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Well, I swapped my summer Michelin Pilot Sport 4 for winter Nokian WR4, same size. Today was a clear, sunny and very dry day, tarmac was perfectly dry and I noticed that under strong acceleration driving straight on highway, the ESP light flashed, the car did not accelerate and gearbox, in auto...

Months ago Audi removed the engine from my car in order to perform the replacement of the oil squirters. When they gave me the car back I immediately notice that the car experienced a drift to the right despite the steering wheel being straight. I took the car to my tire dealer that is very...

After a long history of faults that kept my car at the dealer since January, Audi finally decided to replace the engine. Question: does the engine replacement reset the total odometer? Thanks :) D.

Hi all, My S3 is broken again. Basically I drove it one week in the last 6 months...because it is always at repair shop. This time a defective oil squirter required the engine to be removed from the car and opened apart. In the meanwhile they gave me a courtesy facelift brand new 1.6 TDI A3...

Hi all, A new episode of my unlucky S3. In January I got the engine amber light, I took the car to Audi and they replaced the coolant pump + regulator. They also changed an oil pressure sensor, I really do not know why. The day they gave me the car back, after about 20 minutes on the road the...

Hi guys, I noticed that my S3, every first start of the day, in the morning, makes a quite loud whirring noise from the engine that lasts 3-4 seconds. What is this? Is it normal?

Hi Guys, I got this morning a new tyres set. Went for Michelin PS4 based on suggestions I read on the forum :) BTW, while performing alignment, it resulted that front right caster(incidenza) is outside specs (at least for the database contained in the alignment device...). Do you think it is...

Hi Guys, My car is at the repair shop since sixteen days now...they say that a spare part (the front differential) is still not available from Audi. I do not believe them. I think it is unbelievable that Audi logistic chain is so weak to make a dealer wait >12 working days for a spare part...

hi all! Got a Christmas present from my 2014 S3 yesterday. The car has 42k km. This light with those error codes. Car rider normally! Start and Stop is still active, no strange noise, no roughness, no power loss. Any guess?

Hi mates, I am going to change the exhausted stock pads for Ferodo DS2500, but I keep stock discs. I never go on track. Only street, 80% city. Are there any drawbacks? (increased disk wear, etc.) Many thanks

Hi Guys, My S3 S-Tronic got a fault that drives me crazy. I am at a dead end with Audi that does not want to cooperate and I am exhausted. My car is 20.000 km now and between 120 and 140 km/h it produces a whine. It is not gear-related but only speed-related. It increases in pitch going...

Hello guys, When I switch on my S3, after some meters, I hear a relay clicking under the dashboard (does anybody know what does this relay control?) Now I noticed that sometimes, when hitting a bump on highway speeds, something like bridge joints, I hear the relay clicking again, sometimes...

Guys, I am driving the courtesy A4 Avant 2.0 TDI 140 HP (I suppose) It has the 8 gears multitronic and some bell and whistles. Performances are awkward. With that 8 gears-thing the engine is rotating at 1800 rpm from 0 to 140 km/h. And basically there is not any form of acceleration at highway...

Hi all, I experienced in the last month a very slow behavior of the SD Nav. It remained stuck on the rotary dial and choosing the letter sometimes took minutes. At the end the system sometimes froze. Well, I left the car for the oil change and the master technician told me that just two days...

Hi Guys, Very strange thing this evening. Just came back home and in the garage I gave a strong acceleration with the S-Tronic lever in N position. Well the engine did not go after 4000 rpm. I floored the accelerator and the engine stuck itself to 4000 rpm. No more. I have the "oil change...

Hi all, Got a call from my dealer: there is a recall for my S3 with LED headlights! He told me they have to check the proper cooling of the LED unit. :eek: Country is Italy and BW is 2/2014

Hi guys, Could you suggest me a good ski rack for my S3? It is a 3 door and it has not the roof rails... Thanks

Hi All, My S3 8V has 11.000 km today, after some nice days spent in Cannes (+17°C today at noon) and then back home. Here are some considerations: Good: - the exhaust note is still improving. I noted the "best sounding 4 pot engine" sound in the last 1000 km. Now there is a difference...

Hi all, My S3 runs on v-power from the day zero. Do you think could be good for the engine to add an additive (like tunap 973)? If yes how often? Thanks!

Hi all, just for you to know, my S3 had a slight play in the driver seat from the first day. Sitting down the seat moves down of about half centimetre with a slight metallic noise. (Super sport seats - 3 doors) They changed the frame once and it did not solve the problem. Now the car is at the...