be resolved via. the warranty. Let’s trust Q5 members will be able to share their experiences. Another point of interest would be speed at which this was diagnosed - suggesting previous experiences of such issues -? Perhaps you would let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Great Irfan, Wondering if you went with ‘Back to invoice value’ cover, and did you go externally, or with dealer? Kind regards, Gareth.

Is any of the above of any help to you Irfan? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Brendan, Could you please give a little more background to what you actually wand and why, and whether you are restricting your search to Ireland (are you located north or south?) or not. Kind regards, Gareth.

Many thanks for joining David, By what you describe, it’s obvious that the car is sick, and unfortunately you are taking a chance with your health by being subjected to fumes coming into the car. Please don’t allow that to happen. Mobile mechanics and mates, have proved to be ineffective, and if it were mine, I would be seeking out a trusted localish diesel specialist and getting them to deal with the problems. Worth asking around you local taxi ranks for recommendations for diesel specialists, since these chaps living depends on work being done well, quickly and reasonably economically. Let us know how you get on David. Kind regards, Gareth.