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Hi I hate to say this but these are ALL classic symptoms of a failing battery, I don't know how old your old battery is but if it was not readapted to the car when fitted it will fail in record time, do you have access to any diagnostics as I am sure these lights are communication fault caused by inconsistent battery voltage, in the old days a car could run on a knackered battery mostly on whatever the alternator puts out but later vehicles won't as the alternator currents always fluctuating. I would start in the boot and check all the wiring and plugs that were anywhere near that water the easiest way to check would be connect the car to a slave battery and run the car on and off a few times to see if any of the lights disappear but TBH plugging in is really the only definitive answer. Steve.

Hello Paul, As I’ve said before, and I think as Steve has confirmed- Halfords battery testing may not be totally adequate in terms of assessing all of the parameters which assesses the total efficiency of the battery. I have certainly confirmed that with a just-out-of-warranty non-Audi. You could find that genuine VAG diagnostics may pick up some issue with the battery in some respect - say for example cold cranking current below par. I appreciate VAG diagnostics can be expensive, (independent?) but I would be asking, are you prepared to pay to replace any number of components before firmly establishing that these issues aren’t battery associated? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi, by the look of the milage on the cars you are looking at I very much doubt they would need that sort of process as long as the car is run on decent fuel it should never need it I have looked at the process in depth and for what it actually removes its more of a placebo effect, save your money for a decent fuel additive which does the same thing and costs less. Steve.