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Welcome Robert, thanks for joining, and sorry to hear about your issue. To help Cliff and I, can you tell us whether the starter motor now cranks the engine over or not? If it does, we take it the engine doesn’t actually start now-? Regards, Gareth,

Hello Grant, Meaningful information and the results of advised tests are dribbling through slowly, but dribbling they are. Important :- Is this car a manual or an automatic? How did you measure the latest battery voltage? Was the engine on the jump start donor car ( what was it?) running at about 2,000 rpm when you attempted to start yours with it. Regards, Gareth.

I replaced the CCM in my '03 A6 C5 1.9TDI with one that had the identical part number a couple of months ago and it was completely plug and play. Your key fobs will need to be reprogrammed however, but it's a really quick and straightforward job if you have two. I posted a guide in the C5 forum that explains it step by step. Hope that helps you mate.

Can you ask them whether it was an engine earth cable or the positive feed cable to the starter?

I doubt it Richard. Any significant modification usually invalidates the warranty, whether it is related to the problem or not. For your sake I'd be glad to be proved wrong.

That was the first thing I did. But thanks.

PRICE: £150 ono AUDI A6 C7 17" INCH ALLOY WHEELS & 225/55/17 TYRES. GENUINE SET OF 4 MANUFACTURE PART CODE: 4G0601025BH THESE ARE THE 10-SPOKE STYLE AND ARE A STANDARD FIT ON THE AUDI A6 C7. MAY FIT A6/A4/A5/ETC AND MAYBE OTHERS BUT PLEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THEY FIT YOUR VEHICLE CODES OFF THE BACK OF THE WHEELS: - 8Jx17H2. - ET39 - 4G0601025BH - REG 002454 - AU053 K1 - AlSi7Mg - MADE IN AUSTRIA - AA3 WHEELS ARE IN PRETTY NICE CONDITION. ONE WHEEL HAS SOME MINOR GRAZING ON TWO OF THE SPOKE AND A SMALL CHIP ON 2 OF THE OTHER SPOKES, ANOTHER WHEEL HAS A MINOR MARK ON THE OUTER EDGE, THE OTHER 2 LOOK PRETTY CLEAN. MAY BE OTHER AGE RELATED MARKS HERE OR THERE BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO MENTION. COME WITH 225/55/17 TYRES. ALL MATCHING TYRES - TWO TYRES HAVE AROUND 4-5MM TREAD REMAINING - TWO TYRES HAVE AROUND 3-4MM TREAD REMAINING HOWEVER HAVE SOME WEAR ON THE OUTER EDGE, SUSPECT THESE WERE FRONTS AND THE TRACKING WAS OUT. (ALL TYRES LOOK TO HAVE LEGAL TREAD SO COULD BE DRIVEN AWAY ON) ALL TYRES HOLDING AIR PERFECTLY. **CENTRE CAPS ARE NOT INCLUDED** NO CRACKS, CANNOT SEE ANY FLATSPOTS OT BUCKLES. CANNOT SEE ANY PREVIOUS WELDS. I'VE TAKEN THESE IN PART EXCHANGE BUT I HAVE NO USE FOR THESE SO SELLING THEM IN. I WOULD CONSIDER A PART/EXCHANGE WITH YOUR OLD ALLOY WHEELS, I AM LOOKING FOR A SET OF A3 18 INCH (7.5J) WHEELS/RIMS WITHOUT TYRES PREFERABLY. CASH ON COLLECTION IS PREFERRED PLEASE. If you want delivery, this will be via courier and will cost you £55. PRICE NEGOTIABLE, TRY ME IF INTERESTED.

Try LLL Parts website David.

Hello Riyss, So much data to read and understand. I don’t know what the regulations are in your country, but here, any vehicle driven on tyres with 1mm of tread (if I’ve read correctly) would be illegal and I would guess - worldwide? - any owner driving on such tyres would not be demonstrating a high regard for their vehicle’s maintenance. Aren’t there any others to choose from? Regards, Gareth.

Has anyone ever used the gunson electronic park brake tool 77088

Oh wow, great stuff Tony 😊 sorry I've not arranged shows this year. Since my Audi is off the road and my mate Jack emigrated with his TT I've lost the heart to organise the stands.

