ROB - can you find a date stamp on the fault code? You should be able to. My point is IF the date stamp is within the warranty period then audi are liable and they can't dispute it.
I called it a day on selling cars. My market sector was cars up to £3k - as I also owned a garage we could repair most things. Of over a thousand sold the worse case scenario was having to give the money back on around 5 cars. Of these I scrapped 3. On occasions I thought about going up market to the £10k+ sector - decided the agro involved was just the same - yes the margins were bigger BUT so were the repair costs. Agree with you - CARS ARE GARBAGE!
what you need to do is sell all your cars and replace them with honda jazz's and toyota corolla's,lol. i had a jazz for 11 years and nothing ever went wrong with it, not even a bulb! ive now got a new mazda 2, so i'm hoping that'll be similar!
Hire a similar vehicle from Audi if you can, and swap the parts around, that way you will know if it’s the steering wheel or the door card, or something else. That is unless you have to programme the necessary parts to each vehicle. Anyway good luck...
Look at alot of modern tvs the amount of backlight failures is impressive yes leds can live a long time but any fluctuations in power or ground or any moisture especially in a door card if the vapour barrier hasnt been put on properly could cause problems definitely your first point of call. And should be very cheap to replace (not through Audi)
Itcould be a dry solder joint on led strip.as some others have said get an auto electrician to maybe check them.or cablrs going from pillar to door.it is the most used door on a car.😊😊.
People go to main dealers I went to a main dealer years ago to buy some engine oil for an oil change I picked up a can of the most expensive oil and said to the storeman is correct for my vehicle, he said yes it is then proceeded to tell me that when cars come into their workshop for serviceing they put the cheap oil in.
Best car dealer channel on TH-cam this I simply just like this guy 😆 I’ve got a garage in Chorley with 50 cars only nails in comparison 🤣 but it keeps me in corned beef hash and the Mrs in holidays 😃✅✈️👈🏻
Go back to step one remove battery and completely drained all voltage in all modules there's a lot of modules in car's they can throw different codes due to voltage drops Then reconnect battery and check system using a good diagnostic software that will read all modules Hopefully it will solve the problems if you ring customer support for your Sky or Virgin the first thing is unplug box hold power button to drain all capacitors on the PCB in the box and a lot of times this works ( It might sound simple and often it is) I hope this helps
I owned one new Audi -the first and last. A 2.8 Quattro Avante tiptronic in 1997. Cost me £38,000. I only bought it because new Mercs and BMWs were on 18 month wait at the time. Car was great until it was 6 months out of warranty when it went into limp mode. Main dealer thought it was a camshaft sensor. Later that day they rang me with the words that still ring in my ears. 'You'd better sit down! The car had snapped one of the two camshafts requiring a new cylinder head at a cost then of £3000. Audi didn't want to know until I kicked up a fuss when it cost me £800 to fix. Transpires there was a known isue with that V6 engine in all VAG cars - there were a batch of faulty camshafts which suffered metal fatigue. Fearing the other camshaft might be afflicted the car was gone witihn the week !
I bought a car of a second hand car dealer and the owner had bought a brand new Audi which had touch button steering wheel which they had problems with.replacements were on back order because it was so widespread .the faults were numerous,cruise control,lights and pretty much anything electrical had problems.car went back because Audi couldn’t fix it
And this is why I got out of the trade back in 2008, the cars were getting unrepairable then. Now just cost a fortune and still doesn't always fix the problem.
Normally on the lighting in the door card there are a series of LED connectors that link in a series to light up the light tubes for the ambient light, one of them fails that causes the lighting to fail,that's if it's anything like a BMW they were around £40 at BMW. Iworked there for 22 years and we did loads so AUDI cant be any different.
Hi my m8 had a problem with his a5 not exactly the same issue but his was wiring in door auto spark solved it for 300 he had been hit with modules etc before hand
Rob, you’ve answered your own question pretty much mate. Tell Mr customer to extend his Audi warranty with main dealer ( yes you can do this if you’ve recently bought the car even if it’s from an independent dealer) pay for his extended warranty for a couple of months or a year if you want to be really nice. You’ll be surprised how cheap it’ll be in comparison to the vehicle being fixed from your own pocket. This way your customers Audi will be fixed and he will have a main dealer extended warranty on a relatively new car! ( been there done that mate it works :). ) cheers
@@tripled8807 nope it’s not fraud. Audi themselves approve it and allow you to do this! If the vehicle is within the age and mileage limits they allow you to put a new warranty on it. How on earth can that be fraud!
