Checked the FAQs, did some thread searches, didn’t find an answer, but please point me to thread links if there are in-depth discussions of this already.
My B8.5 Avant instrument cluster and the infotainment system is completely dead.
But the car and all the other electrics (windows, locks, indicators, headlights, handbrake etc etc) all still working fine.
I called the AA:
1. We checked all fuses: All fine (he said)
2. Disconnected the (tested healthy) battery for 10mins to try a “hard reboot”: No joy
3. Connected the AA diagnostics laptop.
Got the attached results (see pic)
4. AA guy gave up, and said something like “good luck: a new ECU and install is gonna cost you ££££££” :-(
Some pertinent history maybe:
Car was broken into 3 months ago and crims tried hacking the ecu to start it.
They failed. No visible damage, the car ran absolutely fine when I started it with the key next day... except all the lights on the dash were illuminated.
I took it to my local Audi main dealer, who reset the ECU (and recoded my keys for good measure).
That fixed the “all lights on dash” prob, and there’s been zero issues since then.
So... I plan on taking the car back to the same dealership, reminding them of the reset (in case there’s sone kind of link to that ), and asking them to see what needs doing to fix it now.
Unless! Anyone here has any suggestions of other things to try before I do that?
Cheers.
My B8.5 Avant instrument cluster and the infotainment system is completely dead.
But the car and all the other electrics (windows, locks, indicators, headlights, handbrake etc etc) all still working fine.
I called the AA:
1. We checked all fuses: All fine (he said)
2. Disconnected the (tested healthy) battery for 10mins to try a “hard reboot”: No joy
3. Connected the AA diagnostics laptop.
Got the attached results (see pic)
4. AA guy gave up, and said something like “good luck: a new ECU and install is gonna cost you ££££££” :-(
Some pertinent history maybe:
Car was broken into 3 months ago and crims tried hacking the ecu to start it.
They failed. No visible damage, the car ran absolutely fine when I started it with the key next day... except all the lights on the dash were illuminated.
I took it to my local Audi main dealer, who reset the ECU (and recoded my keys for good measure).
That fixed the “all lights on dash” prob, and there’s been zero issues since then.
So... I plan on taking the car back to the same dealership, reminding them of the reset (in case there’s sone kind of link to that ), and asking them to see what needs doing to fix it now.
Unless! Anyone here has any suggestions of other things to try before I do that?
Cheers.
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