Steve Q

How did you get on?

Sorry to hear of this situation. I believe the garage are telling you the truth. Bit on the safe side you could always get a second opinion

Glad you got sorted in the end 🙂

Even though you're out of the 30 days you're still covered under the consumer law. If a fault occurs with a car or item in the first 6 months of purchase it is assumed the fault was there from when it was purchased. My brother is going through this now and getting his car fixed free of charge. It needed an abs pump (£3k bill!).

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂 looks a nice Audi 🙂

Unfortunately you'll find you'll need the heated seats Wiring harness. Not only that you might find the airbag connector might be different. And you can't just cut off the old connector and solder on a different one as this will throw the airbag warning lights. As such the best way is to remove the airbag from your current seats and put them in the new seats if that makes sense.

Have the engine mounts and gearbox mounts been checked? As the movement could cause noise. Could it be something to do with liquid sloshing when I get loads and it throwing off the sensors? For example when I had an issue with my A6 washer bottle leaking it wouldn't always tell me it was low unless the washer fluid moved away from the sensor if that makes sense.

I'd definitely recommend speaking to the company that sold you it. Just in case they sold you the wrong parts to make it fit your dash.

If bought from a dealer within the first 30 days of sale then you're entitled to a full refund or for them to fix the car free of charge

Keep us posted on how you get on

Seen loads of these stories. If selling a car make sure you're not alone. Make sure they either come alone or with one other person. Anymore people refuse to see them.

The clusters can't be swapped out easily as they have the imobiliser built in.

That is impressive

Could it be an engine or gearbox mount?

You're welcome, doesn't sound like the battery is at fault. Could it be an issue with the instrument cluster?

This article might help: Either way check near the manifold, cat, or other places along the exhaust or even dpf.

You're welcome. If it is the ballast then this can be changed but might need to be coded in.

You'll need a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up. Could be an issue with the ballast

To add to Gareth's advice, on older audi models if the hazard switch fails or starts to fail it can cause the I dictators to play up. If that's the case the cure is a new hazard switch

Now that I'm not sure. It's a risk for sure. Might be smooth seeking the advice from an auto electrician on that one.

With the issues I'd walk away, as clearly the current owner is getting shot of it in my opinion

Well done for tackling it yourself. Does your local motor factors not carry the bolt size in stock?

Oh wow, great stuff Tony 😊 sorry I've not arranged shows this year. Since my Audi is off the road and my mate Jack emigrated with his TT I've lost the heart to organise the stands.

I think it's clipped on. You might find it's cheaper to replace the whole airbag from a used one from eBay.

Might be worth getting the battery checked to see if it's working as it should. As a failing battery can cause these symptoms