Good morning everyone...Im asking for some wisdom as to why I have code P0670 on my code reader..The code reader is a chip shop version but iv had it reset at the local garage and the same msg comes back ..glowplug control module open ? Iv changed that and now I have the ESP brake and start stop light up...Any thoughts most wellcome..is it safe to drive? Thanks again... JImbo

Hello Perhaps this may help, I got a new Q3 that switches the radio station in the morning, I thought it was random and reported SEVERAL times to AUDI and the answer was always evasive. After many trials I was able to replicate in a consistent way the problem as follows. 1- Save some radio station into favorites, lets call A, B, C 2- Play some music on radio station B, 3- move to FM and chose radio station ZZ without saving it to favorites!! 4- Go back to favorites, and the radio station should be still B 5- Switch off the car and wait around 5 minutes 6- Turn the car and you will see how for a half of a second the radio station B will be displayed and then, the radio will move out of Favorites and tune the radio station you chose in step 3 --> ZZ I documented this with a lot of videos. I have claimed to Audi, they changed the steering wheel buttons, the radio, programmed it several times and still they haven't solved the problem, but the last time they acknowledged to know the problem since 2021!!! there is a TPI that describes EXACTLY what i have reported but of course this wont be disclosed as it. So conclusion, the problem is not a problem is "normal" to some Audio MMI systems but even a 10 USD radio bought online will keep the station in the favorites !!

Evening, recently purchased A6 2018 2.0TDI and had the glow plug relay changed twice after the EML came on with the p0670 fault code. Clearly it's not two new relays, the fault once cleared comes back after about 3-4 engine starts which suggests it is an intermittent fault. The last autoelec that checked said all 4 Glow plugs are fine and also the GP fuse is GOOD changed the relay and light came back on😭. I'm thinking to get the GP fuse changed anyway not sure of location of the fuse if anyone knows the location? or any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Audi A6 SE 2.0 TDI 90ps 38000mls

I gutted my DPF after many attempts to clean it with all sorts of chemicals/soap etc etc i now have a smokey smell and the mrs hates it,wasnt sure wether it was all that crap i pumped thru it?? or that its because it hasnt got a DPF now??? can you describe the smell??

I took mine out opened it up and gutted it and welded it back up (it CAN be done without dropping the subframe) it was a bit tight ....i also blocked off the EGR and had to pay £250 to have a remap to turn off the DPF light (delete) it has gone trhu 2 mots since but was a bit smokey ....there is an american on utube who showed it being done but he did replace it with a straight pipe ,which you cant do in this country unfortunately.

just noticed i have a esp warning light telling me to check the manual???

I think it's clipped on. You might find it's cheaper to replace the whole airbag from a used one from eBay.

The oil temperature gauge issue could be due to a faulty sender. Similarly, the in tank fuel level variable resistor maybe at fault or sticky. Not absolutely certain with your c30 year old model, but it was very common to encounter a voltage stabiliser on earlier vehicles. This small unit was generally in circuit with the gauges and served to ‘damp’ the gauges - by lowering the voltage to c10 volts. Well worth checking the circuit diagrams. Regards, Gareth.

Hi all. Does any one have info or Wiring diagram for our problem. This is that the when unlocking the front top latch to release the hood nothing happens as should, windows do not drop and button to raise rear hood cover flap does not operate. This my wife's Cabrio owed since new in 1992. Many thanks Jack

Does anybody know what this pipe leads to/ what’s under the plastic? When I take the pipe off the lights go off the dash n come back on when plugged in but not sure what’s underneath the plastic or where the pipe leads to?

Hello there, so i can change the middle and the long lightbulbs without take all the bumber off? I can change them by upside for the long and by the wheel window for the middle range lights??? Its so simple?

Um! Thanks.

Mark you see the plastic rivets on the lower arm I had a problem removing them so I ended up replacing them ! £10 for 4 , Job took me about 2.5 to 3 hours

Hi. I have exactly the same problem on my 2016 A3. Thank you all for your endeavours to fix the problem, I hope mine will mend too......... ? I'll have to check in the morning the I have the same software; RMC_EU_P16342 If this is still relevant ? Have just scrolled to the top of my MEMORY list of radio stations and can't get 'Update Station List' I merely get the first Radio station in my list. Does anyone have any clues how I get the 'Update Station List' prompt up please ?