AudiAlan

“It is a freedom and a right that all of our constituents should be able to enjoy unencumbered by the state, whether national or local. A weekly shop for a family of five cannot be carried on the back of a bike.” Twenty years ago there would have been no debate. But in Britain’s today, driving even modest cars has become a luxury increasingly out of reach of ordinary people. https://archive.is/1ZcRq My Q5 had a list price of about £42k in 2018. It now seems to be around £56k

Sorry, only just seen this. I didn't order any particular battery. The garage got a Yuasa AGM Start Stop Plus

New sensors all round and new brake pads at the front - they did warn that they didn't look too worn before they changed them, but I told them to go ahead and change them just in case. Working OK now which is the main thing.

Into the garage on Monday

Thanks for the advice. just ordered a new battery!

I have an eight year old Q5. It has done a low mileage of almost 14k miles and does a lot of short journeys. I've never had any (obvious) problems with the battery but have read that as batteries deteriorate they can cause electrical problems. It's in for a service next week and just wondered about getting a new battery at the same time. I'm not bothered by the cost, just don't want any problems with the car.

Hi Steve I think that I have found out what it is. Someone suggested the ABS emergency braking system and it felt just like it. I'd never have thought of this as both times it happened I was on a dry road doing less than 30 mph! It happened to others: https://www.myaudiq5.com/threads/emergency-brakes-engage-while-driving-why-is-this-happening.80673/ A

I've a petrol Q5 (latest version) that I have owned since 2018. The other day I was driving in offroad mode (on a normal road) when the wheels felt like they were restricted, there was a rather 'mechanical' sound, vibration up the steering column and a red triangular warning sign on the display. The noise was quite loud and a pedestrian turned round to look. This all vanished after a few seconds when everything returned to normal. This happened about three years ago. I've had my local garage run diagnostics on the car and no faults were found. The garage owner said it may have been the four wheel drive which sometimes gets a bit 'confused'. Anyone had similar?