The car lit up like a Christmas tree this morning as I went onto the A1.... It refused to move under petrol or electric power.... It was recovered to Audi and have heard nothing yet !
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Plenty of warnings going off!
This is one of the reasons why owning a hybrid car (more so out of a warranty period) puts my off slightly, 1) the battery range, 2) battery life expectancy and 3) they seem to be via complex in terms of the technology.
Hopefully it's something and nothing.. sensor or something and covered by warranty.
This is one of the reasons why owning a hybrid car (more so out of a warranty period) puts my off slightly, 1) the battery range, 2) battery life expectancy and 3) they seem to be via complex in terms of the technology.
Hopefully it's something and nothing.. sensor or something and covered by warranty.
I’m not convinced they are any more complicated than a petrol or diesel turbo, the electric components and motor have less moving parts. The battery is guaranteed for 80kmiles...
Yeah true, less moving parts surely means less to go wrong, agree with that.
Ok and after 80K miles if it goes pear shaped what sort of bill are you looking at? I saw a programme where the batteries in a Nissan Leaf were almost an £8000 replacement.
Not an issue if you’re planning on having it 3 years or less than 80K but surely that would impact the second hand market of all hybrids.
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iirc the hybrid is a 1.4tfsi with an electric motor that "turns the gearbox" when needed? Odd that the fault had killed both systems. Will be interested to know what the fault is. I hope its fixed quick and painless for you.
Generally a battery failure is down to 1 or 2 individual cells going bad you replace them and the battery is good again . Quite a common thing to do with Prius etc they have Nicad batteries which is different technology but the principle is the same ...
No where near a 8k cost of a brand new battery The guarantee is 80k miles 8years or 80% capacity I believe
No where near a 8k cost of a brand new battery The guarantee is 80k miles 8years or 80% capacity I believe
The way I understand it is the electric motor is in between the gearbox and engine ... Quite scary the petrol wont move it... it rolls in neutral ... Car is under warranty but still very scary ...
Going to test drive a model 3 tomorrow so it may not be my problem for very long =)
I see, I'm not slating the tech.. i tried to order a Golf GTE advance instead of the A3 i have now (VW halted production so i couldn't order one).. just skeptical about longtime costs that's all.
That said, whats to the say the s-tronic box isn't going to go in my A3... if's and buts isn't it.
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The difference in cost between the Golf Advance and the A3 E-tron was pretty big if i remember rightly... Not enough justification (for me) to be driving the posher hybrid.
So first report back from Audi, who are in contact with the engineers in Germany say there has been a failure of J840 which is the Battery Regulation control module ....
They are waiting for a response now .... potentially there are other issues too =(
They are waiting for a response now .... potentially there are other issues too =(
I picked up my car late on Thur night after its failure last week. The diagnosis was bit vague unfortunately . They apparently updated the software of the J840 Battery regulation Control module There is also mention of updating the control module 8c but I am not sure what this refers too (They ran SVM 8CA002)? There was also mention of the rerouting of the HV cables TPI 2047003.
There was no real explanation to what actually happened tough they did say there was no problems with the 12v system...
Car seems to be driving as it did I have given it a good hack and it seems fine.
**Most interesting discovery is how to start the car on only the petrol engine . You have to hold both the brake and accelerator to the floor wait 10secs and then press the start button . The other way to do this is too start the car with the bonnet open, apparently this is a safety measure as the high voltage system is isolated if the bonnet is open ! **
I am quite frustrated as the car was only at the dealers a month ago to have the battery checked and they did not do this software update it seems there is no incentive for them to do preventative maintenance which would of potentially of stopped me of being stranded by the side of the motorway for 2 Hrs.... and having to drive a A3 30TDi for a week =(
There was no real explanation to what actually happened tough they did say there was no problems with the 12v system...
Car seems to be driving as it did I have given it a good hack and it seems fine.
**Most interesting discovery is how to start the car on only the petrol engine . You have to hold both the brake and accelerator to the floor wait 10secs and then press the start button . The other way to do this is too start the car with the bonnet open, apparently this is a safety measure as the high voltage system is isolated if the bonnet is open ! **
I am quite frustrated as the car was only at the dealers a month ago to have the battery checked and they did not do this software update it seems there is no incentive for them to do preventative maintenance which would of potentially of stopped me of being stranded by the side of the motorway for 2 Hrs.... and having to drive a A3 30TDi for a week =(
