Steve Q

Doing hpi checks is wise and you're definitely doing the right thing. I'm assuming you're only looking at private sales and not dealerships?

Get a proper remap on a rolling road by companies such as darkside developments, Celtic tuning or Revo as examples.

I do suspect a steering rack or at least a sensor.

I feel your pain as I'm.in a similar boat with my A6. Mines still off the road as the engine rebuild cost is eye watering. But finding a 2nd hand engine that'll work is just as hard as it all.has to be coded and work with the injection pump, ECU and instrument cluster. If you decide to put in a 2nd engine and you find someone who can do it plus coding please let me know as I'd be very interested.

Not heard of this before, might be worth having a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up

Have you had a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up regarding the steering rack?

With the development of synthetic fuels electric cars are nill and void in my opinion. Especially as Germany has delayed 2030 ban on petrol/diesel cars because of this. They do more damage to the environment to manufacturer than an petrol/diesel car and their shelf life is a lot less. And a lot of the owners who think they're being green forget tyres, plastics and electricity all comes from fossil fuels. Not to mention the fire risk, this is my biggest concern. If I bought one and it sat on the drive then caught fire it could take 4 houses with it.

You can't get owner details anymore. the only ones who can provide the info is DVLA but as mentioned gdpr regulations have stopped it. The easiest thing to do is buy from a dealer for peace of mind

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch. I'll speak to Trevor the administrator about this.

Looks like it needs to be seen by an auto electrician

Glad you got sorted. High pressure pump failure seems to becoming common on audis.

Shouldn't expect these on a 3 year old car of that mileage. Is it still under warranty?

Well at least that answers the software question. Hopefully it's the easily accessible ones that they've mentioned. Unfortunately it doesn't surprise me and all manufacturers are like this other than Toyota, lexus and honda. The German, french, Italian brands plus ford and vauxhall have cottoned on to the fact they can earn more money from parts than the vehicles themselves.

Truthfully Audi have never cared about customer service. My A6 turbo 1 day out a warranty and Audi would only Psy half. That was 22 years ago! As my Audi has been owned by my dad then me. Also Audi has the worst parts retention for older cars than any other German brand. They did away with the time scale on cambelts which non of us here could understand as rubber deteriorates.

Basically the car just gets a remap to map out the egr and adblue. I'd recommend speaking to specific tuners about this. But use a mapped who has a rolling road so that the map is tailored to the car. Be warned though, there's rumours DVLA are looking into ways of testing cars at MOT for emissions cheat devices. Even though knowing DVLA this could be some years off it's worth thinking about.

You could contact the motoring ombudsman but this is a slow process. The car is 6 years old, the old schedule used to be to change the belt at 5 years. Which is probably why Audi aren't interested.

Following on from Gareth's sound advice you could also get a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up as it could be an issue with the light switch or indicator stalk.

Have you had a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up. When was the gearbox last serviced?

Please keep us posted on how you get on

Id recommend a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up. When was the gearbox last serviced? It might be worth looking at gearbox oil change to see if that makes it smoother.

My concern here is why ha e you had to pay for the Audi software. Surely as an Audi specialist they should have this already, or make the investment voluntarily. Technically you've invested in the business as they can use that software on other cars too.

I know someone did this on the A1 club. Might be worth checking eBay. As I dread to think what Audi will charge

Definitely follow Gareth's advice first and try and access from.underneath the car. But I wont be surprised if you have to go in via the grill.

Exactly lots of owners in short succession is often a sign of a problem with the car. Definitely avoid

I appreciate where you're coming from but if you get engine failure or piston ring failure it'll cost more. You'd be better off either a diesel. Like a 1.9 VW pd for reliability