@theinvinciblev8709 because the fault is pre existing. Read any warranty T's and C's. It's fairly straightforward. Why would Audi put a warranty on a broken car? Read the post in full. It's deliberately explaining how to defraud a warranty company
@@tripled8807 call them in the morning, talk to Audi uk customer care and see what they say. They still allow you to do so! You can declare this without hiding anything!
@theinvinciblev8709 think of it this way. By your own words, you advise to wait a few months before submitting the claim. This then involves you lying to the warranty company about the date you first noticed the fault. There is your fraud. If you were honest, and told them the fault was present before you took out the extended warranty, they wouldn't pay out. In order for your plan to work, it would involve your dishonesty with the dates. There's your criminal behaviour
Nice video had a problem with my daughters skoda citigo's rear eye level LED brake light ,it was just over 3years old and it was the LED'S skoda didn't what to know .is this a VAG problem
Sounds silly but simple fault finding, just swap the door card over from the passenger side to see if the error swaps across to the passenger side? Canbus systems are very bad at fault finding and faults that come up may not be the actual fault but most of the time just swapping parts from left to right will show the faults up.
@8:40 , " I've got a haircut at 12 o clock " you should use a mobile hairdresser , or mileage correction specialist as they're better known.😂😂 . Only kidding , great channel and content keep up the good work
It’s coming from the wing mirrors, there is a fault in one of the wing mirrors or there is another fault on them, loose wire or a module or one of the mirrors has just failed, Hope that helps. You know the lights in the mirror that change colour to let you know if it’s safe to pull out it’s that. Or it’s one of the sensors on the side of the car connected to the wing mirrors.
Seems older cars were better made. .. There are so many computer modules in modern cars, .. And because of supply problems due to CV, cars built after 2020 seem to have build quality issues.
Main dealers are a waste of time, when I took my Bmw M3 competition f80 in under warranty because the head up display image was not sharp, 3 separate main dealer master mechanics couldn’t fix the issue because their computer tests said the computer says it’s ok. Only after the windscreen was replaced due to a stone chip by Autoglass did the issue get resolved. The factory fitted pilkington windscreens for a number of batches were faulty. The dealers had tried to tell me because other cars they had for sale showed the same blurred image it was normal, total idiots. Agree with you on specialist dealers as I only use Litchfield Motors for my cars these days.
Had my one and only new vauxhall (no used ones) intermittently it wouldn’t deadlock, seven visits, several courtesy cars, key fob changed, ecu changed probably something else changed ended up being a £1.50 defective pin switch on drivers door.
you could possibly remove passanger door card and if the plugs the same you could see if the fault stops on driver side when clicking in the passenger door piece
Agreed with the previous comment, see if you could extend the warranty, as long as when you asked for audi help they didnt register the vehicle, you should be ok. Once the warranty has been extended then wait a month later then put in a warranty claim. if this works then I would donate £500 to the customer for his time as a gesture of goodwill.
If Audi saw the car before the warranty expired then they may have scanned down the error codes with a timestamp onto their system. It could be that any issues present at the time of that scan are still covered even after the warranty has expired.
Contact Audi UK, give them your TH-cam channel then tell them you want it sorted under goodwill, 2 weeks out of warranty they will probably sort it but you may have to fight for it. I’ve done this many times with BMW, they are pretty good.
Just looked on the German forums, and they say. Check the wiring loom going to the door contact switch. It says the cables run along the sill to the contact switch in the b pillar.
Hi mate. You going to need vcds or odis diagnostics and suspect the side radar in the door. Ie the thing that flash,s in the mirror housing when some one in the blinds pot. The car has lost that function. Not the door led. Or sometimes it could be a software reflash for this radar module. If someone is driving on your offside the car do,s not know. Maybe a radar sensor. ...
