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If the turbo is failing I'd recommend changing it for a good quality or genuine Audi turbo.

Hi Andrea I have an A6 Avant that keeps trying to do a DPF recharge. Whilst I don't have any warning lights on it is annoying as the tick over increases and the cooling fans stay on after switch off. I am told it is because I do short journeys. When this happens I put it in sport mode and give it a bit of a blast. This does cure it until the next time. I am not saying this is your problem but perhaps give it a try. Tony

Ok that’s really helpful. Thanks

The "Pro" part of OBDeleven is simply a subscription that can be bought to give the functionality. For now, I will just wait to see what the next week brings...

I called Audi this morning. They quoted me £1600 for a new part. I then tried a couple of local garages, only one could help, but again it would have to be a new part as the VAG system flags up if you try to recode an old part - so they quoted me £1400. As a shot in the dark, I have just bought a new cluster from ebay to be sent to ECUTesting to see if they can copy the code over from my dead one - they told me that they could at least talk to it, so there is a little bit of hope there. With the OBD, I couldn't get anything out of the instrument cluster at all - when I clicked it in the app on my phone, it just popped up a message saying it couldn't communicate.

I've got the S6 Le-Man from 2008 with exactly the same fault too, so if anyone has any suggestions - Sufficed to say we'd both be grateful