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    Odd creaking noise from passenger side rear brakes...

    I'm not sure how to describe it but the frequency of the creak is directly proportional to the road speed, it's not constant and slows as the car slows under braking. It sounds like it's something on the caliper/ wheel/ brake rotor scraping or squeaking against something else on one of those...
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    Facelift S3 - Front wheels spinning in 1st and 2nd gear - Haldex issues?

    Update: it was the haldex pump, VCDS brought up a 0448 code 'intermittent open circuit' fault code. Changed the haldex pump, along with a haldex oil and filter change and the problem is gone. Back to traction for days and no scary torque steer or wheelspin :)
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    Facelift S3 - Front wheels spinning in 1st and 2nd gear - Haldex issues?

    I'll try giving that a go. All I know is that the haldex has slowly/ intermittently given up the ghost: about 6-8 weeks ago it spun up badly in 2nd gear and pulled the car over to the right (only had 1 hand on the wheel), but WOT in 3rd gear was possible. And then now the last few weeks it seems...
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    Facelift S3 - Front wheels spinning in 1st and 2nd gear - Haldex issues?

    Cheers mate, pretty much like I'd read from other owners then. Were you able to verify via VCDS at all?
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    Facelift S3 - Front wheels spinning in 1st and 2nd gear - Haldex issues?

    The other night driving home I noticed it, really bad wheel spin when flooring it in 1st and 2nd. Along with a fair bit of torque steer, Kind of felt like the front wheels were skipping, really juddering, and didn't feel at all like the rears were kicking in to help shove the car forward like it...
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    FL S3 - Vertical engine undertray 'hanger'/ plastic trim - Where can I buy it?

    Haha yes very good point. I work about 5 minutes from the nearest Audi dealer and am always tired AF from work so I think I subconsciously avoid considering them as a go-to as a result.
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    FL S3 - Vertical engine undertray 'hanger'/ plastic trim - Where can I buy it?

    It's hardly a priority part but the last time the car went for some work the engine undertray got caught on the middle part of the lift when the mechanic was reversing it off and almost got ripped off. He lifted the car back up and showed me that the engine undertray itself is hanging off quite...
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    Cam belt & water pump kits - OEM (Bosch) or other brand (e.g. Continental)?

    My 2012 S3 is coming up for it's cam belt and water pump change. I'm just looking at prices for cam belt and water pump kits on Autodoc and the Bosch kit is approx £230, I'm assuming because it's OEM. Whereas the Continental kit is £130. My garage is about 5 minutes away from home so I'm happy...
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    FL S3 8P Manual - Very reluctant to go into 1st and Reverse gear (quite often)

    Mileage is 55k, recently serviced before I bought it in September. Previous owner sold up to get an RS3 (they sold to Carwow, who then sold to the dealer who I bought from). ANyway, sometimes it doesn't want to go into 1st gear regardless of whether the engine/ gearbox is cold or warmed up. The...
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    Steering wheels pulls hard to the right under hard acceleration/ when turbo kicks in.

    Don't think so. I watched the mechanic spinning the front wheels while the car was on a 4 post, and they didn't seem to have any problem rotating. As far as I'm aware the suspension was put on OK, the lowering springs were done back in late september and it hadn't done it since then (until a few...
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    Steering wheels pulls hard to the right under hard acceleration/ when turbo kicks in.

    Few weeks ago I put my foot down fairly hard in 2nd gear and the steering wheel pulled extremely hard to the right, by about 1/8th of a turn, and the whole front of the car felt like it was drifting. Really odd and quite scary given that I was in the outside lane with a solid concrete wall to my...
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    Prestige Brake Calipers on eBay... Anyone bought from them?

    Wanted to get my front and rear calipers painted red to add a bit of subtle colour coding behind the gloss black and diamond cut rotor alloys. But... I don't have a place to have both front & rear wheels off. The premise of this seller seems quite decent... To my understanding you pay £450, they...
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    A3/S3 Photos Thread

    Yeah I wasn't sure about the wheels at first, was going to have them refurbed back to normal black edition anthracite, but they really suit the car I think. They look great every time I clean the car and they go all glossy again haha (they look very flat right now as the car is a bit grubby).
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    FL S3 Weird intermittent noises from suspension... First the back, now the front...

    The rear driver's side has been making a weird intermittent creaking sound upon braking at low speeds... It's seemingly when I apply the brakes, every time I press the brake pedal down, and then goes away once the brake is completely applied. It doesn't sound like a scraping sound, it's more...
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    A3/S3 Photos Thread

    I don't think the car photographs that well from the side, I do find you need certain distance/ perspective/ position to capture it. For example, pretty much side on... Compared to several weeks later, not entirely flat ground, considerably dirtier even after a 2nd wash haha...
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    For Sale H&R TRAK+ 15mm Spacers 5x112 PCD with bolts & locking bolts - £60 + £5 UK postage.

    H&R TRAK+ 15mm Hubcentric Spacers with extended bolts & locking bolts, 5x112 PCD. Were on my now sold A3 for approx 6 months. Both spacers in very good condition, no lumps or bumps to the rear or front faces of either spacer. Includes 10x 38mm M14x1.5 ‘radius seat’ bolts and 2x 40mm M14x1.5...
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    FL S3 Reversing light not working

    No, the parking sensors work just fine. I get the beep when I put the car in reverse too.
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    FL S3 Reversing light not working

    Just noticed this yesterday. Previous owner said it was working fine before they sold it to the dealer, so at least I know it hasn't been ripped out during the clutch replacement. Not getting any sort of error message on the DIS also, which is odd. Does anyone know how I could troubleshoot it...
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    A3/S3 Photos Thread

    My new to me 2012 S3 Black Edition, Manual... Installed some H&R spacers 10mm front 12mm rear to see how it looked. Then, after an epic fail trying to do it myself, siezed bolts and split spline ends on droplinks galore, had a garage fit some Eibach Pro Front Springs (and much needed new...
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    Facelift S3 - Ball joint/ lower control arm and droplink nut torquing?

    Thanks mate. Do both front wheels have to be on axle stands for this to work? How do I know when I've jacked up the strut enough? I've seen someone say 'watch for that side of the car it to lift up off one axle stand slightly then back off'. Is that a super sketchy way of doing it, or should I...
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