ahm
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2 month old 1.4 Avant decided it didn't want to play this morning!
Accelerating (not hard!) after turning onto a dual carriageway, and as I hit about 40 it spluttered and went into what I guess was limp mode (wouldn't go above 2000 revs). "System Fault Contact Workshop" on dash, and then 10 seconds later revs dropped to about 1000, no real throttle response, and cruised to a stop half on the footpath, half on inside lane.
Wouldn't switch on again, was turning over constantly but not starting. Also then recalled that as I started it first thing in morning it turn over a couple of times before starting, which it had never done before.
Anyway, rang Audi Assist after a few minutes trying, and they were great to be fair. Sent AA immediately as a priority call due to dangerous place, though 5 mins later, before I'd finished on phone with them, I tried again, it started up as normal, and error msg disappeared! So moved it a few hundred yards down the road to get off the A road.
AA arrived after 10minutes, couldn't detect any faults, and couldn't see any faults logged. So he drove behind me as I drove it about 3 miles to nearest Audi dealer. By the time we got there, a hire car (sadly turned out to be an Insignia!) was booked to be dropped off at my work later in the morning, I left the car with Audi, and they gave me a lift to work.
No news yet, they're ringing me in the morning again!
Accelerating (not hard!) after turning onto a dual carriageway, and as I hit about 40 it spluttered and went into what I guess was limp mode (wouldn't go above 2000 revs). "System Fault Contact Workshop" on dash, and then 10 seconds later revs dropped to about 1000, no real throttle response, and cruised to a stop half on the footpath, half on inside lane.
Wouldn't switch on again, was turning over constantly but not starting. Also then recalled that as I started it first thing in morning it turn over a couple of times before starting, which it had never done before.
Anyway, rang Audi Assist after a few minutes trying, and they were great to be fair. Sent AA immediately as a priority call due to dangerous place, though 5 mins later, before I'd finished on phone with them, I tried again, it started up as normal, and error msg disappeared! So moved it a few hundred yards down the road to get off the A road.
AA arrived after 10minutes, couldn't detect any faults, and couldn't see any faults logged. So he drove behind me as I drove it about 3 miles to nearest Audi dealer. By the time we got there, a hire car (sadly turned out to be an Insignia!) was booked to be dropped off at my work later in the morning, I left the car with Audi, and they gave me a lift to work.
No news yet, they're ringing me in the morning again!
