cliffcoggin

Electrical continuity may seem to be fine, but it often happens that the insulation of the cables inside the corrugated rubber bellows between door and frame is cracked, allowing the circuit to short out erratically. They need a visual inspection, not just an electrical test, including the drivers door which is the master that controls all the others.

Done.

I see the logic of forward to go forward and vice versa, but the actuality has always been the opposite for me, and I have never questioned it.

Perhaps Gareth or Steve can answer. Any idea chaps?

I am not sure. Somewhere on your post, possibly within the three dot menu, should be a button. I would do it for you if I could, but I don't have that option.

Filip. I can't answer your question, but whatever you fit you need to change both front springs for a matched pair. Not all springs of the same notional grade are identical, and in any case springs weaken as they age.

Glad to read it. You should mark your post as Solution.

I have had many automatic cars over the last forty years, both petrol and electric. They have all been backwards for Drive, forwards for Reverse.

Do please report on your experience.

Do please report on your experience.

The thermostat is jammed open.

In that case I suggest the help of an auto electrician is needed.

Does that mean the battery is not properly coded to the car?

I am delighted you can not do this now. Perhaps the world will survive a little longer.

Neil. Aaron has not returned to the forum for six years so it's unlikely you will get a reply. In regard to your son's car I suggest you delay purchase until you have seen written evidence of its service history.

No, I only had a radio that was tuned to a single station. My satnav was a separate independent device updated once per year from a computer.

That sounds very plausible.

Possibly there is a dedicated button on the dash for setting the TPMS. That arrangement was common some years ago.

18 months? 18 years would be a more realistic expectation. My A3 was 16 years old when I sold it, and its lights were as uncrazed, unfaded and weatherproof as the day they were made, proving that Audi did know how to make them properly at one time. That the company has chosen not to any more is a mark of its declining quality standards.

My suspicion, unsupported by any facts, is that the lights on newer Audis are made from a grade of plastic that is degraded by exposure to sunlight. UV degradation of some plastics is a well known phenomenon that can be reduced by incorporating a UV stabiliser into the plastic prior to, or during, the moulding stage. It increases the cost of manufacture of course, and we know cost cutting at Audi in recent years has been widespread.

It is not likely; neither is it impossible, but we shall not solve the puzzle by guesswork or by intuition or by witchcraft. It needs somebody with a meter (not the car's display) and some electrical knowledge to test each circuit, as your neighbour started to do.

You would have to search the forums to find that information.

So as I suggested on April 7th the satnav and the stereo have been wired into a non-switched power supply. Change those to a fuse controlled by the ignition switch to permanently solve the problem.

David. Given what you have told us about your condition i assume you will not be doing any repairs yourself, and hence will be putting the car into a garage, in which case does it really matter what gearbox is fitted? It will be the garage's problem not yours.

You are not the first to complain of the harsh ride of the SQ5, nor will you be the last.