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Hi I have bought a 2016 Q7 but the boot won't open with the key fob . It will open when I press the button on the boot and use the switch in the car but not with the button on the key fob . Has anyone had this problem or knows anything about it .

Thanks Gareth. No we are only an hour away from the car. I will have a look on google for an Audi sales team in that area. many thanks again. fiona.

I've just recently bought a new A4 Avant and plan to keep it long term so I decided to go for the pricier foam moulding under the wheel. It features cut-outs to store the tools that come with the car. I also bought the same spare from the Wheel Shop and a scissor jack. The scissor jack lives in the other compartment along with an extendable wheel brace that I've had in every car I've owned since about 1994, disposable gloves and a black bin liner to put the wheel I would need to take off in the event of a puncture to stop everything getting filthy in the boot. It's not until you see how little space there between the top of the batteries and the boot cover that make you understand why there are so many threads on the various Audi forums questioning if you can actually fit a spare in the boot or not 😊

Hi I got another iPhone 13 a couple of days prior, and I have seen that remote CarPlay separates at a similar point on my everyday drive every day. I drive this way regular and this never happened when I had my old telephone which was an iPhone 11. Tutuapp 9Apps

I’ve got no sound front door speakers. The two little speakers next to the clip in part rear shelf the left one just comes on full blast screaming for mercy. None from the right one. 192.168.100.1 192.168.1.1

Finally this issue has been explained in a simple manner. I've been chasing a leak in my GTI with the same engine and haven't found anyone explain it the way you did. Thanks for this and I did subscribe and like this! Thanks man, take care Kodi

Many thanks Natasha, A consumption of 1 pint every 200/250 miles is certainly on the excessive side of excessive, and at that consumption you would expect to see blue smoke from the exhaust when you rev. the engine. Do you? Also, are you aware of any oil leaking externally? Sorry about all the additional questions, but has its consumption changed during your ownership? What grade oil do you use, and has it had an history of sound servicing, before and since you have owned it? Many thanks and kind regards, Gareth.

Good Morning Mick. Gareth is definitely right. We both paid Audi an armful of money for these GT's. So they should look after their product. However, I found that when mine was new you had to be sure that the charge plug was fully home in the socket and that there was no tension on the charge cable. I have had mine nearly a year now and the charge port and plug fit nice and smoothly. Tony

Hi Guys, new to Audi and a new forum member, I have recently been receiving intermittent fault alerts, probably every few weeks, showing after starting up, there are about four or five which relate to the front camera and include main beam assist, Lane departure, presence, adaptive lighting. Can anyone shed some light please, many thanks

Hi, was hoping to get some thoughts on an issue Ive encountered swapping a damaged rear drivers side door with a replacement. The original door was badly scraped against a wall, but fully functioning. I decided to get a replacement from a breaker. The replacement is a full door with all the internal trim etc. The swap looks fine, Opens and closes no issues. Window works and so does the speaker. The issue is that the door won’t lock, and we can’t do the auto child lock. Also the window is randomly self opening a fraction. I have disconnected the battery as a reset, as I saw that may work. It did actually allow the door to lock once, but then after a drive the issues came back. Any thoughts on what I could try, or do I need to fully strip out the old door? Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi its the sealing ring, most likely they did not change it with the unit problem being that you have to buy the seal separately and they are quite expensive, its either the seal or they have damaged the locking ring that holds the pump in when they re tightened it, the third hole looks like a breather, easiest way to check is get a small length of wire and push it into the hole and see if it bottoms out, if it does its the seal. Steve.

Hello First post so I hope this is in the correct section. Would anybody know, or know where I might find, the part number for the new grille that comes on the S Line models post-2024 (image below)? I've tried to find it on a number of parts diagram websites but haven't been successful. Thanks very much.

