moorman

I have written to the DVSA concerning this as firstly a safety issue which they say it isn't and secondly as a now similar issue has occurred on Jaguar Land Rover with their DC to DC converter which gives pretty much the same result the response was to say the least not very convincing merely pointing out it didn't meet their criteria. I have also sent DSAR requests to Audi AG, Vindis Group, and Sytner Group. In fairness to Audi AG I don't think they get a lot of info from Audi UK. Only one dealer has got back to me and I cannot open their response. All of them hope we will get fed up and go away. I asked for the DSARs to try to obtain the fault codes taken from my car by Odis and stored on computers in Germany. So far these codes are not available from Audi AG via my DSAR. The dealer who did the work haven't replied to my DSAR request (I wonder why). It is the dealer who appears to make decisions on replacing these units based on pathways laid down by Audi UK and between them they are stitching up a large number of Audi owners across the UK. There needs to be a cohesive attempt to put pressure on the people responsible for this situation. Individuals attempting to take on the might of the Audi group are destined for a hard journey and the consumption of large quantities of hard earned money. Having had the reply from DVSA (which is what I expected) my next port of call is the government and possibly a FOI request to all police forces of the UK on accidents/collisions concerning these vehicles to try to build a case. I am awaiting the DVSA action on the Jaguar Land Rover problem also. Letters to M.Ps could bring a response especially if they have family members who drive the affected vehicles (There are some good politicians out there. It really is a pity that such a great car is being sullied by the bean counters at Audi UK.

Hi all, My Q7 2020 suffered the dreaded amber battery warning in mid March. Luckily I have quality scanner and found fault code P0CA700. Contacted local Audi people and they advised to go to nearby Indy who has ODIS. This I duly did and was told that it points to the starter generator and not to drive it far. Booked it in at Audi dealer and after initially stating in writing that its the starter generator they cannot find my fault code number (strange as ODIS apparently stores older intermittent codes) Contact Audi UK (in Cape Town South Africa). Talks between Audi UK and dealer result in wanting me to sign up to cover further investigation (not on your Nelly) Heated argument with dealer as I believe I'm being shafted by greedy dealer and a less than responsible Audi UK. They are not prepared to change the unit until it breaks, unlike North America, they appear quite prepared for you to have this crapply built unit fail on you and leave you in the most incredibly dangerous situation where you could be on a motorway where the hard shoulder is a live lane and all the lanes are heaving with traffic with little or no steering or braking no electricity to run hazard flashers nowhere to go and if you try to get out you can't get the grandchildren out of the back because the rear locks are deadlocked. If you remain in your car to await rescue you may have up to 6 to 7 mins of air bag cover but after that the airbag capacitors are drained and they will not operate. In other words you are driving a death trap. All Audi UK are interested in is bean counting not human life. Why an earth aren't the relative bodies in the UK swarming all over this or are they in bed with the motor manufacturers.