Every morning I start my car and the airbage light goes out but comes on a few seconds later. I then stop the engine and use an airbag resetter tool to put the light out (sometimes takes a couple of attempts). Thereafter the airbag light works fine all day, but the next morning I have to go...
I have an airbag problem that probably requires a new airbag controller. Looking for part number 8D 0 959 655 TD (or possibly TB which is for cars with head airbags which I assume are the ones on the side roof rails above the front doors Need to check if I have them). My car is a 2000X 2.5TDI...
I have a 2001 A4 Avant. During the recent very cold weather, I found that my headlamp washers appeared to be sticking out from the bumper slightly as if they had skooshed but not retracted fully afterwards - protrusion was only about half an inch or so. I now find that if I fill the washer...
I have a 2001 A4 2.5TDI Quattro Avant which recently suffered flooding of the driver's side footwell, resulting in the tiptronic ecu malfunctioning. After drying it out for a few weeks, it now appears to be back to normal with the D light not flashing any nore. However recently I found that on...
My car suffered water ingress due to a drainage pipe getting blocked with leaves - the result was that the area where the battery sits in front of the windscreen filled up with water to at least the underside of the battery - the water then found its way into the front footwells through the...
I have a Symphony radio/tape/CD unit in my Avant Quattro. Someone has pressed some combination of buttons and has switched of some of the screen info - all I get now is the radio station name or frequency but none of the small type stuff about traffic announcements etc. How do I reset this to...
What consumption does everyone get with this model? My Avant Quattro is only getting about 20mpg around town (short runs from cold, stopping and starting with a few miles on the bypass), and if I go on a longer run it might reach 40mpg if I'm lucky and lightfooted. This is much higher than my...
Is it possible to alter the points at which gearchanges occur? I have a 2.5TDi Quattro Avant tiptronic (5 speed). The car changes into 4th when I hit about 32mph, and changes down to tird when I reduce to about 27mph. The problem is that in town it tends to be in 3rd a lot of the time and to...
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