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I did not know until now that PPFs existed, but it seems they have been around for seven years. Thanks for informing me.

If you want "genuine" Audi expertise without wasting your time please go to Audi and pay for it. On the other hand if you want free help from fellow Audi enthusiasts you are in the right place, but you might have to wait a while until somebody chooses to reply.

Yes it can if it has been allowed to go flat or was not coded to the car when fitted. A proper battery test should reveal the truth of the matter.

"Intelligent" chargers are a good choice in that they do not over charge the battery. I have not heard of that particular brand, but if it comes recommended go ahead and get it. I use something similar once a month in the winter. I'd be a little uneasy, perhaps irrationally, about having one permanently attached.

Ensure the tracking is measured, and adjusted if necessary, once the arm had been changed.

Damn the stupid filters on the forum software which won't allow me to use the common abbreviation of Richard.

Logically I would say no, otherwise any Tom !Removed! or Harry could do the same.

You're welcome.

Well found Massoud, and thanks for the picture.

Fingers crossed.

The chances are that your 12 volt battery is almost dead and needs to be replaced. The locking problem was likely a symptom of the defective battery, not a cause. I recommend you get the battery tested, and if it needs to be renewed get the new one coded to the car.

Have you come to a decision on this Graham?

That was my first thought as well, but I would have expected the garage to have done that.

This is like trying to get blood from a stone. Unless you give us something more descriptive we shall get nowhere, so let me ask some very specific questions. [1] Just before the pump clicks off can you hear any difference in the sound of splashing as the fuel rises up the filler pipe? [2] What does the fuel guage show when the pump clicks off? [3] When the pump clicks off can how much more fuel, if any, can you get into the tank if you trickle it in? [4] In what way is filling temperamental? Details matter as we have not established yet whether you have a faulty fuel guage or a restriction in the filler pipe or a blocked breather pipe.

You aren't giving us much detail. Does fuel blow back through the fiiler pipe? Can you hear the fuel level rising up the filler pipe? In what way is filling temperamental?

If you are talking about converting from incandesant to LED, the question has been asked before. The short answer I believe is no, but search the forum history for more detail.

When steel rusts it expands, thereby pushing adjacent parts away from each other. That's why rusty bolts are a swine to remove and brake discs are pushed out of alignment.

Fuses don't just "go" for no reason. They fuse because the circuits they protect are being over loaded. Evidently the fitting of the dash cam has caused such an overload so my suggestion is that you have it removed, or re-fitted by somebody who knows what he is doing.

The simple answer to that question is never to buy another diesel car of any brand that relies on Adblue. The system has been troublesome since its introduction. However that does not help you at the moment. I have read elsewhere on this forum of an additive that is claimed to solve the problem, but I don't recall its name or have any experience of it.

Yes.

Jordan. Voltage readings tell you nothing about the condition of the battery. To do that requires either a modern professional tester or the ability to test during a 200 ampere discharge, neither of which are available to most people. Nor does the fact that the battery cranks and starts the engine mean that is in good condition. The electronics on the car require a stable power supply, not just any old voltage between 10 and 16 volts as was the case years ago. A failing battery can not supply that stability, leading to spurious electronic faults that come and go at random. Limp mode, loss of radio presets, loss of air con are some of the faults that can arise. The age of your battery is not as important as its internal condition which can only be tested as mentioned earlier, though a life of five years seems to be all we can expect nowadays. I suggest you buy a new battery of decent quality, not one of the cheap unknown brands, and get it coded to the car to avoid spoiling it. Exide and Varta are two names that come to mind, though other folk in the forum can advise better than me.

Those are common symptoms of a failing battery. Get it professionally tested if you want confirmation, and get the new battery coded to the car.

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?

New battery needed. Don't forget to get it coded to the car.

Do you really mean the tank can not be filled, or is the problem actually that the fuel guage does not show full?