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How are you getting on with this Elroy?

You seem to have joined, posted and placed your advert ( without price) all at the same time on Tuesday last, and not returned to the forum to reference any responses. Please return and add the price. Thanks.

Welcome Johnny, Personally, I’d be clapping my hands that the engineeringly averse stop/start system isn’t working, but some owners think it’s impressive. As Billy says re battery, but it’s quite possible the battery is below par anyway. Connrction between TPMS and stop/ start? Have you adjusted the tyre pressures to those recommended - usually inside the fuel flap? If the salesman’s diagnosis is correct!! - then your stop start should work after about 1/2 mile. Good luck with that! Please let us know how you get on. Regards, Gareth.

Thanks John, So is it a case of road noice reduction as a priority over ride comfort improvement?

What do you think about the sound advice so far John?

Welcome Jake, Yes, probably worth checking that the fuse is still in tact, so you can eliminate that as a source of your issue. If it’s blown, it’s blown for a reason ( to protect the circuit), and you must find the problem area before just replacing the fuse. Regards, Gareth. Look in your handbook for fuse locations.

Hello John, I’m not an SQ5 owner, but do have experience of Pirelli Scorpion tyres on a non Audi - with a profile of 60 - and the vehicle is now on its 3rd set, and they have been superb in terms of ride and longevity. This may be a pessimistic view, but think you are suffering from a combination of large wheels, low profiles and the inheritance of harsh sports suspension. My view is that whatever brand of tyres you fit you will not improve comfort to any significant degree, and your best bet towards ( in caps) comfort would be to fit smaller dia. wheels with increased profiles. Regrettably, I still feel you will be affected by the sports suspension. Regards, Gareth. Have a good Christmas.

Hello Elroy, First things first:- Have you checked that you are getting a good 12v supply to the light unit? If not, I would certainly check that and the earth connections before spending any money. If you are getting a good consistent 12v supply, then I think you are into buying another unit - new or secondhand. If you are not getting 12v, then check for wire breakage/ damage within the flexible harness section twixt the body and the tailgate. Please let us know how you get on. Have a good Christmas, Regards, Gareth.

You too Billy, and many thanks for all your contributions.

Hello Billy, The reason why the original post was closed was that the OP (reasonably/unreasonably?) took offence at a simple logical point - already made. If the damage isn’t on the outside of the lens then how on earth can it be acceptable to be told that that damage has been caused by ‘outside influences’. This simple anomaly should have been addressed at source - at the time. Anyway, for what it’s worth, I’m very happy to accept Stevey Y’s logical explanation. Regards, Gareth.

Welcome Jonathan, Apologies for saying it as I see it:- I feel for you if you still have outstanding debts. You have (what you believe and hope) to be a reliable 20 year old workhorse, which if you treat it respectfully, will hopefully satisfy reasonable needs, but you now want to attempt to run the guts out of it and treat it as a race horse. The two things are incongruous. I’m trying to get my head around why anyone who is already in debt, would think it’s reasonable to put themselves in further debt, for the reason you are doing so. The old adage of cutting your coat to suit your cloth certainly applies here. Please keep your credit cards in a draw and your hands in your pocket, otherwise I see a significantly increased likelihood of impending problems. Regards, Gareth.

Not positive, but believe they come on only when you open a door.

Welcome Ks ( what’s your proper name?). If it were mine, I would be listing it on EBay to capture the best interest. Obviously leave it on here, but please list the price you want for it - as opposed to ‘offers’. Good luck with finding a home for it. Regards, Gareth.

Any access to the Internet Elroy, so that you can search and check out these UK companies?

Sorry Richard, but your last post doesn’t make any sense, so I’m closing this thread, since it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Regards, Gareth.

I think there are a number of people on here who could help you, if you were to have explained the situation more clearly in your initial post, so let’s hope they will come along and help you now. I remain unclear as to what your objective is in relation to this 6 year old car, if others come along and advise they have had the same issue too - ?

There was a question for you to answer at the end of my post Richard.

I don’t like jumping in on threads, but perhaps we can revert back to the beginning Richard:- If it had been made clear that the ‘damage’ to the lens was on the inside, then anyone giving or accepting an explanation that that damage was due to external sources, was thick in either giving or accepting that as an explanation. Sorry, but I can’t put that any more politely! ( Apologies if the link clearly explains this, but I too, don’t open links from unknown sources). Sorry if this comes over as being a little harsh, but members seeking free advice and help are not expected to question the helper’s bone fides. Punctuation? My brother tells me of an Oxford graduate, who went on to do a PhD, and he does not use punctuation- I believe to come over as simply being ‘different’. Consequence is that readers sometimes have difficulty in trying to interpret what is being said. We are all working blind on here, since we never see the issue, and depend solely on the member’s description in our attempt to help them. Are you sure, this surface damage is to no degree on the outside of the lens? Regards, Gareth. Overlapped reply.

Can any member help Martyn with this please?

Wondering if you have progressed with the potential purchase Alex?

A most important point in your second paragraph Richard.

Thanks Richard, but this vehicle isn’t a year old yet, so any degree of DIYing would not be in the best interests of the manufacturer’s warranty.

It’s some decades since I was associated with trials of adhesive bonding of Transit chassis ‘top hat’ sections. Certainly impressive. Having said that, would I be happy to depended on a loaded roof rack stuck down to a painted surface ( if that really is the case!) and take a chance on the lives of others behind me? No I wouldn’t.

So logic follows that when you do have to park it somewhere where the handbrake is an insurance, the same issue will arise. Obviously your car, your call, but it seems a nonsense to me to pay many, many tens of thousands of pounds, and put up with something which isn’t correct and can be sorted FOC. It might just be me!

Any update for the forum Steven?