But the fault says exit so it must be something to do with the door lock. .. I suspect it's a seized or stuck micro switch on one of the door locks. .. Or others are saying it's the wiring to the contact switch. .. If the contact switch does not work correctly the cars module won't know if the door is open or shut...hence the code.....
@@stuartd9741 Hi mate if that is the case you need a proper scan tool and check this door lock. Plus I take it this has dead locks. And if a micro switch why do,s it not display on dash full time.the the door is open or shut. I know the doors are sided if you open it the interior light go on on that side only and if the passenger the passenger light just go,s on..... something tells me that there is a issue in the drivers door or a control module somewhere not communicating. Vcds or odis scan.
If they're in London (actual London 😂) they're not far from Suffolk, please get in touch with Pinnacle Automotive in Sprouton Suffolk they're absolutely brilliant and all EX VAG employees, we use them when we're stuck on a car (my dad's owned a garage for over 30 years) and we trust them dearly, I honestly genuinely highly recommend them
The best car to buy is a Honda they never go wrong. I do understand that many wont look at Honda as the likes of BMW and Audi are high end luxury cars but with that comes the problems and the bills when the warranty runs out and you haven't extended your warrenty possibly with a 3rd party comapny.
Amazing that Audi won’t do a good will gesture damn. Look for the date on the fault code if the date is pre the warranty running out see if you can get it swung that way Also LED lights usually have a much longer warranty than 3 years. I’d definitely have an argument with Audi UK if dealer won’t help
With all the challenges German car manufacturers face nowadays it can only mean big quality problems coming up for new cars as they cut costs. In 5-10 years the German brands will be trashed.
Sound like he’s trapped the seatbelt in the door when shutting it or this might sound daft but stick a brand new battery on it and it will clear itself, was the battery low when it was in stock
Rob:::: Mat Armstrong repaired Marcus Rashfords Rolls-Royce special build a few weeks back on his channel. And was showing how many parts off that car are actually Audi based and stamped so if the dealer that told you about the Bentley having a similar problem there could be some fat in his logic as I believe a lot of Bentley and RR parts are similar if they are Audi parts in the Bentley then. It may be a modulare issue hope it makes sense
Get Audi Customer Service UK involved. If it's just out of warranty they will almost certainly make a contribution towards the repair. Especially if they know they're going to get trashed on TH-cam if they don't...;-)
I used to work for a big BMW dealer in Glasgow. The service department were under strict instruction not to do anything for free with cars out of warranty. I referred a few folk onto BMW UK and BMW stepped in with a large contribution. Worth a phone call.
The LED light strip on the N/S headlight of my Mercedes SL stopped working I had to replace the whole headlight which £1300 plus £200 labour to remove the whole bumper. If the LED strip on the door panel has stopped working then that’s what you have to replace it’s a cheaper option then £2000 steering module. These German cars are a joke.
Has he trapped seatbelt buckle by any chance closing door , not looking to blame but has it done something to door catch ???? Good luck fella , you need a gold clock for all this Shit , Cheers 😂
The stupid thing with this is, in Australia, Audi's now have a 5 year unlimited km warranty. These manufacturers are appalling, especially so called "premium" car makers. Sorry I don't have anything useful, other than suggesting you move to Australia.
You must just buy lemons, I’ve never not drove anything german apart from the usual maintenance I’ve never had an issue with either car vw Audi merc bmw always been issue free for me, but I do agree to some extent anything cars after 2019 the quality and reliability has gone down hill
I dont Blame Audi at all , you have the chance of buying extended warranty . my view any clown calls them selfs a specialist , even my dog , if you want i will get him to look at it , if you want . The amount of Fu-k ups i seen from specialist in the 40 years of being a BMW diagnostic tech Level 4 High Voltage is unbelievable. You could have payed Audi for the extended warranty when you first had it , as i feel you could have put at least half that cost on to the price of the car and may be asked a little more for it with manufactures warranty on it . I will have a Guess , i dont think its any of whats being put forward , I think its in the drives door , its either the Door module or the Door catch assembly , from your description of the fault
Need your No if I get a BM!! Was thinking of swapping a 10 year old Macan, but after this think it’s a keeper. Only problems been transfer box, and 2 abs sensors.
