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    Engine Management Light, and turning the ****** off....

    nah mate, sorry i posted this under the wrong forum originally (needed to update my favourites). Nah the car isnt under warranty anymore. Anyone know anything about this sort of thing?
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    Engine Management Light, and turning the ****** off....

    Hi all Well....So far my A3 has been a shambles and I have had a lot of work done on it in the 2 years ive owned it. Now there is a new problem in which the engine management light has come on and stays on. Now..... the garage inform me it is because my temp guage is faulty (and the new set...
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    Car wont sart - *FUSE*

    yup we have a sunroof mate - i thought this is what it would be as i can feel the wee tube dangling inside the frame when i poke my finger in there.... no drainage tube pointing into the frame when it should be pointing out, can be good eh
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    Car wont sart - *FUSE*

    Actually - we are still missing one of the grommets. We have hunted high and low in Glasgow and nobody seems able to get us one. Any chance someone could give me a shout if you see one in a scrappy or wherever? Its from the passenger door front pillar, and it is about 2 inches in...
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    Car wont sart - *FUSE*

    ach its the same old story - theres a hole next to my pollen filter that ought to have a stopper in it. We couldnt find one to fit and Audi have taken about 4 months now just to friggin name it and order it for us!!! Finally got the stopper and hopefully thatll be the end of the trouble. Just...
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    Car wont sart - *FUSE*

    ahh... Well, the wife phoned me there and said that the battery was drained due to this frickin leak ive been having trouble with. The water shorted a current, which turned on my hazard lights, which then drained my battery over the course of the night! What a swine. I hate my car.
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    Car wont sart - *FUSE*

    Hi guys.. Wife just phoned me to say the car wouldnt start this morning and there was a *FUSE* sign lighting up above the speedo. Can anyone shed some light on this before we pay a spark to come out and fix it? Im having no luck with this car at all. Cheers Ed
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    Leaking into Footwell

    Jaysus, would you believe Audi dont make that wee grommet anymore? a weeks waiting time presumably for them to locate one for me! I think itll have to be some duct tape in the meantime
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    Leaking into Footwell

    excellent posting chaps thanks for that - just got on the phone to audi to have them order it in for me, as no local scrappies seem to have any A3s! Cheers for the help chaps, impressive! Ed
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    Leaking into Footwell

    Cheers mate, good to know its not just me...So is this hole supposed to have a grommet or the likes plugging it?
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    Leaking into Footwell

    Folks - Help. Upon reading this, everyone will immediately think "not another eejit with a leak" but theres a difference here! I actually KNOW where the leak is coming from, i just need to know how to plug it up, and if its usual to have this anomoly where it is. The leak is coming into the...
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    Loud ticking noise from Unit behind O/S/F headlamp

    aye we had this and actually had the car into the garage to have it changed as it seemed overly loud, but sure enough the noise remained....
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    Crap Audi Garages (name and shame)

    well.... the car is booked in for the 21st to have this wee valve replaced (you know...the tick tick tick tick coming from the front right? ok whats the technical term? go on...) so, i hope this is the last i need to worry about it, and hopefully the next thing is my 60k service! (shudder)
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    Crap Audi Garages (name and shame)

    Hi guys RE: GLASGOW AUDI - BRAEHEAD I recently had my A3 in the local garage to have a bit of work done (warning lights were coming on for no reason, and some sort of ticking noise from front right) and i have to say that when we put it into the garage two months ago, we really thought it...
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    error light, advice

    sounds like the immobiliser yup... although i wasnt aware of this being a problem indicator light. ours lights up until ignition, then goes off after a few seconds, as with one ror two other yellow lights.
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    ticking from front right

    hiya all just a quick FYI for anyone who has experienced this... we noticed a ticking coming from the front right side of our car when idling - sounds like a pocket watch on steroids...tick tick tick tick! well as it turns out its an easy fix and its something to do with a gas release valve...
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    Engine Management warning light on.

    oh in quick addition to this and feel free to make me a laughing stock but ummm... all my DIS does is show me the 'OK's ..and not much else. theres a black panel above the OKs which never lights up with anything. Cos im new to Audi, im not sure what to expect. Should this be switched on or...
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    Engine Management warning light on.

    yeah that sounds like is happening with mine, but the wife is reporting that it came on ONCE during a drive, and it went off again about 30 minutes later. few strange things happening really, the DIS says OK and all that so im thinking its sensors
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    someone vandalised my A3!!!!!

    ahh no bother mate... good to see another gelsga lad here. it happened in Paisley of all ****** places, but nowhere near the town centre, prolly in neds-ville at any rate. Same happened to our Polo a couple of months back on Pollockshaws Road too.
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    someone vandalised my A3!!!!!

    aaargh [censored]! just got the insurance people on the phone. its going to cost us £120 excess, plus our 2 years no claims which adds up to about £220 for the year...pushes our month up by about £20. fugginell