My A5 coupe had a number of warning lights come on on Monday and error message read “Dashboard control unit malfunction consult dealer”, car ran fine but dealer had car next day and confirmed unit had failed leading to erroneous fault messages being displayed. I have probably had this problem building for several months and didn’t realise it with distance sensor and handbrake warning being displayed occasionally.
Dealer ordered new part for next day but on collection of car evening of day of diagnosis the car would not start and displayed many fault codes including gearbox and alarm and sounded like it had a flat battery which it didn’t, I was given a courtesy car.
Part fitted next day and all is now well, however cost was £2500 and that’s great as it’s within the warranty period but omg what if it failed later in the cars life!
Love the car but already had a whole gearshift mechanism replaced after D R P illumination failed (£650) again under warranty!
Car may have to go before the 3 years are up if these electronic gremlins keep occurring.
Anyone else experiencing A5 tech and electronic issues?
Dealer ordered new part for next day but on collection of car evening of day of diagnosis the car would not start and displayed many fault codes including gearbox and alarm and sounded like it had a flat battery which it didn’t, I was given a courtesy car.
Part fitted next day and all is now well, however cost was £2500 and that’s great as it’s within the warranty period but omg what if it failed later in the cars life!
Love the car but already had a whole gearshift mechanism replaced after D R P illumination failed (£650) again under warranty!
Car may have to go before the 3 years are up if these electronic gremlins keep occurring.
Anyone else experiencing A5 tech and electronic issues?