To be honest is you sell prestige cars surly having to throw thousands to put right very small issues I just got one with 17000 miles and the gearbox failed in 3 weeks the garage I brought it off got all upset at a new gearbox from Audi I was like u sell over complicated junk u sort it out
I was looking at changing my car & after watching your video I've taken audi off my list . If they're going to charge you an arm & a leg for a light & steering wheel , how much for a big engine Prolem , I know nothing is cheap but don't take the piss .
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ROB - can you find a date stamp on the fault code? You should be able to. My point is IF the date stamp is within the warranty period then audi are liable and they can't dispute it.
Very good suggestion. Commenting to boost
Bang on mate.
I think you are on the right track checking voltage going to led strip first. I rekon it is likely not the strip that is the issue.
Short in the wiring in the door
That's a great point 👍
I think Audi have an awful reputation these days 😮
Send it to Will at VRS in Northampton. He’s the man for all things German, Calvin of CCD always uses him.
I called it a day on selling cars. My market sector was cars up to £3k - as I also owned a garage we could repair most things. Of over a thousand sold the worse case scenario was having to give the money back on around 5 cars. Of these I scrapped 3. On occasions I thought about going up market to the £10k+ sector - decided the agro involved was just the same - yes the margins were bigger BUT so were the repair costs. Agree with you - CARS ARE GARBAGE!
Sorry to read this mate, it is a tough game that is for sure!
I woukd swap both front door cards over in way the wireing for leds have same plug and check and see if the led fault changes side
what you need to do is sell all your cars and replace them with honda jazz's and toyota corolla's,lol. i had a jazz for 11 years and nothing ever went wrong with it, not even a bulb! ive now got a new mazda 2, so i'm hoping that'll be similar!
Hear hear! Not a bad shout to be fair
What the tech needs to do is find out the resistance valve is of the LED and substitute it with a 1p resistor to eliminate the led strip. Easy!
Great shout thank you!!!
Hire a similar vehicle from Audi if you can, and swap the parts around, that way you will know if it’s the steering wheel or the door card, or something else. That is unless you have to programme the necessary parts to each vehicle. Anyway good luck...
Is that legal.
Wouldn't you have to code the steering wheel module/door card to the car?
Look at alot of modern tvs the amount of backlight failures is impressive yes leds can live a long time but any fluctuations in power or ground or any moisture especially in a door card if the vapour barrier hasnt been put on properly could cause problems definitely your first point of call. And should be very cheap to replace (not through Audi)
Great shout thank you!!
Itcould be a dry solder joint on led strip.as some others have said get an auto electrician to maybe check them.or cablrs going from pillar to door.it is the most used door on a car.😊😊.
Can't you remove both door cards and plug the n/s card into the o/s plug and vice versa. Then see if the faulty led moves to the other side?
I was thinking this..
People go to main dealers I went to a main dealer years ago to buy some engine oil for an oil change I picked up a can of the most expensive oil and said to the storeman is correct for my vehicle, he said yes it is then proceeded to tell me that when cars come into their workshop for serviceing they put the cheap oil in.
This is why I stick to old cars all day long. My work van is from 2014 and even that gives me the heeby geebies with all its computers.
I miss my Vauxhall nova!! 😂
I miss my ford cortina with wind up windows
Best car dealer channel on TH-cam this I simply just like this guy 😆 I’ve got a garage in Chorley with 50 cars only nails in comparison 🤣 but it keeps me in corned beef hash and the Mrs in holidays 😃✅✈️👈🏻
Pretty sure Audi fix this issue by replacing the front door latch mechanism/module, quite a common problem on high spec Audis apparently!
Go back to step one remove battery and completely drained all voltage in all modules there's a lot of modules in car's they can throw different codes due to voltage drops Then reconnect battery and check system using a good diagnostic software that will read all modules Hopefully it will solve the problems if you ring customer support for your Sky or Virgin the first thing is unplug box hold power button to drain all capacitors on the PCB in the box and a lot of times this works ( It might sound simple and often it is) I hope this helps
Great shout thank you!!
