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Ive had my s4 for a day now. Not even properly booted since owning it and a warning light has come on the dash. Bought privately 60 plate.
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JAAC UK said:
Ive had my s4 for a day now. Not even properly booted since owning it and a warning light has come on the dash. Bought privately 60 plate.
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Arghhh, doesn't bode well. Know anyone with VCDS to scan it to get a feel for what exactly could be wrong? If not, perhaps someone on here could scan it for you - whereabouts are you?
 
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Huddersfield at the mo

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JAAC UK said:
Ive had my s4 for a day now. Not even properly booted since owning it and a warning light has come on the dash. Bought privately 60 plate.
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Oops! Looks like STronic issue Was about to suggest exactly what TechNick suggested. Whereabouts are you based, try VCDS map to find someone close to you for a quick scan to find out exactly.
It could be a simple drive range sensor as sometimes it can throw an error when it detects a missed shift. I'd do the scan first.


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Anyone do a scan in Huddersfield?

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I live in south london but need to get the car home

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Private seller no chance, you're on your own I'm afraid.

I'd be getting it striahgt to some sort of VW/Audi specialist, not a main dealer. It's all good doing a VCDS scan but it won't fix anything mechanical.
 
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It turns off every now and again

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Nightmare. Wonder if they just cleared the fault and sold it. :( As the others have said needs a scan to determine what's wrong. Might also be worth looking for a transmission specialist near you just in case. For example

http://3dtransmissions.com/

I believe these guys fixed @razza1 old S4.
 
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What's the symptoms? Have you lost gears with the error? Either odd gears or even?
Any clunking when going 2-1? Reverse engaging ok?
You can get an OBD reader and carista app to scan the codes



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razza1 said:
What's the symptoms? Have you lost gears with the error? Either odd gears or even?
Any clunking when going 2-1? Reverse engaging ok?
You can get an OBD reader and carista app to scan the codes



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Tbh i havent checked if it skips gears but it might be. Very slugish and slow

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razza1 said:
What's the symptoms? Have you lost gears with the error? Either odd gears or even?
Any clunking when going 2-1? Reverse engaging ok?
You can get an OBD reader and carista app to scan the codes



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And it comes on and off

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razza1 said:
On and off when driving, or on and off when turning the car on and off?


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On and off when driving but turning the car off does turn it off.

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Will it reboot when you switch off, wait then switch on and clear fault. Had similar fault on mine but I had parked on a very steep drive been cleared for the last 6 months


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oldoiler said:
Will it reboot when you switch off, wait then switch on and clear fault. Had similar fault on mine but I had parked on a very steep drive been cleared for the last 6 months


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Yeah its gone now. Drove about 5 miles today and been fine. Come on first thing this morn.

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Would a vcds bring it up even if it gone off on the dash

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I have Carista and autocom I'm in Queensbury if that's any use to you
 
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So could be done cheaper private

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I imagine this is a worrying time for you, and you're bound to have lots of questions driving around in your head. Realistically though, you're not going to know anything until the car's had a scan to diagnose what is actually wrong. Until then, everything about what might need doing, who could do it, and how much it might cost, is guesswork.
 
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jdp1962 said:
I imagine this is a worrying time for you, and you're bound to have lots of questions driving around in your head. Realistically though, you're not going to know anything until the car's had a scan to diagnose what is actually wrong. Until then, everything about what might need doing, who could do it, and how much it might cost, is guesswork.
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Yeah i know what you mean. Its like googling a pain in your foot. The internet will tell you you've got 24hrs to live. Getting it scanned thursday thanks to the vcds map

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