Snow Driving

[Lor2435]

We got a huge snow storm today... over 2 feet!! So i took the Audi out for the first time and was totally blown away! Not even in the same world as my old Saab!

Anyway, i when i pulled into the driveway i had to give it a little extra gas to get up the hill and the car started making a funny noise from the front.... It sounded like something was spinning, not linking up correctly and made a sort of grinding noise. Anyone encounter this before??

[RickT]

Was it still driving ok??

Could be a build up of snow on the inside of the alloy?

Rick

[Lor2435]

Was it still driving ok??

Could be a build up of snow on the inside of the alloy?

Rick

its tough to say if it was driving ok because it happened just as i was getting into the garage... but there was no rattling from the pedals or the steering wheel.

I thought it might have something to do with a build up of snow... the gaps of the rims were filled with snow at all 4 corners but the noise was clearly from the front.

[nodland]

What you heard was probably the ESP engaging. If you're applying too much throttle on the snow the ESP will brake the spinning tyres. This may sound like a grinding noise, but you wont feel anything in the pedals or steering wheel. If it happens again, check if a yellow signal in the instrument panel is blinking.