Recent content by brooko182

New (reconditioned) turbo has solved the issue and the cars response is now a lot sharper and no EPC light.

I had the same issue as you - fine when on the move on flat ground, potentially for many miles, stop start traffic and hills the power would drop then the EPC light would come on and raise error 14846. Phoned audi for a turbo price just out of curiosity - £4407 :puke2:

57k - which you would think is buttons for a car like this and way too soon for a turbo to be shot.

14846 error unrelated to the battery and was caused by worn linkages on the turbo- so a new turbo... I pick the car up later and will be £1700 lighter. If the car so much as looks at me funny after this its getting part exchanged for a Kia.

No update yet - no time or money to sort - A4 goes in to the garage tomorrow for a service and a check on the code. Will update asap.

I think (and really hope!!) You are right, hopefully just a brain fart caused by a duff battery.

Will be getting it changed soon. Delving deep on the web this Russian site seems to think the 14846 error is the actuator which apparently VAG won't sell as a part on its own without the complete turbo: https://www.drive2.ru/l/493568022003319235/

This was the site the mechanic was working from: http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/18995/P2563/009571

Thanks for your help so far all... Mattpaternosta- mpg no worse than usual. I had the start stop issue last year when the weather got colder and it has come back again with the EPC light this year as the weather has turned. I spoke to a mechanic who hooked it up to VCDS and the error was...

Thanks for your help all... I have a picture of the battery which is a Varta one with the same part no 000 915 105 CF and is 950A, my local parts store is a Varta dealer so I will see what they can do price wise but if they don't come up with the goods I'll give the eBay one a shot. The...

Thanks for that- just checked - 11.9 so I guess that would be an issue... was it a big job to change the battery? Did you manage to find a battery that wasn't a comedy price? It is an absolute monster stuffed under the spare wheel with a lot of stuff clamping it down and a wire coming out of...

Thanks for that, I will start with the battery. Is there a way to test the battery? I have MMI3.5G so I cannot display the battery level. Any ideas on that second fault or could it be related to the duff battery?

Hello, I have the above car and it has regularly begun switching the EPC light on on the dashboard which then turns off the start stop system with "start stop system fault! Function unavailable", also on the dashboard. I have run Carista on it and I have 2 fault codes: 03041 - Energy...

Good to know, thanks - I will change it eventually but if it can wait I'll bundle it in with a service.

Not just me then - have you changed anything to try and fix it?