I owned one new Audi -the first and last. A 2.8 Quattro Avante tiptronic in 1997. Cost me £38,000. I only bought it because new Mercs and BMWs were on 18 month wait at the time. Car was great until it was 6 months out of warranty when it went into limp mode. Main dealer thought it was a camshaft sensor. Later that day they rang me with the words that still ring in my ears. 'You'd better sit down! The car had snapped one of the two camshafts requiring a new cylinder head at a cost then of £3000. Audi didn't want to know until I kicked up a fuss when it cost me £800 to fix. Transpires there was a known isue with that V6 engine in all VAG cars - there were a batch of faulty camshafts which suffered metal fatigue. Fearing the other camshaft might be afflicted the car was gone witihn the week !
Oh wow! Sorry to hear that but I really appreciate you sharing with me
I bought a car of a second hand car dealer and the owner had bought a brand new Audi which had touch button steering wheel which they had problems with.replacements were on back order because it was so widespread .the faults were numerous,cruise control,lights and pretty much anything electrical had problems.car went back because Audi couldn’t fix it
And this is why I got out of the trade back in 2008, the cars were getting unrepairable then. Now just cost a fortune and still doesn't always fix the problem.
Lucky you!!
Normally on the lighting in the door card there are a series of LED connectors that link in a series to light up the light tubes for the ambient light, one of them fails that causes the lighting to fail,that's if it's anything like a BMW they were around £40 at BMW. Iworked there for 22 years and we did loads so AUDI cant be any different.
Superb thank you! Great call and it is on the list of things to attack! Love this platform.
Hi my m8 had a problem with his a5 not exactly the same issue but his was wiring in door auto spark solved it for 300 he had been hit with modules etc before hand
I’m not sure if its the same, but there is a 2019 Q7 in the parts section of co part, it seams to have all its bits, worth a look
Rob, you’ve answered your own question pretty much mate. Tell Mr customer to extend his Audi warranty with main dealer ( yes you can do this if you’ve recently bought the car even if it’s from an independent dealer) pay for his extended warranty for a couple of months or a year if you want to be really nice. You’ll be surprised how cheap it’ll be in comparison to the vehicle being fixed from your own pocket. This way your customers Audi will be fixed and he will have a main dealer extended warranty on a relatively new car! ( been there done that mate it works :). ) cheers
So you've committed fraud. What else dishonest do you do in life?
@@tripled8807 nope it’s not fraud. Audi themselves approve it and allow you to do this! If the vehicle is within the age and mileage limits they allow you to put a new warranty on it. How on earth can that be fraud!
@theinvinciblev8709 because the fault is pre existing. Read any warranty T's and C's. It's fairly straightforward. Why would Audi put a warranty on a broken car?
Read the post in full.
It's deliberately explaining how to defraud a warranty company
@@tripled8807 call them in the morning, talk to Audi uk customer care and see what they say. They still allow you to do so! You can declare this without hiding anything!
@theinvinciblev8709 think of it this way. By your own words, you advise to wait a few months before submitting the claim. This then involves you lying to the warranty company about the date you first noticed the fault. There is your fraud. If you were honest, and told them the fault was present before you took out the extended warranty, they wouldn't pay out.
In order for your plan to work, it would involve your dishonesty with the dates.
There's your criminal behaviour
Nice video had a problem with my daughters skoda citigo's rear eye level LED brake light ,it was just over 3years old and it was the LED'S skoda didn't what to know .is this a VAG problem
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that
Sounds silly but simple fault finding, just swap the door card over from the passenger side to see if the error swaps across to the passenger side? Canbus systems are very bad at fault finding and faults that come up may not be the actual fault but most of the time just swapping parts from left to right will show the faults up.
@8:40 , " I've got a haircut at 12 o clock " you should use a mobile hairdresser , or mileage correction specialist as they're better known.😂😂 . Only kidding , great channel and content keep up the good work
Haha... not that sort of hair cut!!!! I appreciate the comment Robert thank you!
It’s coming from the wing mirrors, there is a fault in one of the wing mirrors or there is another fault on them, loose wire or a module or one of the mirrors has just failed, Hope that helps. You know the lights in the mirror that change colour to let you know if it’s safe to pull out it’s that. Or it’s one of the sensors on the side of the car connected to the wing mirrors.
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that, not even considered the wing mirrors until I read this!
