Bigdave1230

Try connecting a wire from the earth point under the bonnet on the passenger side used for jump starting the car to the engine manifold and see if it starts better. The earth on the starter motor corrodes over time and makes the battery appear flat. Is it slow to start in the morning after being left over night or all the time i.e like if you drive to a petrol station and turn the car off for a few minutes

You can enable the green menu on any version of software. Mine was on 4420 when I enabled it. I bought the update discs and upgraded mine to 5570 because the Bluetooth would take a long time to connect to my phone and there was a fix for this in the upgrade. But to be fair the battery level indicator isn’t that accurate and I only enabled it to help diagnose a slow start problem

http://mr-fix.info/mmi-2g-software-update-version-5570/ explianation of what the update fixes

The update doesn’t put the battery level onto the mmi. To do this you need to enable the hidden green screen menu on the mmi using vcds/vagcom then you enable it in there. Depending how old the car is it might of been enabled by a previous owner, try pressing and holding the bottom 2 buttons on the left hand side of the centre console for about 5 seconds (car and setup) and see if the green screen comes on. What fault is yours doing that your hoping to fix? What

My car is due a service but aren’t taking it to Audi as it’s at an age and mileage now where I’m not that bothered about a full Audi service history so will take it to an independent. But I’m not sure what oil they will put in it quality wise so was thinking of buying my own. Mobil one esp 5w-30 is coming up as available for my car but has anybody had any experience with oil for Q7’s or recommend any?

Earlier last week the drivers side wiper stopped working. Traced it down to the wiper linkage becoming disattached. Popped it back together but after a few wipes it came back off again. It’s a ball and cup socket just under the plastic flap on the drivers side under the bonnet. Spoke to Audi who don’t sell the plastic cup socket or the arm separately wanted £354+vat for an entire linkage 😳. Found on amazon some spring repair clips for £5.99 that that didn’t list that they fitted an Audi but thought I could fudge them to do the job. Turns out they fitted without any modification but did need persuading with a pair of grips and work perfectly again. Hope this helps if anybody has a this problem as the Audi guy says it’s common that’s why they keep the linkage in stock. Forgot to mention I messaged every place breaking a Q7 on eBay etc with no luck but as a temp fix you can wrap a layer of pvc insulation tape around the metal ball of the wiper arm and squeeze back together. Works for a day or two

Mine are none genuine as Audi never did a 22” wheel on my shape Q7 and the genuine RS6 wheels in the same style were 20”. I have 285/35/22 tyres and drives spot on

I’ve got 22” rs6 style wheels on mine and drives fine. Had 22” rs4 style on my last one with Pirelli tyres and it ate them in around 8000 miles. I got some decent looking budget tyres on these wheels which have done 9000 and are about half way through their life. Other than it being a bit louder on the road only noticeable on the motorway really they have been fine

Does the radio/mmi still work or is the entire electrical system dead? I think if the key was faulty the ignition lights would still come on but the immobiliser would stop the car starting

I changed the battery on my current and previous Q7 and only coded this one in because it was acting sluggish to turn over everyone and then. But that turned out to be an engine earth. The last one was fine without coding in and have been told that the coding only has relevance for the power management control which turns the radio off etc if the cars not running if it thinks it will drain the battery past the not starting point. If you are getting it coded it takes 2 minutes if they know what they are doing but ask them to enable the green screen on the mmi at the same time as this will allow you to enter the hidden menu and allow importing of cds into the jukebox.

😂 undo the 2 bolts holding the front seat assembly to the floor, move the seat forward and the whole thing pivots backwards into the rear seat area. The battery is under a cover with spring clips on then held in place by a 10mm bolt clamp. Takes 30 - 45 minutes

Sorry been busy and not got around to checking until now. The power and earth run from the drivers side fuse box behind the dashboard through the transmission tunnel under the Gear selector to the side of seat runner. Then up behind the seat liner (the plastic seat backs are held on with clips so are quite easy to come off) and the wires run up the headrest tube so nothing is seen. The wires that link the dvds run the same way and run into the transmission tunnel behind the rear heating vents. None of the trim or plastics have been cut in anyway and there are no visible wires showing. Sorry I can’t post anymore pictures on here anymore.

