daveyboy1967

Doesn't seem so much like a random stream of letters now, well played Noleen, lol.

Just as a footnote to this thread, with the size of the engine bay on these surely Audi could've found a way to leave just a couple of inches extra access to the back of the headlights, it's not a lot to ask. Gits!

Hi William and welcome aboard. You may not know much about cars now but if you spend a bit of time in the forums you'll certainly know a lot about Audi problems and what to do about them before long! It's a nice friendly group full of good help and advice and all things Audi. Hope you enjoy it here mate.

I don't know what the official line is but from my point of view it's nice to be able to use someone's name when answering them rather than a string of letters or numbers, it's just a first name after all, nothing mega.

Exactly what Clifford said, when you go in don't be woolly or vague in what you want, these people are professionals at what they do and will know they have you on the ropes at that point. Be calm, clear and firm in what you expect from them without it descending into a shouting match, that will get you nowhere. If they won't budge inform them that you will be taking it further and walk away.

Go back with your evidence and ask for a refund or money off of the asking price, whichever you prefer. If they don't play ball contact their head office and try the same, if you still get no joy mention social media and always remember the Citizens Advice Bureau really are your best friend in situations like this (assuming you have them in Ireland?). They will give you better advice and help than we can here. I really hope you get a result from speaking to the dealer as ending up in the small claims court will be a real hassle. Good luck mate, and please keep us informed, I for one would be really interested to hear how this plays out.

Hi Tyler, I've only just seen this thread and I hate to ask what may be an obvious question but have you checked your battery? Mine starting throwing warning lights at me (and always starting with the parking brake light) before it became obvious I needed a new battery, after replacing it everything was good again.

Showing all the signs, and the door harness as you said. It's part of the door actuator, not a switch in the door shuts.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the door switch on one side operates a bit like a master switch in that if it fails neither side will work, but if the other one fails only that side is effected. If I can find it again I'll post a link as I can't remember which side is "the boss". It won't be tonight though mate, sorry, starting work at 2am so I'll be calling it a night soon.

That's a lot mate, did they all go at the same time?

Found it.

I had the same problem with my '04 A3 1.6 petrol, every once in a while it would do exactly the same thing and flash up warning lights on the dash, I found running with the heater set to max lessened the events but they still happened. Eventually the gearbox grenaded itself so I never did get to the bottom of it but I have read (I think it was on here) that there was a run of A3 1.6's with faulty pistons if I remember correctly that were subject to a recall. I'm guessing the previous owners of our cars missed that recall. If I can find the thread I'll post the link here for you.

Each time it's happened it's been straight after an unintentional "Italian Tune Up" so I'm avoiding over revving it for the time being. It's more Driving Miss Daisy than Fast And Furious at the moment mate!

Well done Gareth, something in this thread that genuinely made me laugh, thanks mate.

I was thinking the same, it just seemed strange that each time after turning off the ignition and restarting the car (after about 30 minutes the first time but straightaway the second time) the problem went away. I'm wondering if it's a sticky wastegate actuator that I pushed too far by over revving it? I haven't got a code reader so unless it happens regularly I'm going to wait until my MOT in a month or two and get the guy to have a look then. He's an old friend so if the car's in the workshop anyway he usually has a look at things like that for free as he'll be getting the job anyway if there's anything to do.