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Just to complete this, Audi diagnosed a fault and car is booked in. All I was told was that it was a software fault and that car needs to be in overnight. Cheers

Hi Gareth i agree with your logic as for finding a replacement gearbox i have now found one and its local to me the guy i was messaging was a complete waste of time and had little to no knowledge of the type of box i needed hopefully my car will be back on the road sometime next week oh the joys of Audi ownership thanks again all

Thanks Gareth 👍

Steve Q they say nothing wrong with it first they say I've put petrol in the diesel it's been 4 times its not an audi main dealer just a franchise no sort cold but when cold missing till warms up

Hi might be worth getting in to dialogue with OBD Eleven and ask them if their system will deactivate the system as your vehicle is SFD protected and to date they are the only system to have access to the tokens to perform such functions, you wont have problems with insurance as these things cause more damage than they prevent and I suspect in the future they may even load your policy if you have it. Steve.

Hi it wont damage the engine, its most likely the oil sensor in the sump going sideways they are a rubbish design which is doomed to fail, I service my own car and had the same message so I drained out a litre of oil and it was still the same message so I had to change the sensor, these sensors are very twitchy even after opening the bonnet you have to drive at least two cycles [3-4 miles] before you can check it again. Steve.

Having bought a 2017 Audi Avant Tdi SE auto estate in the last few days...I was familiarising myself with information settings on dashboard and scrolled and checked all then engine oil showed a display to say reduce engine oil level. Checked on level ground...same message. Was serviced by Audi dealership in Fen and engine oil service was conducted. Has been driven over 100 miles dance that service. How would they determine if any damage has been caused to engine or cat converter?

Hello everyone, I’m hoping I can get some advice on this issue, been happening for a while now. A4 65 2.0 TDI quattro S tronic, currently at 71,000. when accelerating usually between 3rd and 5th gear there is a knocking/fluttering noise coming from the engine. Tends to be worse going up hill. I initially thought it was the octane rating, switched to v-power, did not solve, I use arch oil in every tank which helps but not solved. cam belt is due a change, could this be the issue? I’m hoping it’s not an issue with injectors? a strange thing I have noticed is the car is brilliant to drive when it is doing a regen, no noise when accelerating, car is smooth to drive feels like new. I assume this from the extra diesel being used which is making me think there is an issue with the fuel injection or ratio which could cause the knocking on acceleration. any help would be appreciated!

If under warranty I'd leave it with the dealer to find the fault.

There's always I higher risk of gearbox failure on high mileage cars. But that could go for any major components really.

Hi guys, been a busy year so far not had chance to update on the situation. In the end the EGR cooler was the problem, had it replaced and problem has been resolved with no re-occurrence since beginning of Feb. independent specialist did the job and took about 3 days in total, cost around £1200 with the labour and vat, labour was around half the cost. hope this helps someone else in the future

Does anybody know where I can source a decat downpipe for 2010 a6 c6 3.0 v6 tdi ? I have the dpf delete pipe from dark side developers but can’t find anywhere for the downpipe. thanks in advance.

I recently bought an audi a1 2012 1.6 diesel And have an engine issue hesitation especially when cold and and indicator problem turning right left operates its under warranty and they say no fault codes nothing wrong with it help please

Hi everyone any information on the Audi campaigns 97 EP and 23 CK would be much appreciated thanks regards AR

You do seem to be rather ‘fixated’ on this gearbox issue, when there are far more things that can, and do, go wrong despite the proof of FSH. Rather surprised that the car has a service book as posed to be recorded on the VAG ( International I guess) computer service record. That would be my main chasing point. Personally I cannot add to what I said in yesterday’s post in terms of gearbox service. They are going to do it and warrant it, so….? Kind regards, Gareth.

Sure thing, this one has full service history, timing belt and clutch are new. Other one has 295.000km (183.305mi), also full service history but it's an S tronic, I don't know if I should expect failure of the S tronic at those miles?

This is more of the question of the gearbox servicing and whether or not that’s part of routine care at an Audi Main Dealer when a car goes in for an ‘Audi Sevice and Inspection’

"Now I would like to know should I be scared of the cars that have 170-190k mi?" I don't know where I said kms?

Thanks Denis, but you said Kms. in your original post.

Hello both, The OP joined, posted on the same day, and never returned to the forum after that. You could try sending him a PM in the hope that he retains the same e-mail address. Please let us know if you have a response. Kind regards, Gareth.

Ones I looked at have 160-185k miles, (260-295.000km)

Are we considering just over 100K miles (170kms) high, for an 8 year old vehicle? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Derek, I’m pretty certain you are stuck with this, but it has been subject to another thread, so well worth doing a search on here for ‘pre sense’. Kind regards, Gareth.

I've discovered since buying my A4 that there are a few safety features that, even if you deactivate them in the MMI, they are reactivated every time you start the engine again. These seem to be mandatory for 2024 models. Lane assist is an easy one to turn off - just press and hold the button on the indicator stock to deactivate. Thanks to information I read on the forum, the speed limit warning "bong" that lets you know you're doing 31 in a 30 that was just a matter of adding to favourites. The one that's troubling me is the pre sense. There's a road I drive every day to work that has a narrow double bend with a wall on the near side. I've driven this road hundreds of times but pre sense thinks that I am about to hit the wall at the side of the road most days. Most of the time I just get the red warning but the other day it decided that my driving wasn't good enough and fired on the brakes. Luckily, it was a dry road and there was nothing behind me at the time. That's the wall on the left hand side just after the chevrons: It doesn't look like you can add this to favourites as pressing and holding doesn't seem to do anything and there is no longer the option to set it to late as I have done on earlier versions. I don't believe that it can be deactivated using VCDS, plus I'm unsure of the insurance implications if I was to have an accident and they discovered that I had permanently deactivate it. Does anyone know if it can be accessed quickly without having to go through all of the menus?

Thanks. I am taking it back today. The car drives fine. I would have expected it to be lumpy or difficult to start.