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Audi A4 Maintenance and Repair

2132 messages,  Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 9:57 PM

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Re: 98 audi a4 v6 quattro check eng.lt.& service warning [dtkaczyk] by rowlandj
Nov 29, 2008 (12:03 pm)
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Replying to: dtkaczyk (Nov 28, 2008 4:03 pm)

If you fixed the source of the mis-fire then the light will reset itself after a few run cycles. Typically around 3 trips.
 
On the other one sorry can't help with that.
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Re: Reply to Carbon Build up [mercops] by fonefixer
Dec 01, 2008 (9:53 am)
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Replying to: mercops (Nov 20, 2008 12:52 pm)

I drive a toyota camry and mazda cx-7 and they both take all of 3 minutes to change out the air filter. How's that for so-called German engineering?
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Re: Reply to Carbon Build up [fonefixer] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Dec 01, 2008 (10:15 am)
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Replying to: fonefixer (Dec 01, 2008 9:53 am)

That's good but what really matters is how well it filters, not how easy it is to remove, right?
 
I'm just teasing you--I had a Brand X car that had 7 nuts to remove to get the air filter out, and three of those nuts were different sizes!!
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Re: Carbon build up [ilrndude] by FTv2
Dec 10, 2008 (3:33 pm)
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Replying to: ilrndude (Nov 19, 2008 6:49 pm)

I have a 2008 A4 / 3.2 Quattro with the exact same symptom, and the "check engine" came on while driving the car home from a 7500mi routine maintenance at a Bay Area dealership (Rector Auto). This was back in late July, and the car has been in and out of two dealerships since then. In fact, just took it back in yesterday to fix oil leaks resulting from the last dealership's repairs (they changed the cylinder heads, injectors, valve lifters, etc.). I still have the sluggish performance, and Audi USA "Customer Advocacy" has been playing hard ball and not willing to replace this car nor reimburse me for the lease payments. Please note my thread on another forum. There are several other folks who have experienced the same issue on their 2008 A4 or A6 with the 3.2l engine.
 
http://www.audiforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1005085#post1005085
 
I have an arbitration thru Better Business Bureau with Audi. It'd be good if we all could build a case and try to get our cars replaced.
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Re: Carbon build up [FTv2] by ilrndude
Dec 15, 2008 (7:59 pm)
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Replying to: FTv2 (Dec 10, 2008 3:33 pm)

Well, the dealer was told to replace the fuel injectors and clean out the carbon buildup. They didn't consider the carbon buildup to be much but did as Audi USA suggested. We've now had the car back three weeks and have put about 500 miles on it (city miles). The car now starts and runs fine. But I'll report back if anything changes.
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Audi A4 2004 by ricky2032
Dec 15, 2008 (9:52 pm)
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I put regular gas on it for 9months. Which i didn't think it would do harm but what do you think?
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how to shut off an audible warning signal by jpmrider
Dec 23, 2008 (11:03 pm)
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I have an issue that came up with my 02 Audi A4 1.8T
Similar to another poster here on this forum. I started having problems with my window on my driver's side not going all the way up.
Then the other day my door ajar indicator came on for no reason along with the dome lights and audible warning signal. The audible sound would last for a couple minutes and then go off but this door ajar problem seems to happen when I apply the brake, or sometimes turn on or off the radio or heater.
Also I can not lock my drivers side door by remote
Now until I get some money together I can get away with having the dome light out and using the key to lock my door but the audible warning is just too much. Also now when I put the head light on the audible won't just beep but it will stay on at a steady
sound until it shuts its self off and then maybe come back on later. Right now for the time being I need to disengage the audible system but I cannot find the fuse
that may be connected to it. Nor do I know if there is a fuse for this. Since I could not find it on the fuse arrangement diagram in the owner's manual. If any one might know of this feel free to give a reply
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Re: Audi A4 2004 [ricky2032] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Dec 24, 2008 (9:04 am)
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Replying to: ricky2032 (Dec 15, 2008 9:52 pm)

Your car's engine management system should compensate for the lower octane. All you'd notice was a drop in performance.
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HEATER VENTS SOMETIMES BLOW COLD AIR by dma2
Dec 28, 2008 (5:33 pm)
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I have a 2006, Audi 4 2.0. My prior car was an A4, 2003, 3.0 and that car had a continual problem with the heating and electrical system. The heating vents would randomly blow cold and/or hot air ... one vent blowing hot air while the other blew cold air. Sometimes they would both blow cold, sometimes one would be warm and the other hot, with distinct temperature differences to the touch, and all the while the temperatures would be set the same on both sides. This problem would occur at random times. This went on for months without any repair success.
 
Now, my 2006 Audi is doing the same thing after two weeks of driving. I am dreading the thought of going through the same thing again.
 
When I took the 2003 to the dealer, I was always told it tested fine. After 5 repair attempts and being told "it was fine" I drove 28 miles to the dealer when it began blowing cold air so that they could see the problem first hand. They seemed surprised and still were unable to fix it. While this was going on, my brake light fuse kept blowing out and I had to have the light (fuse) replaced 4 times. I thought maybe the problems were related and were electrical? Someone familiar with Audi mechanicals said the problem sounded like the jay flap could be sticking and that he's heard a lot about this problem with Audis???? What is a jay flap?
  
Has anyone had this problem with their car? I just got back from a short trip with the 2006 Audi and I got a message that the brake light is out. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am reliving Audi hell.
 
DMA2

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