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Hi all, newbie here, I have a 2014 Audi Q7 which is now due service as light is on. I am more than capable of doing the service work myself and would rather do it myself after bad experiances with a few garages not doing all the work and making mistakes. Only issue is resetting service light, I know you can reset oil change light yourself easily but obviously resetting service is a different game as you need correct VAG equipment to reset. Does anyone know of a hand held scanner which will definitely reset the service light as a few claim to but im not sure. There are a few scanners around the £150 mark which i dont mind spending but any advice would be amazing, many thanks.

Well, still no idea what that telephone fuse is doing on the MMI loop, but to solve the issue, I wired the fuse to power only on ignition not constant live. Car still struggled to start in the morning, but it did on first try, it's never done that before. It was constantly drawing 7 amps, got it down to 0.9. I think I need a new battery as that's been up and down for so long. Let's hope this fixes it for now and I can remove the second battery. I fitted the missing mmi mechanism, somehow it doesn't fully sit in the dash, but pops up fine and the switches on the mechanism are now pressed. That's a job for another day..

Hello, I got the dreaded shift to P before leaving blah blah blah warning, took the gear selector apart, found the colour of the bypass switch I would need, ordered, tried to fit, does not fit. tried the black one, also does not fit. I do not want to change the whole gear selector, one price, two the car is not even 5 with less than 40k miles, three it’s a hassle to change and I could be asking for more issues. Does anyone know how to fix this that doesn’t require a whole new selector or parts 500-713-128-A & 3Q0-713-128?

Rather than create new post, probably better updating your original post 😉

Thanks Phil, Why Autodoc, with the added postage, and apparent ‘can get it wrong service’ - although I’ve never used them? In case it helps, I favour Parts in Motion, who offer a selection of brands of the same part, and free postage. Apologies for regularly mentioning these ( no personal contact), but they have never failed to offer me a great service at competitive prices. Kind regards, Gareth.

Good Morning. I was wondering if anyone has had experience of the gear stick becoming "floppy", ie. not returning to its central position when not in gear. I could get the gears okay, but I had to be very careful so as not to select the wrong gear. I have taken all of the gear stick components out, and there are now just two rods in view that connect to the gear box. My question is :- is the centralisation of the gear stick controlled by the round gear box rod, or within the ball type assembly at the base of the gear lever? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for joining and advertising Samcurman. Having said that, I really don’t see this being particularly inviting as listed. Could you please amend your Profile to include your location - big place is your ‘united kingdom’! This would be considered important detail since it’s likely this would be sold via. ‘Collection only’. Other vital details not included:- Price. ( ‘Offers’ not acceptable). Condition. Please come back to us on all points raised. Regards, Gareth.

Thanks Steve, I think I would simply list it on EBay if it were mine. I’m sure someone would appreciate. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi everyone, I bought my Audi A6 black edition 2017 a few months back. Unfortunately the car doesn't have the apple CarPlay not even a USB port 🤣 I'm thinking of replacing the sat nav with a new one which has the carplay but I can't find someone who can change it for me and recommend a good sat nav in London! I would appreciate any suggestions on this matter! May thanks in advance!

Just pulled the cover off the module, everything looks in decent order, no fried bits. Gave everything a thorough blast with contact cleaner. Put it back together and plugged it back in. And sadly nothing.

Please keep us posted on how you get on. Also the VW T-Roc or Seat Ateca one might fit as they're sisters to the q2.

Glad we've helped 🙂

Looks great 👍 🙂

Audi would have the original part number for the unit, not sure what other way you could get the original part number.

Any updates or replies to questions Leo?

Most certainly does 😉

Will do!

Thanks for the above responses. I tried again to remove the sensor with the help of youtube videos. I was successful this time and was able to fit the new part myself. Fault message was removed automatically as suggested by the video and all is good. I did not have to get a diagnostic test. I understand Audi is aware of this common problem and have since modified the part. I hope this is of assistance to anyone having the same issue.

I totally agree with Gareth on this, unless you have access to a very good workshop manual. If you get it wrong broken trim can be surprisingly expensive to replace, and very ugly if you don't.

I was thinking more fluxcompassador myself !

Fantastic result guys. Thsnks for keeping this one updated. hopefully it will help somebody in the future

keep us posted on how it goes Gill

We can see you have returned to the forum within the last hour or so, so can you now add to/ clarify your post please?

I'm highly confident it's cambelt.

I'd consider either the headlight switch or the indicator stalks/relay.