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Great. Many thanks Cliff

Many thanks for presenting the overall picture of activities Steve. Regards, Gareth.

David. I don't think you will avoid the problem on any new car. These "safety features" have been compulsory for a year or two.

Andrew. I have no idea what the cost will be, but if you search the forums you may get a clue because it is not an uncommon job and has been reported several times. See also this problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ngHGvMzEg

Thanks - I understand the concerns - I just wanted to know if it was possible. This feature and many others on the new Audi are just simply so annoying and spoil your enjoyment of the car - the speech control is rubbish, you have to continuaally turn off the lane following and beeping noise for any minor over-speed limit deviation, MMI regularly forgets who you are and continually asks you to accept that it holds peronal data. Always been very pleased with previous Audi cars - but these new 'Safety' features just suck. Probably will go back to the Merc next time as at least their tech works properly. Thanks for your response.

Morning all I am a new member desperately seeking help/guidance. My car has been in a garage for nearly 2 weeks with a coolant leaking issue. The garage replaced the oil cooler gaskets/union 2 months ago following an earlier leak, but the problem persisted. They have now replaced the water pump and have said the heating matrix is blocked and requires replacement. A block test did not reveal any issue with the head gasket. I would be very grateful if anyone can confirm what the heating matrix replacement should cost. I understand it can be accessed via the driver's side footwell rather than removing the whole dash.

Welcome David, Although understanding your frustration, it has been classified as a safety feature, and any attempt to permanently disable it, could be - in any claim situation - compared with not wearing a seat belt. I would proceed with caution on this. Regards, Gareth.

Hello - The Lane Assist feature defaults to ON every time you start the car. It's really really annoying and just makes you cross having to turn it off every time you use the car. Audi support say you can't do it as it is a safety feature - but on my A6 it remains off unless required. Is it possible using IID Tool etc. to have this feature default to off on the A3? There are loads of annoying things with the A3 which simply worked much better on previous Mercedes - but I'm sure there must be a workaround for most of them!

Wasted words I am afraid, Richard. Neil has not returned to the forum since his message of 13th July.

To be fair to Halfords, it’s a pretty niche question. RS4 exhaust tips are funnily enough stainless steel, but painted. Normal wear and tear, you are going to get pitting, tar spots, etc. Tar spots are easily removed with petrol on damp microfibre. Pitting and scratches, use a very fine wire wool, #0000 with warm water and mild detergent. All you are doing is prepping. Degrease with rubbing alcohol. Next stage is to mask off and use high temperature VHT primer, followed by matte black paint.

Hi could be an auxiliary water pump they use these to circulate the water if the weather is hot after the engine is stopped it prevents cooking the cylinder head, by the looks of the coolant temp it was already hot when you started the car. Steve.

Hello Neil, Would you be kind enough to return to the forum and provide the additional detail enquired about-? Regards, Gareth.

I had the BSG replaced on my 2020 RS7, and after 2 days from taking it back from the delearship i scanned it just to see if any historic errors are present, and i saw the coolant pump error. Nothing came up on my dashboard, but i still took it back to Audi because i thought they left air in the cooling system. They had it refilled, and claimed they used the correct process, but today when I started the car the error came back. Still nothing on the dash. Has anybody had anything similar? I'm going back to Audi tomorrow.

Stormbroadcast - today - with just 2 previous posts, should be deleted?

Hello Steve, All very meaningful and informative. However, on my system, although I can obviously read it, it come up in pink and states ‘Hidden’. Does this mean that members will not see it? Regards, Gareth.

Hi everyone, Important member safety notice: please be extremely cautious when buying parts from people you do not know. We have recently seen a small number of scammers joining the community and attempting to target members with used car parts. These adverts or private messages may look tempting, often featuring rare, interesting, or hard-to-find parts, but the seller may then ask you to continue the conversation by email, either with them directly or with a “friend”. Please do not engage with anyone selling parts unless they are an established and trusted member of the community. These scammers are very convincing! Things to avoid: Do not buy from brand-new members with little or no contribution to the community. Do not continue conversations by private email if the seller is trying to move you away from the club/forum. Be cautious of sellers claiming the parts belong to a friend. Avoid sending money by PayPal Friends & Family, bank transfer, or any method with no buyer protection. Be suspicious of parts that seem rare, cheap, or “too good to miss”. Do not feel pressured into paying quickly to secure an item. Ask a the community for seek advice from friends if you are unsure before sending any money. Usually, if you have a gut feeling something is wrong, then do not send money. To help protect members, new members will no longer be allowed to post parts or items for sale straight away. Anyone with few posts who wishes to sell parts or items must contact a team member first. The team may ask for verification before allowing the advert. Cars may still be listed for sale, but please take extra care. Always view the car in person where possible. If a deposit is required, only use PayPal Goods & Services — never Friends & Family. Our aim is simple: to protect members and stop scammers from taking advantage of the community. Thank you for helping keep the club safe. The Club Team p.s if you come across someone trying to scam via forum post or PM, please get in touchor click report on their post so we can ban them out, block them and save others in the club. It's not too often but mainly try via PM.

hi all I have a set of roof bars for a 19 plate A7 if any one is looking , they have never been on a car and a bargain at 190 plus postage , based in Malvern

Thanks for letting us know. I'll lock this topic.

Afternoon all just to let club know, my audi has now sold, thank you to all members who read my post .I have replaced it with a 2010 a4 avant Thanks martin

Hello Bob, The forum is looking for some feedback from you, on the help you asked for. Thanks. Gareth.

Vibration could be anything, wheel balance, bearing, brakes. Wheel balance is as good a place to start - relatively inexpensive. Bearings usually have constant drone from 40mph up and really bad ones will have a wobble. Brakes, then sticky caliper will force contact with disc. You can usually smell. Drive for 10-15 minutes and coast to a stop. Brakes may be warm, but definitely not hot. If all that checks out, the only other thing is suspension arms. You'll normally feel a clunk over uneven road surfaces. If car has auto lights - it may be ambient light sensor. VCDS might mick this up in a scan.

Hi Nigel. I drive to Ireland several times a year and I always have to go in to the menu to change it over to kms. Hope that helps.

The three-button reset didn't fix it. Looks like I'm doing more investigation. I tried a scan tool which sadly returned no errors... Thanks for your suggestions guys.. If I find anything else, I'll come back with that later.

Hi guys and girls. Hope this is okay. Thought this was a New Zealand site when joining. I crashed my A6 c5 wide-body 2002 Audi. And before I send to wreckers seeing if anyone needs parts. I have owned it for 14 years now and spend bit of money making it stronger. Rebuild trans, abs system, cooling system, made from two cars. Regn on hold.

Hi, my daughter has a A3 2.0tdi 109k miles and I just took it for a drive. There are a few strange things going on. Any pointers what to look at to fix. Vibration at 70mph.. I think this is wheel balance so will get them rebalanced Engine rattle at c2000rpm, light pressure on accelerator, noticeable in 3rd 4th 5th and 6th gear. Quite loud especially at 70mph on motorway cruising speed. Speeds and rev counter.. the brightness changes from very bright to very dark.. almost like the light level adjustment is changing itself. I've had a search but couldn't find much on the forum. All help much appreciated. Thanks Mark