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  1. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    Hi guys, Management light came on again today and took straight to dealer. They have informed me that the DPF Sensor has went faulty (Again !!) and there is another updated sensor available (3rd Generation as mine already had 2nd generation installed as replacement last time. I also...
  2. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    Just to let you guys know I have my car re-mapped a couple of weeks ago but it only made the problems alot worse !!! It re-generated about every 5 mins and didn't really notice much power differences. I went back and they tried a second map but was still the same. I have had it put back...
  3. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    The car definately feels different - More laggy and less resonsive and if you hold the throttle about 3000rpm when stationary you can feel the engine is very lumpy. I personally think that it is a software issue that makes the DPF re-generate all the time and that is when the car makes the...
  4. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    Hi Guys, Mine has started to make the noise yet again after a good few months of it ok after the DPF sensor was replaced when filter clogged and it went into limp home mode. I will be contacting my dealer on Monday morning to get it in to them to have a look at again. Will let you know...
  5. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    I got it in October 2006 mate
  6. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    It was for the DPF Mate and Audi must be aware of this issue that they engineered a modified part after so little time of production. The fault light never came on to start with though and the fault was only found after the heater plug fault and i'm sure the DPF sensor was faulty from the day...
  7. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    When I first git the car brand new after about 3 weeks the Engine management light came on and I took it to the dealer and they told me it had a faulty Heater Plug module and would need to order a new one - On Back order !! and they quoted me around 4 weeks to get replacement. Whilst waiting...
  8. ShiftyMac

    170 Remap

    I have asked Superchips why they have withdrew the re-map for this model as I was really wanting to get mine done. If I get an answer from them I will let you know
  9. ShiftyMac

    The 170 story so far....

    I had the same noise with mine for quite some time and then the engine management light came on - took into Audi and it turned out it had faulty control valve sensor for the DPF and was trying to re-generate all the time when not needed. Audi had to order the replacement ( On Back order !!!)...