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    Vag com diagnosis - Purley/Croydon area

    Hi Banstead v local for me as I play Hockey at Woodmansterne! Do you have vagcom? thanks
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    Vag com diagnosis - Purley/Croydon area

    Hi I (2000 Audi A6 2.4 SE Quattro) have the red brake light flashing and the ABS light on. The error comes and goes, i.e. sometimes all is ok and ABS works ok when lights aren't on dash. When the light is on and if I press the left needle it says "Fault in ABS system, contact workshop". Heard...
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    ABS fault - vag com - purley/croydon area

    Hi I have the red brake light flashing and the ABS light on. The error comes and goes, i.e. sometimes all is ok and ABS works ok when lights aren't on dash. When the light is on and if I press the left needle it says "Fault in ABS system, contact workshop". Heard it costs £45 for someone to...
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    Soggy Carpets

    Oh, and it's possible you'll get remote central locking and alarm problems so make sure you take the carpets up as much as poss (there'll be a LOT of water under the carpet where there's a computer card thing that will also need drying out). Also helps to remove glovebox to air that area more...
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    Soggy Carpets

    I've recently had, and fixed, this problem. Water was travelling down the windscreen and flowing UNDER the seal at the bottom. Fix was to push down the seal (plastic trim that meets the base of the windscreen where the wipers come through) all the way along. It works on suction and had come...
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    Audi remote key not working properly

    Problem there is that I only have one key :( Replacements cost a fortune.
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    Audi remote key not working properly

    Tried the reset procedure in manual but didn't work. Is there a general central locking reset I can do? Left the battery unplugged for a fair while (overnight) but that didn't sort it. Where is the receiver located, maybe this is the problem?
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    Erratic idle

    Clean the air intake valve (the butterfly thing where the air intake meets the throttle body). Made my 2.4 run a lot smoother. Still a little fluctuation when aircon on but not much compared to before cleaning.
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    Are there many A6 owners on here???

    Do the lowered suspension job and you can join in ;) :D Oddly, I saw a lowered allroad the otherday, WTF!
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    Audi remote key not working properly

    Could be related to my water in passenger problem (resolved I hope!) but here goes. car: 2000W Audi A6 Lock car with remote - OK Open car with remote - OK Leave car for a little while and it does NOT open the car, boot button works ok tho. Open car with key - OK Lock car with remote - OK...
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    Are there many A6 owners on here???

    I signed up yesterday :D
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    Electrical Gremlins...............

    I have same problem. See below: :) On my Audi A6, the hazard lights are stuck on. Not flashing, just constantly on. Tried disconnecting battery and reconnecting, still they stay on. Driving back at the weekend, they came on (constant, not flashing) for a few seconds a couple of times but then...