IanM

Hi, Another update. I booked the car in to Stoke Audi and took the car to them this morning. After a while, I was told that the satnav unit was checked and showed no errors. Of course, today the damn thing is working after being useless for the previous 3 days. I was informed by the service advisor that an updated "disk" will be the way to go (it's an SD card), as the map info on the SD card hasn't been updated since the car was new. Best part of £300, and it's not covered by the warranty (which I understand). Looks like I'll be persevering with my TomTom (free updates for life for a £70.00 sat nav) or my phone and google maps for the foreseeable. Regards Ian

Hi, Okay, since I posted this I've been driving around places that I know and not using the route guidance but have had the map displayed on the pop-up screen so that I can keep an eye on it. It has behaved perfectly. Not once has it got lost or shown me to be elsewhere. Until this Friday. I used it to get to a place, which it did without any issue. However when I returned to my car, and entered my home address, it lost the plot. I wasn't far from home, but just wanted to see how it would behave, and it basically got lost. Looks like I'll be ringing my local Audi dealer. Fortunately, I took out an extended Audi warranty which will cover any work. It's just a pain with all the to-ing and fro-ing. Regards Ian

Hi, I have a 2014 A3 SE 2.0 TDI with the Audi Satnav. Every so often, the satnav loses my position and, as you can imagine, colourful language and some chaos follows. I now carry a "backup" TomTom. The satnav will stay "lost" for a while, and only normally finds itself again after the vehicle has been parked overnight, or a after a few days. I have done some extensive searching on various forums, and the concensus seems to be the the antenna needs replacing. This makes sense, but 2 things suggest otherwise. 1). If the GPS antenna has failed, why does it appear to magically start working again after a "rest". 2). The satnav only seems to lose it's position when I'm actually using it to guide me. If I'm driving around familiar places with the map displayed but no route guidance, it doesn't appear to get lost or lose the satellites. I'm still testing point 2 at the moment, but if this is the case, this, to me, looks more like a software/firmware issue rather than hardware (i.e. a failing antenna). Clearly, I'm going to have to take it to my local Audi dealer to get them to check it out. Either that, or sack the Audi Nav and use the TomTom, which also came with FREE updates. I'd be interested if anyone has seen similar. I find point 2) above particularly intruiging. Regards Ian

Hi, Here's a couple of pics. 1st pic was the day I bought it, and it was still at the dealership. 2nd Pic is in my drive, with a lovely backdrop of a shed and our wheelie-bins :) A month in, and I'm FAR from bored of it. Ian

Good Afternoon, After owning various Hondas and Nissans over the years, I decided that a change was required. So, it was goodbye Civic, and hello Audi A3 TDI. As well as it being my first German car, it's my first diesel AND my first automatic (it's got the S-Tronic gearbox) and I love it. I haven't felt this pleased and excited about a car since my P11 Nissan Primera SE which, with the exception of the A3, was the best car that I've owned so far, and I've been driving for 30 years! The A3 is a 2014 SE, but whoever had it new loaded it up with extras, so it's pretty well equiped with the gearbox mentioned above, satnav, auto dimming mirror etc. Looking forward to having a nosey around in here. Regards Ian