Hope you get it sorted, I'm sticking with my 14 year old Qashqai diesel, people say there crap my scanner says it's not showing one fault.
Seems older cars were better made.
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There are so many computer modules in modern cars,
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And because of supply problems due to CV, cars built after 2020 seem to have build quality issues.
As you are in the midlands have you thought of contacting VAGCAR in Cannock? I would talk to Steve and get him to look at it.
Bit far away for us Marcus but thank you!
Main dealers are a waste of time, when I took my Bmw M3 competition f80 in under warranty because the head up display image was not sharp, 3 separate main dealer master mechanics couldn’t fix the issue because their computer tests said the computer says it’s ok. Only after the windscreen was replaced due to a stone chip by Autoglass did the issue get resolved. The factory fitted pilkington windscreens for a number of batches were faulty. The dealers had tried to tell me because other cars they had for sale showed the same blurred image it was normal, total idiots. Agree with you on specialist dealers as I only use Litchfield Motors for my cars these days.
Litchfield has a great reputation!!! Good call.
Had my one and only new vauxhall (no used ones) intermittently it wouldn’t deadlock, seven visits, several courtesy cars, key fob changed, ecu changed probably something else changed ended up being a £1.50 defective pin switch on drivers door.
Totally agree with this, I am hoping it is something similar. Thank you
Extended warranty isn't worth jack with the main dealers. They will always find a clause to get out of paying and say it's not covered.
This is more a door lock issue. It happens a lot with post 2020 Audis especially a6 and above. Used to work for Audi. Can also be handle sensor
Noted thank you Joshua
you could possibly remove passanger door card and if the plugs the same you could see if the fault stops on driver side when clicking in the passenger door piece
Thats a great shout!! It's on the to do list. Really appreciate that thank you
Agreed with the previous comment, see if you could extend the warranty, as long as when you asked for audi help they didnt register the vehicle, you should be ok. Once the warranty has been extended then wait a month later then put in a warranty claim. if this works then I would donate £500 to the customer for his time as a gesture of goodwill.
Not sure how well I would sleep after that one but I guess it is a solution!
Is that the X5 from chops your driving?😉
Certainly is, what a wafter!
If Audi saw the car before the warranty expired then they may have scanned down the error codes with a timestamp onto their system. It could be that any issues present at the time of that scan are still covered even after the warranty has expired.
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that
This is why no one should buy Audi, paying a huge premium for the badge.
Is there a Skoda/Seat equivalent part or wiring harness that you can use?
totally agree with you i have a 2016 q5 rear light stopped working audi wanted £800 for a replacement disgusting
buy a ford then
Brutal isn't it Mark. Q5 is a great car though
Contact Audi UK, give them your TH-cam channel then tell them you want it sorted under goodwill, 2 weeks out of warranty they will probably sort it but you may have to fight for it. I’ve done this many times with BMW, they are pretty good.
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that, worth a go isn't it!
Good luck 👍
Keep the content I sold Kia’s for years.. I love the content ❤
Just looked on the German forums, and they say.
Check the wiring loom going to the door contact switch. It says the cables run along the sill to the contact switch in the b pillar.
Don't know where your customer lives but if he's anywhere near Northampton take it to VRS they're the absolute nuts when it comes to anything VAG
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that
Get the resistance of the know good. Unplug the other side and use a decade box to emulate that value and you'll know if you're good or not.
Great shout thank you!
Hi mate. You going to need vcds or odis diagnostics and suspect the side radar in the door. Ie the thing that flash,s in the mirror housing when some one in the blinds pot. The car has lost that function. Not the door led. Or sometimes it could be a software reflash for this radar module. If someone is driving on your offside the car do,s not know. Maybe a radar sensor. ...
But the fault says exit so it must be something to do with the door lock.
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I suspect it's a seized or stuck micro switch on one of the door locks.
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Or others are saying it's the wiring to the contact switch.
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If the contact switch does not work correctly the cars module won't know if the door is open or shut...hence the code.....
