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    Drivers door thinks its open

    Been having problems with my drivers door. Basically when I close the door it doesn't register and therefore thinks it is still open. The interior and puddle lights stay lit when the door is properly closed and I get an open door alert on the dash. It started doing this a few weeks back and has...
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    Cleaning throttle body

    Hi has anyone cleaned their throttle body out before? Think this could be the cause of my ill running AUM
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    Joey mod

    Just wanted to see if anyone had attempted to Joey mod a set of A3 facelift headlights? Think it would look pretty tidy along with a black grill
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    Strange behaviour !

    I've been having some pretty strange occurrences over the past week with my AUM 1.8t A3 51 plate When I've been sat in traffic crawling forwards in either 1st or 2nd gear the car occasionally kangaroo's. It does not feel like the typical kangaroo motion of a worn clutch or anything mechanical...
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    4 beeps!?

    Over the past week or so my A3 has started to occasionally beep at me when turing the ignition on from cold. Only seems to happen when the car has been sat overnight or for a prolonged period. I think it is 3 or 4 beeps from the rear speakers once i turn the engine on? Does anybody know what...
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    Splitting Headlights?

    IS it possible to seperate the lense from the facelift headlights? I recently bought a A3 1.8T but one of the covers is missing from the back of the passenger side headlight unit - basically the bulb holders are exposed. This has caused a layer of grime to build up on the inside of the lense and...
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    New owner has some questions

    Hello all Some of you may already know that i recently took the plunge and sold my golf to move into a 1.8t A3. First impressions of the car are great but there are a few things that had to be done to get it perfect. The car came with a 3 months warranty from the garage i bought it from so...
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    New 1.8T - Service help

    Hi guys Yesterday, after months of searching i bought myself a nice, clean ming blue A3 1.8t 51 plate. The car has a full LONG LIFE Audi service history up to 54,300 miles. The car has now done 70,100 and was last serviced by an VAG specialist at 68,500 miles. Basically i'm a little...
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    Hi all. Need a bit of advice

    I thought i'd come here to ask you a3 gurus for some sought after advise! Up until last week i had a nice '02 gt tdi 150 Golf, unfortunatlely it is no longer with us as i drove it into a ravine SORRY i mean pothole, Smashed the sump and didn't realise :faint: Idiot i am. A sad idiot...