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St3veM
25-03-2017, 03:58 PM
Anyone got any thoughts before I take it down to the dealers (will be, just not until Monday).

6 weeks old. Mainly motorway miles, ~80 miles a day.

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Silane
25-03-2017, 07:19 PM
Have you tried driving it hard for a while to see if it clears? Shouldn't be getting this problem at this stage, but have you been keeping the RPM's low because it's new?
St3veM
25-03-2017, 07:20 PM
No low revs. It's averaging 80 miles a day, mixed speed motorway driving. Have blasted it since new. Seems unusual. 3rd BE now and first to do this.


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Silane
25-03-2017, 07:28 PM
Do you have scanner to check the fault code? I know it's Audi's problem, but just out of curiosity it'd be interesting to see the fault code. Might be something simple like a faulty differential pressure sensor.
St3veM
26-03-2017, 05:22 PM
Just ran a scan and nothing showing. Don't yet know enough about VCDS on where to find historic faults.


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Silane
26-03-2017, 07:04 PM
That is weird. If you disconnect the battery and touch the terminals together to clear the capacitors it might clear the error. But probably best to leave it as is so Audi can troubleshoot it tomorrow.
RhysoTDI
26-03-2017, 07:53 PM
Go into Engine Module and click on fault codes :)
wildbore
27-03-2017, 08:38 AM
That is weird. If you disconnect the battery and touch the terminals together to clear the capacitors it might clear the error. But probably best to leave it as is so Audi can troubleshoot it tomorrow.

I wouldn't do this on a banger, never mind a brand new Audi.
Silane
27-03-2017, 09:00 AM
I wouldn't do this on a banger, never mind a brand new Audi.

A lot of people say that, I've done it at some point in every car I've ever owned, including a couple of times on my A6, never had any problems. Maybe I'm just lucky.
wildbore
27-03-2017, 09:04 AM
A lot of people say that, I've done it at some point in every car I've ever owned, including a couple of times on my A6, never had any problems. Maybe I'm just lucky.

There are a number of cars on the market that have twin batteries (there is a small gell battery or a smaller conventional battery to complement the main starter battery). Even without the possibility of a second battery, modern electronic systems are too fragile for me to want to do that. Maybe I am just a scaredy-cat. But I certainly wouldn't advocate it for a car under warranty.
St3veM
27-03-2017, 09:26 AM
Popped down and the basically said nothing to worry about. 3rd BE I've had and first time I've had this so early in its life. Ho Hum.


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RhysoTDI
27-03-2017, 10:30 AM
Hope you got that in writing!!
Silane
27-03-2017, 10:33 AM
Popped down and the basically said nothing to worry about. 3rd BE I've had and first time I've had this so early in its life. Ho Hum.


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Ah good old Audi. They paid engineers to put all these sensors and fault codes in place, but until they're out of warranty they're nothing to worry about.
St3veM
27-03-2017, 10:46 AM
Didn't even get to an engineer. Bit like receptionists at the doctors...


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FLAPPERJACK76
27-03-2017, 11:07 AM
Vcds is not upto date on the new faults.

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JSRed
11-04-2017, 07:34 PM
Hang on is that right, you get 625+ miles a tank?! My max so far has been 380 [emoji23]


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St3veM
11-04-2017, 07:36 PM
[emoji851]

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JSRed
11-04-2017, 07:52 PM
I just wish my budget extended to the S6... although the sound booster in the exhaust is helping to drown out the diesel sound 😂. My long term average is now at 24mpg over 1400 miles... That's 2 better than my Golf R long term average

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St3veM
11-04-2017, 07:56 PM
Why stop at the S6 - might as well go the whole hog and RS6!! [emoji41][emoji41]


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JSRed
11-04-2017, 08:01 PM
Well if the S6 was out of reach, the RS6 was a pipe dream. I can't tell you how many times I specced up an RS6 and exploring options of ownership.... but for now the Bitdi will have to do. And it keeps up with the big boys well 😎

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St3veM
11-04-2017, 08:08 PM
Just re-read your post - mines a 2.0 company hack hence the better MPG... [emoji23]


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Lukenkarl
12-04-2017, 05:54 PM
What's that app you've got?
St3veM
13-04-2017, 03:29 PM
What's that app you've got?

Road trip squire.


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