Traded in the A4...Now bought an A5

[abathingape]

Happy days. I have agreed to trade in my A4 and have went for an Ibis White A5 2L TDi S Line Sportback. Lovely looking baby. Is there anything I should be aware of with regards to common faults etc or any recalls? I called the Audi call centre and they said it was all good. The car's only done 13k miles Since Sept 2010.

I'll be driving it to Lanarkshire from Birmingham when I collect it. Maybe drive it up with VAG Com connected

Oil change every 10k miles recommended?

 

[Grant]

No need to drop the oil every 10K.

Audi variable servicing is every 19K using long life oil.

 

[abathingape]

Hey, drove up the A5 from Birmingham last night. Great drive, what a fantastic piece of machinery. Audi are really smashing it right now. However...I scanned it with VAG Com just now and it gave me this:



1 Fault Found:
03041 - Energy Management Active
000 - - - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00100000
Fault Priority: 7
Fault Frequency: 1
Reset counter: 95
Mileage: 21951 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2013.06.04
Time: 09:39:00


Freeze Frame:
Bin. Bits: 00000
Voltage: 12.00 V
Count: 17

What is this?!

I've checked Ross-Tech and it seems a bit vague :/

 

[abathingape]

false alarm, panic over. I see that it's just a fault that I can clear with no worries.

i've noticed my car does the needle sweep. Is that standard on the A5 Sportbacks?

 

[Harribo66]

Standard across the a5/s5/rs5 range mate! .

 

[hades-]

No need to drop the oil every 10K.

Audi variable servicing is every 19K using long life oil.

**** long life more harm than good
every 10K is good