Pete A

My thoughts as well Thank you.

I was thinking the same. I’ll get the oil changed in the front and rear diffs. Many thanks.

I’ll bear that in mind, thank you.

That’s very helpful, thank you.

Good day all, I have a 2.0 TFSI with the ZF 8 speed auto ‘box which I intend to get serviced within the next couple of months. Is this just an oil and sump/filter change or is there mechatronic seal (for the wiring) on these? I’m going to get the oil changed in both diffs and the transfer ‘box, is there anything else within the drive train that needs looking at while it’s on the ramp? Mileage is 65,000 miles.

Hi, my 2016 car didn’t come with a spare but does have the sub woofer. Does anyone know if the sub woofer fits inside a collapsible spare and also if these collapsible spares are any good? Many thanks

Update I bought a Carista with the pro app and found easy to set up and use. It also enabled the DLR’s easily but when I tried to enable the Audi Drive Select I got a headlight leveling fault on the dash which went away when I disabled the ADS. It was probably something I did wrong so I’ll give it another try at some point. Other than that it does everything else I need.

Thanks again for your replies. I’ve gone for a Carista with a pro app subscription. I’ll let you know how it goes once it arrives.

Thanks for your replies. I don’t really want to go down the laptop route so I think it’s going to be Carista or OBD11. As I mentioned above the car is a Japanese import and one of the things I’d like to do is to enable the DRL’s if possible, does anyone know if this is possible with Carista or OBD11?

Hi everyone, First time Audi owner here and I’ve just acquired a 2016 Japanese import Q5 petrol and do a fair bit of maintenance and repair myself. I used a icarsoft on my Jaguar which is a brilliant bit of kit and I’ve seen they do them for Audi but I’ve seen a few posts that have mentioned Carista and I wonder if anyone could recommend either one. It will be used mostly for simple diagnostics and things like rear pad replacement and coding a new battery if it needs it. Many thanks

Hello all, I’m going to look at a 2016 Q5 on Sunday that’s a Japanese import so doesn’t have DAB radio. I fitted a DAB head unit into my wifes Jap import VW UP which was just a case of changing the head and fitting an antenna on the inside of the screen. My question is can DAB be fitted to a Q5 by getting a second hand unit and if so what do I need? Many thanks Pete