Leaderboard

And now the huge silver trim has been covered 😎 In my opinion, it looked out of place running off centre through the middle of the car

Thanks Gareth - I'm now taking legal advice from a specialist commercial lawyer and have raised a file with The Motor Ombudsman. I'll also be considering a Section 75a under the Consumer Credit Act for the vehicle if it's not picked up under warranty.

That's taking the wee wee.

Hi Just got the A6 back from Audi South East. Cam belt and water pump changed. Running really sweetly as it should, nice and clean, wallet £915.00 lighter.

Ok, after much explaining to them.... Will not repair a car without first diagnosing the problem for them selves. = £65.00 Labour £60.00 diagnostics Will not entertain trying to code another module unless supplied by them. = £65.00 Labour £60.00 diagnostics, £330.00 module, £60.00 to code it plus £65.00 Labour. So £580.00 is plus VAT.....

It's a beautiful day, with hardly a cloud in the sky, and already warm when I take the convertible out of the garage... Let's get all sweaty working under the bonnet, eh? 😆 Half an hour before commencing work, I'd given the wiper trim joint a fair spray of penetrating oil. I remove the battery cover, scuttle cover and pull the scuttle seal off. I then remove the two front screws on the ECU cover. Crouching down at the side of the car, I remove the trim clip and then try to see if the wiper trim has any 'give' in it. No joy. No matter. I remove the wipers and then gently l manually prise the wiper trim up to try to gain access to the rear driver's side screw. I have a wide selection of tools to try to do this, and it would have been easier if it had been a hex head bolt, as I could get good access at a slight angle. No good for a torx, alas. Eventually I pull the trim up as much as I dare and jam a small block of wood between it and the ECU cover... This gives me just enough room to get a tiny ratchet driver with a T30 bit square onto the screw. I can turn about 10 degrees at a time, but it's a fine tooth ratchet and makes short work of it. I then undo the other side and the slightly difficult back screws. So far this has taken me about an hour - but I'm taking my time trying not to damage anything. I juggle the cover about and get it off... ...to reveal the ECU, held in place not by bolts, but by a large spring clip. I'm pleased to see everything looks watertight and like new in this area. I undo the clip, carefully lift the ECU out of the way and there it is... ...relay 614. I pull it out (even access to do this is a challenge 🤦‍♂️) and have a look... As expected, it's the original fit in the car, and the contact blades are showing various degrees of corrosion. I spray a little contact cleaner into the sockets in the car. So, out with the old and in with the new. I wet the contacts on the new Herth relay with contact cleaner and wiggle it gently into place... Right - time to start reassembly. I replace the ECU and secure its spring clip, then clear all tools etc from under the bonnet, plug in my OBDeleven, open the App and start the engine. I do a full scan and find three faults: All three are Code 01304 - saying there's some problem communicating with the radio. I am expecting this, as I have an afterrmarket stereo fitted in the car. More importantly, it does NOT have a fault code 1314. The fix has worked. 😎👍 So - time to put it back together. Weirdly, it took very little time - the driver's side rear screw (which I'd put some rubber grease on, as it was a bit dry and rusty) went in finger tight until about a turn from set, the other screws also behaved themselves. I refitted the scuttle cover, seal and battery cover, then put a dab of copperslip on the wiper splines before refiittlng them. Time to take it out for a spin, I think... 😎

Audi won’t tell you what bit you need or give advice over the phone in case you act on it a nd get hurt or don’t fix the car properly and it causes a crash! - it’s so they avoid any liability! if you go in and talk to them it might be different.