@@stuartd9741 Hi mate if that is the case you need a proper scan tool and check this door lock. Plus I take it this has dead locks. And if a micro switch why do,s it not display on dash full time.the the door is open or shut. I know the doors are sided if you open it the interior light go on on that side only and if the passenger the passenger light just go,s on..... something tells me that there is a issue in the drivers door or a control module somewhere not communicating. Vcds or odis scan.
Thats the problem with moden cars all run by computers you know what its like when the computer says no lol
If they're in London (actual London 😂) they're not far from Suffolk, please get in touch with Pinnacle Automotive in Sprouton Suffolk they're absolutely brilliant and all EX VAG employees, we use them when we're stuck on a car (my dad's owned a garage for over 30 years) and we trust them dearly, I honestly genuinely highly recommend them
Thank you for this! !!
Will never own another Audi , they market themselves as a premium brand but the reliability and service you get from them are awful .
Feels that way doesn’t it 😞
I'm still worried about those fish 🤣🐠🐟🐡🐳🐬
My Volvo's had weird issues. Turned out the clip on the body to door connector was loose
Definitely get an auto electrician. Possibly a wiring issue, at least you will know. Could save a doorcard. I would be surprised if the LED had gone
Depends of the led light is made up of individual leds.
If one fails, it will change the resistance of that led door card light and flag up a code..
Hi Rob try AES in bradford
Thank you!
Probably the door it gets slammed first port of call take off the door card check all the connections.
On it now mate thank you
Typical Audi customer service! 😜
The best car to buy is a Honda they never go wrong. I do understand that many wont look at Honda as the likes of BMW and Audi are high end luxury cars but with that comes the problems and the bills when the warranty runs out and you haven't extended your warrenty possibly with a 3rd party comapny.
I agree with this.. anything Jap as a rule keeps trucking on. But me likey the German Whips... sigh
ive seen many new cars with drl fail on cars that are only 3 yr is shocking dont known why they bother with drl if they dont last long
Ouch! And they arent cheap!
Amazing that Audi won’t do a good will gesture damn. Look for the date on the fault code if the date is pre the warranty running out see if you can get it swung that way
Also LED lights usually have a much longer warranty than 3 years. I’d definitely have an argument with Audi UK if dealer won’t help
Great shout!!! On it, thank you!
Glad my 69 Camaro just has a metal rod from the door release to the latch ,
With all the challenges German car manufacturers face nowadays it can only mean big quality problems coming up for new cars as they cut costs.
In 5-10 years the German brands will be trashed.
I think you might be on to something there
@ sadly. Hopefully I’m wrong.
Can you decode the light in the door card?
Sound like he’s trapped the seatbelt in the door when shutting it or this might sound daft but stick a brand new battery on it and it will clear itself, was the battery low when it was in stock
Rob:::: Mat Armstrong repaired Marcus Rashfords Rolls-Royce special build a few weeks back on his channel. And was showing how many parts off that car are actually Audi based and stamped so if the dealer that told you about the Bentley having a similar problem there could be some fat in his logic as I believe a lot of Bentley and RR parts are similar if they are Audi parts in the Bentley then. It may be a modulare issue hope it makes sense
Lambo are Audi but RR aren’t, you probably got his two cars wrong way round.
It certainly does make sense Andy. We are on the detective work now, really appreciate the comment thank you
I’d lay money it’s nothing to do with steering wheel it’s the door card / wiring
Weighing all things up its probably the wiring to and from the led light
We are on the same page... SURELY!
What about the Ka?
SOLD!! New chapter incoming... hunting for a replacement now.
Fingers crossed it’s wiring Rob🤞
2 weeks on, any news fella?
Get Audi Customer Service UK involved. If it's just out of warranty they will almost certainly make a contribution towards the repair. Especially if they know they're going to get trashed on TH-cam if they don't...;-)
Worth a go but their call center is questionable at best!!!
I used to work for a big BMW dealer in Glasgow. The service department were under strict instruction not to do anything for free with cars out of warranty.
I referred a few folk onto BMW UK and BMW stepped in with a large contribution. Worth a phone call.
The LED light strip on the N/S headlight of my Mercedes SL stopped working I had to replace the whole headlight which £1300 plus £200 labour to remove the whole bumper.
If the LED strip on the door panel has stopped working then that’s what you have to replace it’s a cheaper option then £2000 steering module. These German cars are a joke.
