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Hi folks... I've got the dreaded 16804 "efficiency below threshold" fault code (which seems to be not too uncommon from the searches I've done). In my case, the car is a 2010 S3 and is (or should be, it had one previous owner) totally standard, no remap etc.. I've been clearing the code in...

I did try a search, here and on google, but I couldn't find anything on this... Used my shiny new VCDS cable for the first time. I did precisely this: 1. Connect cable 2. Start VCDS software 3. Perform an auto-scan 4. Save results 5. Enable ejection of the navigation DVD 6. Clear fault code...

Greetings, fellow mammals! :) I have noticed a very rare little stutter, like a momentary skipping of a single beat that interrupts power delivery at 3000 rpm. It seems to be extremely intermittent, happening maybe just once or twice a week. It could be complete coincidence but it feels like...

Some mostly car related circumlocution while it's half time on the 6-nations... I had a fog light bulb warning appear on my DIS. Oh well, time to replace a bulb. Removed bulb, it looked fine! Tested resistance with a multimeter. It *is* fine. Put bulb back in and re-assembled fog light...

Spotted in the car park at Waitrose, Sandhurst last weekend. Basically identical to my 2010 S3 B.E. aside from mine being a '10 plate rather than a '60. (Oh and mine was dirty after a week of rainy commutes whereas theirs looked like it had been cleaned that morning)

I've seen a few posts while exploring the forum about improving the S3's handling in corners with (non-cosmetic) talk about lowering, ARB's etc. and they've got me wondering... You see, I think the stock setup handles pretty well at fast but non-reckless speeds on a public road. But then again...

A quick rant... Cleaning the car, properly, two buckets, etc. means that one gets a really good look at the paintwork. I've only had this car a week (although it's a 2010 model) and I can see constellations of tiny white stone chips among the black paint. I've also found a number of really...

I didn't see a "Dealer" sub-forum, so I'm popping this here. I just wanted to give a shout out in appreciation of the service I received from Prestige Cars Ltd. in Sunningdale down here. They sold me my 2010 S3 Black Edition for a fair price (based on what others of the same spec/mileage were...

Good morning! Hellish drive this morning; it took an hour to do the school run (8 miles) due to traffic queueing way more than normal. It must have been that 5 microns of snow we had in the early hours! :) Anyway, I spent the entire hour in the soggy bottom of my S3's engine range - between 1k...

Hi all, I've recently acquired a 2010 S3 quattro 3-dr black edition (s tronic) and have appreciated the knowledge on this forum while searching for info (my thanks for this are included in my rambling introduction here). There are a few fairly minor things I need to sort out on the car, one...

Hello there. Yet another "newbie" post :) I've recently upgraded an old 1.6 A3 that was on its fourteenth birthday and nudging 144k miles to a pretty much fully loaded 2010 S3 Black Edition with under 20k on the clock. Recently as in just a week ago, that is. Quite an upgrade and the pleasure...