Hi Joss, You went large with the 550! The Audi is a really nice car, but its main advantages are being younger, less miles, less tatty and better maintained than the E61 - which I couldn't justify spending money on towards the end. Although the BMW had more BHP (when it was new) than the Audi, the supercharger + quattro means the acceleration is certainly quicker with the 3.0. In my reality, that's better than the silky smooth 100mph+ cruising that the V8 was clearly capable of, because I live nowhere near an Autobahn. It's hard to beat the E61 for space, comfort, handling and looks that really aged well (do you remember how controversial the Chris Bangle styling was when they first came out?). Comparisons on fuel economy are striking, but boring. Even the standard MMI amps/speakers in the Audi are a big improvement of the BMW (standard) audio - and the Audi has Bluetooth/Aux. I was using a cigarette-lighter FM transmitter in the BMW! I decided to wait until my insurance came up for renewal to see what the bump would be for declaring the chip tuning as a modification. Although I must say that, after over a thousand very pleasurable miles, I've been chasing an overheating issue in the Audi for the last few days (thermostat and/or poor seal from cheap after-market expansion tank cap I think). So I'm giving more consideration to reliability and being gentle to the car alongside the previous thought of "seems a bit silly not to unlock an extra 100 bhp for a few hundred quid! " as you eloquently put it! Thanks for the conversation and I'll check out Phantom Tuning. Cheers

Likewise inquisitive assuming anybody has effectively wrapped the front and back guard to pass out. Or on the other hand the chrome window trim? In the event that you did the trim did you or your shop eliminate it or envelop it by put on the vehicle. I've seen a few recordings from a Benz where the shop eliminated all the trim to wrap yet it seemed as though it would be simple for a shop to screw up on the off chance that they didn't actually have any idea what they were doing. Value hearing your encounters!

I don't have a 'extremely durable' fix arranged at this point, yet I've been driving my drive for about seven days with the tape and I'm sure the trim hole was the main pressing concern for my situation. Needed to impart my disclosure to all of you, if it's not too much trouble, let me know as to whether somebody has previously concocted an improved arrangement. I can't have tape on my vehicle and I'm not perfect with the silicone.

I love the car too - and was going to change it for a performance most likely too. I like your approach so may look for something similar. Are you looking for 10 years on the whole car or just that part ?

Further update on the 7 Speed S-Tronic DL-501 issue ...... I haven't been able to get the adaption re-done yet after the full gearbox and both filters service as Matt with VCDS has been incredibly busy with his day job, but the one thing I will say after using the car for a few weeks now is it is incredibly smoother than it was before the service and the first VCDS mild adaption, no longer does it thump from second to first and even in reverse there seems to be a definite difference in the take up of the gear, especially on a slope, something it didn't like doing at all before the service, I am genuinely surprised how fresh filters and proper manufacturer recommended "MEYLE" DSG OIL can make that much of a difference, I haven't taken it on a long run yet and got everything in the gearbox up to a constant temperature and speed but around town driving is noticeably much smoother. As it started to fail on me and throw the dreaded yellow warning light on the dash after long motorway cruising I don't want to count my chickens too soon, but I'm hopeful that with a final and Full VCDS Gears Adaption my problem may well be pretty much sorted, as usual will keep posting updates for other members ......... 🤔

Hi all just brought a 1999 Audi a3 8l with 50.000 on the clock runs beautiful sometimes but idles up to 15.000 rpm other times

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Thanks for the links Kev. Annoyingly last week I discovered from my mechanic that if I buy any 2.5tdi engine and keep my current injection pump and ECU the car will think the replacement engine is the original and will run. Wish I'd known that a year ago instead of worrying about coding of injection pumps and imobilisers etc. So my simplest option is to find a bau version of the 2.5tdi as this was the last variation of that engine and most refined in theory. Trying to find one with low miles and proven service history, but naturally this is proving difficult.

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Very good point on age Steve. Kind regards, Gareth.

From looking online this spec is very rare. I'd estimate it's worth between 2-3k.

Glad you’re sorted. I don’t think I can agree on the quality being better on the smaller cars in the range. I’ve had pretty much every size of car in the VAG group and it is pretty much pot luck as per other manufacturers. The current A6 seems to be pretty good quality wise. A split seal is just random poor luck and not really that serious, more annoying on a relatively new car.

hi, had my gearbox rebuilt on my quattro. its not driving right been told it is the emc module not sinking with the gearbox.is there any one know of any i t companies out there how can sort this out. thanks.🤪