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Ah, hadn’t heard of them before. Thanks, they might be closer (I’m south of Bristol!)

Anyway, next job is install the new heated, ventilated fronts seats (with massage function apparently) then get it booked in to Audi Retrofits in London for the electrical & electronics update to get the seats fully working. Possibly go for Car play/ android auto install at the same time. Not sure on that bit yet.

And all because I wanted to put blinds in the rear windows for the Grandkids but the cards I had were dark brown, originals were black & brown rear doors with black front ones just looked so odd! Rear cards went on no issues, 30 min job for the pair. The fronts however! It was compounded by the the brown cards coming from a LHD car, so I had to cut holes for the 2 extra switches in the drivers door (rear door release and interior sensors isolation switch) & drill a new hole for the alarm LED, make up and fit the 3 extra plastic tabs to hold the door release Switch and cables in place, repair the main plug from the wiring loom and repair the damage done when the cards were removed from the donor car. pleased with it though, Dark Brown wouldn’t have been my 1st choice but it does look as good as the black, and a lot better than mismatched front & rear cards! So, after doing all of that. The damn things WERE going on!🤨

Yup, one of those jobs I started to think I should have just left!

Ok, found it! There’s a small shallow square indentation in the lower edge of the door panel that, when pressed upwards, releases a small plastic catch and hey presto, the panel comes loose! that ‘tag’ was broken on all the other cards, so I thought it would be just the same as all the standard little pin rivets. God only knows why Audi put that in there!

Ok, I know there’s lots of vids on this. However, I’ve already swapped the other 3 door cards (another story, another time!) without any issues but the drivers door card just will not budge. I’ve released the 3 bolts and ALL the clips, (double, double checked even got the 2 nearest the puddle light out) but something very close to the puddle light is stopping the door card from coming off, can’t get more than about 1/2” movement at the bottom. I’ve applied more brute force than I’d like and think I’ve already damaged the card along the bottom edge (hopefully just a split, so easily fixable). ive got about a 1/2” gap to see thru but can’t see anything obvious (can’t much at all tbh!). anyone got any ideas? (Apart from pull harder🤦🏻‍♂️) cheers folks

Worried I might have to go down that route, mines started to rattle on start-up like a pair of Marracas!

It was low pressure, so could have been any 1 (or more of 4 or 5 components. not a happy chappy ! Too many £’s. oh, well, I’m not going to be selling it for some years anyway, so guess you have to expect a few things like this!

Mines defo not an adblue level issue, it’s stating ‘Adblue System Fault’

I’m there tomorrow am, so I can ask. but thanks for the heads up!

It’s booked for Fri am. There is a light on in the tunnel - apparently adblue wasn’t compulsory for my year/engine (euro 6) combo, so it can be disabled/deleted if necessary. Depends what’s wrong & how much it might cost to fix! fault codes are odd 3 figure codes.

Found out my car will cease to start in 450 miles! 😵 Adblue system fault, no fault codes though! + I’m now 230 miles from home! Anyone come across this before? guess I’ll be getting the water leak fixed too then!

That looks the easiest way, I’ll look him up thanks

Thanks, I will.

Ok, I’ll have another look. Don’t suppose you have a link to the thread on A5oc or something like that?

I will but what unofficial methods do you mean? I haven’t seen a Vcds solution. (Course, that doesn’t mean there isn’t one, just that I haven’t found it!)

I’ve been quoted £300-£700 for aftermarket fit, I’ll enquire with Audi next week.

Ahh, that’s interesting, yes, that’s the spec on mine, I’ll try asking Audi then! they do t make it easy do they. thanks

Thankyou. couldn’t find the thread on a5oc but googled it and it seems it was from the next model/facelift in 2016 (article was written in April 2016, not sure when Audi released the facelift/next model).

I didn’t have the facilities to get it out or do the job at home.

Sounds good, I had one of the old V8 allroads, the 1st model, 98-2005, that was a nice engine, I loved that car, had it nearly 5 years. Solid engine except for the timing chains, 4 chains, all on the back of engine, if you had a timing chain problem, it required the engine to come out to fix it. £6k job! luckily I avoided that!

Not sure if they do a bi-turbo A4 here, just the A6 Allroad with that engine and that’s auto only (Tiptronic, torque convertor auto box). so nothing to directly compare with sadly.

I understand, I was very concerned when the car I really wanted only came with an auto box, always had manuals up to then. but all Audi autos need regular oil (& filter on some) changes. the S-Tronic (twin auto clutch ‘manual’ box), need both lubrication and hydraulic oils replacing routinely. A lot of owners never had the oil replaced as it’s not cheap, but means that buying 2nd hand can be a real lottery to find a good one.

Thankyou.

Hmm, interesting. How long have you had it? just that I’ve had bad experiences with the reliability of Chinese electronics before, so a bit wary. cheers Dave