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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.

I remember reading similar nonsense on one of these forums a couple of years ago, but don't recall the outcome. It may pay you to search the subject, but it may take a while as it is a common complaint.

If the new tyres are exactly the same size as the previous tyres I can only guess that the pressures are wrong.

I said he'd try and wriggle out of it. In this case he tried to deflect responsibility onto the warranty company whereas in British law he, the vendor, bears sole liability for defective goods for the first thirty days. There is a good reason secondhand car salesmen have such a dreadful reputation. That's worth bearing in mind when you buy another car.

Is this of interest? https://www.audiownersclub.com/forums/topic/31355-project-joyce/#comment-131241

If he does not want to do the job, find another mechanic.

They will undoubtedly try to, but a refund is your legal right so hold your ground.

I wonder if the alternator has been damaged. I'm not sure how you would test that without professional equipment.

Has. Paul has not returned to the forum since October last year. A PM might get to him, or it might not.

Thanks for letting us know.

Thanks Lee. I am sure that information will be useful to many. Unfortunately it will not help Mark because he has not been back to the forum since he posed his question on 5th February.