I’m don’t think it is as the power is cut when the ignition is off. I think it is ran from the fuse box on the drivers side and runs behind the dash and down the centre console. The leather gaitor on the Gear selector comes off to reveal a space to run a cable. If I get chance tonight I’ll have a look and see how they connected them

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F121644298385 these look similar but you can get the jist

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F172323904332 I have the same as this one

Hi Foz I have after market DVD players in both front seat headrests. They come with wireless headphones and can play individually or the same film on both and play the sound through the radio. They were about £200 to buy and was going to fit them myself but the company I got them off only wanted £50 To fit them. We went to look at a few Q7’s at a place in Oldham called S Cars and all there cars had them in so my wife asked if we bought a car else where would they fit them in it. They were really helpful and gave us the number of the place in Oldham that fits them for them. If you look on eBay at some of there Q7’s you can see what they look like. They come with a zip on cover so can be covered over to just look like the original head rest.

Recently the car has been giving the impression of a flat battery when trying to start. It would turnover a couple of times but very very slowly. Turning the ignition off and then on again and the car would turn over slowly and then speed up and start but this may take a few attempts. It gave all the impressions of a poor starter motor. But having fitted one on a previous Q7 I know this is a 4 hour job and even with a decent discount is still over £200 for the unit. So decided to ring a local auto electrician that could hopefully diagnose exactly the part that needed replacing. (Vagcom showed nothing amiss by the way). He turned up and checked the car over and said that the cars alternator was charging the battery at around 13.6v. This is a indication of a poor earth and fitted another earth cable from the earth point under the bonnet used for jump starting to the engine manifold. Said he’s fitted loads as it’s a well known problem within VAG that the earths corrode over time and need cleaning. The car now charges at just over 14v and starts better than it ever did less than 2 seconds from turning the key. Turns over faster than my mates 2011 and 2014 Q7’s. Cost £10 for the earth cable and £40 for callout Including 1 hours labour. Hope this is helpful to anybody with a similar problem.

Are those 22” Justin?

I think it’s on the passenger side dash board. There is 3 rows of fuses. It’s the top row 5th from the right and will be a 20 amp fuse.

If you haven’t sorted the battery drain issue out yet then I would try pulling the fuse out for the aux heater then leaving it over night as a faulty unit is a common cause of battery drain. Also the new battery should really be coded in using vcds so the battery control module can regulate power so You can’t drain the battery say with the radio when the car isn’t running to enable it to always start. But I doubt this would cause the battery to drain over night. There is a common thing with starter motors (“lazy starter”) too where they crank slow and look like the battery is flat my old Q7 had it and my current Q7 is now suffering from it. It requires changing but this is a 4 hour job as it requires an engine mounting and the alternator moving. Europarts do a Bosch unit which is about £300 but you get £70 back by giving them the old unit. Under the bonnet at the back is a positive connector used for jump starting. If you have a multi meter you could measure the battery voltage there and fault find

Is the tailgate closing fully or does it End up being left slightly open. Can you post some pictures. My last q7 had a problem when I bought it where the tailgate didn’t close fully and as it was pulling it down you had to manually give it a push when it got near to get it fully closed. Turned out to be a small spring that had snapped on the latch. Just remade a hook on it using to snips and hooked it back on. Took ten mins. Somebody put a post on here about it. Try looking through the earlier posts.

My rear panel won't open at all and hasn't done since I've owned it. Apparently they seize up. Try closing the rear sun visor and then closing as the sun visor clip can go back too far when open and put too much resistance on the sun roof so won't close. Failing that there is a panel on the passenger side of the dash board when the door is open that comes off and exposes some fuses but on the back of that panel there is a special shaped Allen key. Pull the interior light down behind the sunroof to expose the motor. There is a really obvious hole the key goes in where you can manually wind the roof back in. Hope this helps Sorry can't post a picture it says max total size 0.24mb 🤷🏻‍♂️