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I have spent a day trying to find this information on the web. Where do Audi put the amplifier for the radio in the B6 Cabriolet? It is a non Bose 2003 A4 B6 Cabrio. (N.B. It is the actual radio speaker amplifier, NOT the antenna amps in the boot lid) I have a parasitic drain in the radio...

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No Bluetooth fitted; car is completely standard with no aftermarket electronics fitted. Thanks for your responses.

Head unit is the double din original Audi Nav Plus, the one with the tiltable screen. I bought the car new in 2003 & it was a ****** expensive option. The only thing is that the cyclical amp drain still shows when the radio & separate cd multi-changer are removed. Location is Southampton but we...

I think I may struggle to fix this, does anyone know of good auto electronics specialist that could trace the fault. I live in the South but would travel to see the right guy. Thanks

Hi, I have been having problems with the car’s battery going flat every few days. I used the multimeter to measure battery amps and was seeing the reading rise from 20 to 30 milliamps up to 110 milliamps. Sometimes it would rise to 300 milliamps. Oddly it would return to 20/30 milliamps after 10...

2003 A4 3.0 Cabriolet - 8H Fault code 01794 - Control Module Incorrect Chassis (VIN) Number I have just replaced a faulty 09 Central Electronics Module. All works fine and new (s/hand) module was recoded to match originally fitted module. I have just 1 fault code as above. I read that I can...

Well, as no one seemed to know, I winged it and the procedure worked a treat! Only variation was that Long Coding is not an option on my car but just using Coding Option worked fine. I overtyped the value in the “new” module with the value from the old and everything works.

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Hello all, (Currently in Coronavirus lockdown in France) I am about to try my first VCDS procedure after reading all I can find online. My 2003 Audi A4 Cabriolet has a faulty central electronic control module. I have sourced a second hand replacement from Germany with, of course, same part...