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Hi, The second row is perm live, the bottom row is switched live / accessory. Not sure if yours has parking mode, so you may only need one positive connection but depends what your Garmin model is / says in the manual If you are using piggy back connections then the 2nd fuse covers the amperage for your device.

Thanks a lot. This is very helpful. Which ones are the cigarette lighters? Is it the one called Sockets in 4(black).6? The Garmin cam came only with a micro-usb cable and a usb adapter for the lighter port. I bought a hardwiring kit off Amazon with a micro-usb to connect to the camera.

Thanks again for the info Peter 👍

Result in the end.

Right lads an update on the remanufactured strut. The garage I used took off the old strut and put on the new one. It didn't work. They call me to say the compressor was heating up and the strut was failing to rise. This garage services range rovers and other air suspension cars so they know all about jacking modes etc. Result was good and bad. The bad was that the strut wouldnt work so to check, they put the old one back on remembering that it only had a minute leak. The good news is that now the old strut functions 100% correctly. I can only assume that the air pipe within the olive had a small crack and when they replaced it with a new olive and cutting the pipe back it sealed itself effectively. That's not the end. I informed the company I bought the strut from and they offered me my money back. I thought for what I'd paid for it I'd prefer another strut. They didn't gave another one so they offered me half the money £80 and keep the strut. I have agreed to this and will take the remanufactured strut apart and see if I can find out what the problem was and hopefully, solve it then I might end up with a good relatively new strut.

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I paid Halfords to do mine then had to rewire it myself as they got it wrong by connecting the switched live and constant live wires both to constant live. This meant the parking mode did not kick in as the unit did not sense power off. Be aware when testing for switched live these circuits do not power down straight away. I used the fuse box in the footwell near side not the higher panel, this picture should sort for you.

Hi all, I'm trying to hardwire a dashcam and looking for help from someone who has done this before. I'm not familiar with car wiring or any kind of car installation. I bought a garmin dashcam, a hardwiring kit and a circuit tester and trying to figure out how to install this on my Audi A6 C8. I found the fuse box diagram and opened my car's passenger fusebox (see attached). As I dont know how these fuses work or what amperage I should use I'm not sure where to plug the dashcam. I understand the fuse tap needs to be plugged onto an existing fuse with the current fuse and the camera's fuse on it. Can someone guide me where/how to install this?

Any update Robert?

Thanks James, but if it were mine, I would still be getting the battery efficiency checked, along with the alternator output, to be better equipped to know what is likely to be ahead of you, rather than experience issues in the future. Kind regards, Gareth.

all good now, since coming back on from holiday, no warnings, so must of been cold weather

when there is a leak in the foot-wells i always look at wiring plugs that go into the engine bay. common on some cars is where people ran amps via a hole and water from the bay drops down them get some bottles of water, get someone to sit in the car and start to pull water around places to see where it coming from

wont be doing on drivers side, as seat then can go up and down

if it doesn't have the button like below, then you have not got it. I know on my s1 they have been retro fitted

i have to say i read this out to 6 people in my office and one girl nearly chocked on her gum lol, glad sorted

please dont use caps in posts, it can come across as your shouting

Hi all, I'm toying with selling my s1 after summer and wonder as always to put it out there on a owners club to sell. Owners clubs, i have for the last 40 plus years felt are were people go to read up on cars and see if any for sale. I myself joined here to read up and traveled some 200 miles to pick up my s1. If i post up some pics and info, would the site help with their thoughts?

Based on this information: https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/137643-Little-button-below-and-right-of-fan-speed-control?p=1037665#post1037665 ... It looks like the indicator on the left would light up if the auxiliary heating is activated remotely, or via the MMI. Whilst I've seen plenty of references to fuel-based aux heating systems in VW manuals, I've not seen it available in any of the VW group cars I've had. Suspect it's more for the colder bits of Europe.... Someone here will know more. Do you have this feature on your car?

Any ideas what the icon to the left is?

Thank you, done it 🙂

So to start, i have a 2008 Audi s5 with the CAUA 4.2 v8. It has 100k miles and about a month and a 1/2 ago it began getting misfires in cylinders 1 2 and 4, so i went about diagnosing and checking the plugs and coil packs and it wasnt them so i moved to injectors recently and took apart the intake manifold, pulled both fuel rails and replaced the 3 injectors on 1 2 and 4, did a carbon clean and replaced the left sides o rings but not the right injectors o rings. i also didnt replace the teflon seal or the intake manifold gaskets when putting it back together, so i finally get it all together and the misfires on 1 2 and 4 are gone but now its cylinder 5 along with a lean code (whats different from when i bought the car - cold starts are a lot quieter, doesnt scream like it used to, much slower, almost sounds muffled when its straight piped, feels like its running on 5 cylinders not 8 and lastly when i do a pull above 4k rpm, a flashing engine light comes on for 5 seconds and then goes back to a static engine light) only ideas i have is to take the whole manifold off once again and replace the other side of fuel injectors o rings, and replace the two intake gaskets. TLDR - 3 misfires, replaced injectors now all 3 misfires gone but new one on different cylinder and lean code. drives the same before fixing.

Well, I ran the adaptation last night, and have been for a drive today. For sure the throttle response is massively better than it was, and no light. However, it was sometimes going a week without showing so time will tell. Will let you know 🤞🏼

Took the plunge and did something I’ve wanted to do for a long time… proud owner of an S3… what a car.

Wanted- a6 4.2 v8 , anywhere in UK! Thankyou