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Sorry to hear you are not getting a free-of-charge answer to your question within 19hrs Brian. It would possibly have helped if you had offered more detail of where this LED is on your driver door - not the one which indicates the door are locked, I don’t suppose-?

Anyway, good luck with finding a quick answer on your alternative forum. Perhaps you could try adding a ‘please’ on the post to them - as I thought was common place in our neck of the woods. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

That’s a lot of money to remove a cylinder head. 

Any reason why you can’t complete your profile Siman? 

Would certainly expect them to have access to that information - as probably would the Parts Dept. of your local dealership - as said. I would be visiting the latter, rather than ringing, and be armed with your V5. 
Perhaps you could let us know how you get on. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

What are you doing with our Welsh cars up there Kev!? 
Probably originally supplied by Trainers BMW at Swansea. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Oil level sensor Paul? 

Thanks, 

What bothers me more, is why is a two year old car is being sold out of a car supermarket? Could be worrying. PCPs normally run to 3 years, main dealers usually hang onto and retail, good incoming vehicles still under warranty - unless they have proved to have issues that they no long wish to deal with. Car supermarkets source their vehicles from auction - which might have been this vehicle’s origins, stock which dealers don’t want to the responsibility of retailing, etc. 

The above query, together with ‘incorrect colour’ side skirts, would definitely be a ‘don’t get involved with that’ vehicle, for me. 
Is it the colour that attracts you to this car? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello Lewis,

This is indeed rather daft, particularly since motorway driving usually gives you less tyre wear that driving on A and B roads. 
Not that this will explain your situation, but I’ve haven’t been impressed with the longevity of Continental or Hankook used on A and B road motoring, but….

Are these front tyres wearing evenly across the tread width, and  are you getting the same rapid wear rate on the rear tyres. 
When you say you’ve had the car checked, have you has a 4 wheel alignment carried out? 
Have you had the shock absorbers checked? 
Kind regards,

Gareth.

Hello Jay,

The definitive answer lies in the build record, and you should be able to obtain this from Audi Cust. services, or possibly through a dealer - both through the VIN.

Possible theory:- delayed release due to the chip crisis?? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello Spoonsy,

I can’t see any reason why the skirt colour should be vastly different from the main body (slight shade variations on plastic bumpers etc. would not be unexpected), but….

Is this a one owner 2 year old car, and is it for sale at a main dealer? 
Perhaps we can offer some further advice once we have the answers.

Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Welcome Lee, 

Not sure on the convertible, but such rear end electrical issues can be associated with fractured wires in flexible harness section twixt body and boot/tailgate. Not sure if the convertible has a similar set up, so might be worth a look, but I would have thought the car may not be old enough to suffer from this yet. 
Other possibility:- water ingress somewhere-?

Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello Lynne,

Audi seem to have changed their recommendations on cambelt changes, and now maintain they don’t need changing until the mileage reaches c125k ( that’s from memory) - but more importantly - without any time limit.

Quite a bit has been written on here, so well worth a read before  making your decision.

For what it’s worth, I’m sticking with my previous regime of renewing every 5 years, even though I do low annual mileages. Low annual mileages and more frequent stops and starts place higher strains on belts. By that logic, your car is now slightly overdue for its second cambelt change. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello Charlie,

Yes, the new battery has to be coded to the car.

Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Post and run! 

Joined April 3rd - posted plea for help on April 3rd - not returned since to review any responses. 

Time taken to construct replies is free of charge, but it is time consuming! 

Best we can hope for is the information maybe of help to others. 

Thanks Francis,

Yes, even I understand the logic of your first paragraph.
You can ask anyone for the moon, but you ain’t going to get it!  Having said that, you have to survey the model ownership on this forum to evaluate how many members have the same model as you, how many of those have silver vehicles, of those how many have a spare off side wing, of those how many are silver, of those, how many of those actually want to sell you their spare silver wing?? My guesstimate would be 3/4 of next to nothing! If by chance they do, will it be free from storage marks that would render it oven-read to fit, and not requiring any paintwork rectification.
Blending in paintwork to match your 30 year old vehicle?
Saying it as it is:- Perhaps it doesn’t count, but I’ve been around paintwork and restorations for nye on 60 years now, so just to let you know, any paint shop worth its salt should be able to blend in and meet ‘Audi’s exacting standards’. 
Just let us know Francis if someone on here comes up with what you want. 
we are always open to help, if we can. 
Good luck with your quest. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Any update for us Louis? 

Hello Francis,

I would have thought your chance of finding a good wing for a 31 year old car - in the colour you want - is very, very slim. 
Why not consider an any-colour availability and get it sprayed? Yes, I know it’s going to cost more in the end, but….

Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello Byron,

Welcome, and thanks for joining. 
You could try Bosch, and I’m not sure if Febi, or their associate company - Blue Print. - do them. Personally, I would avoid Intermotor. 
Worth entering your reg. no. Into ‘Parts in Motion’ website, and see what they come up with. I would certainly also see what is available on eBay - choosing reputable sellers. 
Would you be kind enough to let us know how you get on? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

I have to ask more questions Krishna, to make it easier for someone to now give some suggestion. 
Are you now saying this is an ‘engine noise’ which is evident as you rev the engine,(even sitting in the car),  and is not associated with any ‘on the road noise’? 
Is there a steady rev. range at which this noise occurs? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello,

Before the questioning and answering starts, can you please complete your profile properly. 
Thanks. 

Ok Krishna,

Here we go:- 

What engine do you have? 
Manual or auto? 
Does this noise appear at the same rev. band in all gears, or just at the same speed irrespective of what gear it is in. 
Tyres matching on same axle and wearing equally across the tread?

Does the noise change on different road surfaces?

Does the noise change on cornering? 

Hello Krishna, 

Welcome, and thanks for joining. I my opinion, regrettably, trying to find the cause of such noises without access to the car, is an almost impossible task, and you could get no end of ‘try this, try that’ -at expense - and still not arrive at the right diagnosis. 

We could go through a process of asking you far more questions, but….

I think the ony sure and positive way forward is to get the car inspected and test driven at a either a trusted local independent, or local garage. 
Did you renew the front and rear springs in an attempt to eliminate the noise? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

That’s  very generous of you Tony. I hope they find an appreciative home. 
I’ve slightly altered your thread title. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Thanks Mike, is that £150 per wheel and tyre? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hello Dany from the ‘World’, could you do us a couple of kindnesses:- 

(1) Perhaps reword your last post, so we can better understand what your situation actually was. 
(2) Change your profile location from ‘World’ to some meaningful  location. 
Many thanks. 

Thanks Aimee,

So the stop bit of the stop/start doesn’t work? since the car doesn’t cut out when you stop? Or have I got it wrong? 
What I would say is that your average daily driving time may not be adequate to retain the battery at its optimum level to maintain running all the systems it needs to. 
Of course, you are fortunate that you just have to book the car in with your chosen dealer, and all will be sorted under warranty - well at lease should be! 
Perhaps you would let us know how you get on. 
Kind regards,

Gareth.m