Tell me about it, sorry you've had issues too. Grim isnt it.
You driving past Dick Hudsons there…??☺️
Has he trapped seatbelt buckle by any chance closing door , not looking to blame but has it done something to door catch ???? Good luck fella , you need a gold clock for all this Shit , Cheers 😂
Being a car dealer is not all beer and skittles that's for sure.
You're telling me!!
Steering wheel recollabaration
Great call thank you
You need a auto electrician , if your nr Hudds I know a good one
Great shout however sadly the chap is the wrong side of the M25!!
VRS IN NORTHAMPTON WILL SORT THIS
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that
You remind me of David Frost
Get a top auto electrician to look at it rather than firing the parts cannon at it
Erm sorry I will correct you there. Hyundai i10 1.2 Manual
this is why i rather keep with old cars
I feel you!
Get sale or return on the door panel
Great call!!
Hi rob I hope some 1 will help you with this 1 good luck
Try @awsome in Manchester 👍🏻
Auto electrician is the way to investigate this.
Agreed, on it!
Q7 doorcards are cheap on a internet auction platform …very cheap,
The stupid thing with this is, in Australia, Audi's now have a 5 year unlimited km warranty. These manufacturers are appalling, especially so called "premium" car makers. Sorry I don't have anything useful, other than suggesting you move to Australia.
I wouldn’t buy a German car using your money! Kindest regards 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Borrow the parts and test fit em
Naughty..... I LOVE IT! Haha, great call thank you
i have door cards if you’re stuck mate 👍🏻
Are you driving the dog of a BMW?
I was thinking that
😂😂 it's nice
Put some duct tape over the warning message
Not sure that will keep the customer happy but great call if it was my own motor!!
I’ll stick to my amazing 2020 hybrid Camry ,, can’t be doing with this German trash
You must just buy lemons, I’ve never not drove anything german apart from the usual maintenance I’ve never had an issue with either car vw Audi merc bmw always been issue free for me, but I do agree to some extent anything cars after 2019 the quality and reliability has gone down hill
I dont Blame Audi at all , you have the chance of buying extended warranty . my view any clown calls them selfs a specialist , even my dog , if you want i will get him to look at it , if you want . The amount of Fu-k ups i seen from specialist in the 40 years of being a BMW diagnostic tech Level 4 High Voltage is unbelievable. You could have payed Audi for the extended warranty when you first had it , as i feel you could have put at least half that cost on to the price of the car and may be asked a little more for it with manufactures warranty on it . I will have a Guess , i dont think its any of whats being put forward , I think its in the drives door , its either the Door module or the Door catch assembly , from your description of the fault
Need your No if I get a BM!!
Was thinking of swapping a 10 year old Macan, but after this think it’s a keeper.
Only problems been transfer box, and 2 abs sensors.
Don't make me laugh, bmw shocking
@@Mr_Dave1979 Did i say they where not , just read what i said clown , there are people who work for Cadburys who dont like Chocolate.
Stuck or sized miroc switch in the door lock?
@@dingbell5498
if your Maccan is working ok keep using it..
Dude...fuck modern cars...sell classics...old Fords are a (relative) fortune...are ´cheap´ and are easy to fix...
Yeah first on 🤓
I hate to say it but new cars are totally garbage 🤦🏼
Hear hear!!
To be honest is you sell prestige cars surly having to throw thousands to put right very small issues I just got one with 17000 miles and the gearbox failed in 3 weeks the garage I brought it off got all upset at a new gearbox from Audi I was like u sell over complicated junk u sort it out
Brutal isn't it. Sorry to read that
I was looking at changing my car & after watching your video I've taken audi off my list . If they're going to charge you an arm & a leg for a light & steering wheel , how much for a big engine Prolem , I know nothing is cheap but don't take the piss .
To be fair we don't usually have issues with Audi's! But when it goes wrong, it goes wrong. Much with every modern car now sadly.
East Yorkshire Retrofits. (Kieran)What this lad doesn’t know about Audis you could write on a postage stamp. Saved me a fortune on my Audi A8
Noted thank you! Really appreciate that, the customer is a bit far away but I will be taking that contact for me anyway. Thank you!