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No i haven't, i did replaced belt tensioner too

Is this the vacuum operated locking system? I recall a similar forum question a year or two ago to which there was no resolution sadly.

Tony. If the water pump was not replaced at the same time as the belt as it should have been, that could be the source of the noise. As Steve said, get the car to a garage ASAP, because a belt failure is usually sudden and the consequent engine damage can be catastrophic. Opinions on belt duration, even from Audi, have changed over the years. I would stick with the older 70000 miles recommendation for peace of mind. It's an expensive job at £700 but a lot cheaper than a new engine.

Get yourself a cheap multimeter and test whether: [1] power is getting to the motor, [2] the resistor is working, [3] the switch is working, [4] the motor earth connection is not broken.

It's good to know even lurkers can benefit from the forum.

Hi Guys, my Speedo is fluctuating, it always goes down and back up again but sometimes sticks at zero. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? Oh, and where does the Speedo get its feed from? TIA John

I think it was from a 2015 model. The Mileage would be unknown that’s the only thing. The bushes are showing signs of wear and I’m not sure how much play they should have. I’ll compare with mine when removed. Iv ordered bushes and I’ll experiment with my old subframe when removed. I think the threaded bar and cup would work well and I did find an Audi tool but it was near £1000. Plenty of cup and bar tools for other manufactures for £40-50 so I’ll take measurements and see if I can find one that works.

Thank you Nigel, We now understand your request, since you have explained it far more clearly than you did in your opening post. If you had done that, the actual situation - which only you knew - would have been less confusing. For the rest of the membership, this is as I see it:- Your particular car was originally fitted with a beige carpet, but someone - at some time - has replaced this with a black carpet. You now want to replace this black carpet with an original example of a beige one. As I see it, the particular colour code of this carpet is not really necessary, since wherever you intend getting it from, ( where would that be?) there will only be one beige variant for your model year. Hopefully this qualifies the situation. Regards, Gareth.

Glad you got sorted and the forum helped you 🙂

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂

Keep us posted on how you get on

Try replacing the A/C pressure sensor. They were bad before 2021. Many have had to be replaced. Even though Audi knows this, if you’re out of warranty, they won’t replace it for you. The part is only 26 bucks

What a brilliant site this is, thanks to all posters. I've been struck by the dreaded BSGs as well. Last Saturday week I had the same sequence of lights very quickly resulting in a dead stop just before the A19, thank goodness. My car is a 2019 Q7 50TDI just out of warranty. I rang Audi Teesside, and they said get it to us and we will have a look but this will take at least a week! RAC recovery detected an alternator fault but they told me to verify this as they could not be 100% certain. They recovered the car to home and I arranged to get the car to independent Audi specialist. Last Thursday they told me that my BSG was faulty and a replacement would be 3K. I told them I would ring them back and subsequently found this site, thank goodness. Rang Lookers Teesside and told them my car was on it's way. They said they would have to do their own diagnostic checks They rang me back late Friday to say that the BSG is faulty. They did not know about the extended warranty!! what a surprise and they were getting in touch with Audi Technical. They rang back today stating that they have been instructed to undertake earthing checks, which they are on with They have as yet not mentioned a fee for the diagnostic checks or the earthing checks. I will keep you posted. Neil

Update: I successfully bought a correct set from www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk. The correct part is a Bosch A726 S. Local Audi garage wanted to charge me £90 for these but that website was £30.

Hi Bob Great idea. Have you tried asking google? I find lots of useful info there. On the panel on lower section on each side are narrow slots to fit a radio removal tool. I've just looked at my A3 and they are there. Found this link on google which may help

Many thanks Rafael. So it would seem that it would be possible to place this number on a Retention Certificate ( cost around £110?), then select an agency to list it for you. Yes you gamble that money, but it does retain the number. Kind regards, Gareth.

I do not, but given that it is the cause of warranty cancellation I suggest you return it to the vendor.

Morning I am trying to sorce a workshop repair manual for my A6 c8 Avant 40 tdi quattro any ideas or experience seen a few downloads online but is the car covered by anything yet thanks.

Hello All I'm After some advice or what experience people have had with the dry dual clutch please. Done a service on our 19 plate A3 1.5 TFSI with 84000 on the clock and as a routine I look at faults using VCDS. Clutch pack 1 has come up as out of tolerance. It did flag up in August last year at 79000 miles. The latest fault is recent as I checked in April and it was not there. Car does judder intermittently in reverse, low gears and more so when hot. I was going to change the gearbox and mechatronics oil to see if it made a difference but stopped when I saw the fault again (I am aware this is filled for life but oil on the whole does not last indefinitely). On the whole car drives lovely and gear changes are hardly noticeable, except for the intermittent judder. Not wanting to be faced with a complete failure I can either change the clutch pack now (£2000 plus) or run with it for a while until the fault comes back and judder gets worse. Anyone had experience on this and outside of what I have had, any other warnings of impending failure? Thanks in advance

the veh had a v5 when i purchased it and it all got sent off i just stupidly didnt know what to look out for on the v5 before buying. info on my v5 is very basic compared to my other car, is missing the euro status, emmisions dets and i dont have any copies of the import paperwork as i was informed it had all been sent of to DVLA to register the car. lesson learned to research what sort of paperwork to expect to have if i ever buy and import again. I dont mind the leg work to sort it, its a learning curve, but it is somewhat frustrating that its not been sorted by the garage prior and im having to correct bits. Im a tad annoyed at VW here not being able to guide me a bit better of contacting their Japanese counterparts however as this wont be the first time this sort of thing has been asked of them so why cant they assist in providing an email address for Japan to get the details??? too difficult box maybe....

It's not normal on any car. Your clutch is defective.

Absolute gentleman but the offer remains open. Small update. I managed to get the low pressure warning to come up again, but only after lifting the bonnet again to change a bulb, which resets the oil level on the mmi, and after closing the bonnet, the oil level came up about 4-5 bars higher than where it was previously, registering almost full. I know the oil level should be at 2 bars above minimum on the mmi, as I put 4.5 litres in on a service 1300 miles ago and I have a small leak somewhere on the left side of the engine. Whilst it was like this I could trigger the warning easily by driving spirited at high rpm then idling. After about 30 minutes driving the oil level suddenly returned to where it should be. It will not throw the error again now the level has read correctly. So now I'm even more confused!

It's always the tyres. A harsh ride and excess noise is the price you pay for for the better handing of low profile tyres.

Hi all I'm new on here. Big fan of Audi's I drive a 2014 A6 C7 Avant. I'm having trouble changing the reverse light bulb. I took the inner light cluster off the boot to realise that I can't get to the reverse light bulb. There is 1 bulb there but I'm guessing it's fog light bulb. Is this a sealed unit? Or am I missing something Please help Thanks in advance Kam

Just back from a holiday (vacation for some) and had a SEAT Arona. The infotainment felt and looked very Audi MMI. Anyway, my Android phone connected quickly and reliably to the head unit every time - from cold and warm start. So it seems to me that any connectivity issues are on the Audi side. What are other seeing? Any updates available?