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    Battery level display

    get a trickle charger, if you are not doing reasonable regular drives, best to hook it up overnight every fortnight or so, preserves the life of the battery as well as not leaving you stranded unexpectedly.
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    Plastic cracks from around door/pillar area

    Does anyone have a link to how to open the side panel of the glovebox where there is a AC duct flange going into the door (RHD car here in australia) and the door card removal ? really want to see if I can find the source of an intermittent rattle.
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    Pre-sense triggered on empty road

    only if you turn it off, not if you reduce the sensitivity, and turn off emergency braking.
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    Pre-sense triggered on empty road

    you can't turn off pre-sense, you can make it less sensitive, and you can turn of the emergency braking, so you only get the warning, not the unexpected stop
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    Can I use a different key fob?

    honestly, the fact that the NFC key for smartphone is not available for the at least the S class cars is ridiculous.
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    Space Saver

    some ideas and guides here - https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/431366/#post-3808895 and what i did with my 2023 S3 Sedan - Adding a space saver spare to a 2023 8Y S3 Sedan. Usual engineering/legal disclaimers apply, this is based on my own experience and research only. You will need...
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    Plastic cracks from around door/pillar area

    my dealers pretty much handled the few rattles I couldn't find or be bothered to find, as long as i could re-create it when i dropped the car in and went for a ride along, they usually said a missing or broken trim clip, foam tape on a rubbing bit of trim/plastic or a wiring loom that had...
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    Plastic cracks from around door/pillar area

    you will get a few rattles in any car. on my 3rd S3 in about 10 yrs. each one had their rattles which were easy to sort out
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    Plastic cracks from around door/pillar area

    i found inside the glovebox, the plastic cover for accessing the fusebox and cabin filter has 4 tension clips and weren't a snug fit, some thin foam tape on the upper edges fixed my rattles in that area.
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    My A3 S-line

    do you have a link where you got it from ?
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    My A3 S-line

    is that shelf suitable for a RHD ? I could only find LHD ones when i was looking a year or so ago
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    Deep sound from engine/exhaust or gearbox when cold

    also idle is fast when first started, then drops within 30-60 seconds depending on air temps
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    Why does stop start activate when the engine is cold?

    just turn that unnecessary useless annoying ‘feature’ off.
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    Has anyone insulated the speakers so they don’t vibrate the doors?

    my initial buzzing on the lower driver side door on delivery was sorted a week later, they took the door card off, and found 1 missing and 1 misfitted trim clip, they fixed those items, no more buzzing.
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    Tom’s tyre pressure fault

    could be a stone stuck in a tread, that alters the rotational speed just enough to trigger the tyre sensor. had that happen a few times, the TPMS isn't actually a pressure sensor, it is part of the ABS sensor which determines the rotational speed based on the circumference when you "Set Tyre...
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    Annoying rattle when driving around door pillars/cards

    How did you get into it to check ?
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    Annoying rattle when driving around door pillars/cards

    I have a similar intermittent one thought it was in the b-pillar, near the top seat belt mount, but also seems to be coming from the top corner of the door card closest to the b-pillar, anyone else have something similar, or fixed it ?
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    Team-Heko wind deflector fitment

    did you use the metal clips ? if so exactly where do they fit ?
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    Continuous rattling noise A3 8Y Sportback (dashboard rattle?)

    All i could hear was a low whine from the drivers seat :wink:
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    Shiny black B pillars scratch easily

    when new, or if already scratched, get a detailer to polish them out, and clear ppf them, along with the window trim surrounds.
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