Suspension Fault

Post by **Iain** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:00 am

Ohhh boy - this came on the other night - God only knows what it is, but she's going in on Thursday for fluid changes, incl gearbox oil and for the fault to be looked at

Anyone else have this issue, if so, was is a long time to be sorted?

Apologies the pic is 90 degrees - when uploading it is facing the same way!!

Post by **RS6chris!** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:25 am

Yep

Ive had this....and mike fish too

On my old C7 pre FL car.

Is your car lowered is my first question?

The car has two level sensors on opposite side of car...one front and one back diagonally placed....my rear one kept throwing up that error.

Something to do with lowering car, only seeemd to do it when car had a bit of weight in it.

Post by **Iain** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:53 am

Car is standard - not lowered.
Nothing in car weight wise other than me driving it

Post by **RS6chris!** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:31 am

Called a level sensor I think???

Think it was on rear o/s that was throwing code

Turned car off and it reset a couple of times

Sold car before I sorted it I'm afraid!!

Pm Mike fish I'm sure he had same issue??

Post by **Iain** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 11:01 am

Thanks Chris

Cheers

Post by **rtd** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:39 pm

Have you requested for the gearbox oil to be done as it's not a requirement as per normal audi servicing procedures?

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Post by **MikeFish** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:59 pm

Chris is right i had it too. I plugged my laptop in and it said it was a faulty level sensor (front right). I pulled the front right of the car apart looking for the front right sensor but just couldn't seem to find. Turns out the air cars have sensors on all four corners but the DRC cars only have 2 sensors; front left and rear right). It also turns out that the front left sensor can actually be seen quite easily without stripping the car apart!! Anyway there was nothing wrong with any of the sensors and I had a couple of other warnings flash up so thought it could be a low battery.

So I charged the battery for a few days and the fault went away and never came back.

I keep my battery topped up now and it seems to keep the errors away.

Post by **Golfather** » Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:15 pm

Same issue on C6, rear sensor can be temperamental. Esp when decked. Clean connections, check wiring, and reset codes usually sorts it. Reoccurrence means new sensor, pretty cheap and straightforward to DIY.

Post by **Iain** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:51 pm

rtd wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:39 pm
Have you requested for the gearbox oil to be done as it's not a requirement as per normal audi servicing procedures?

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I have requested it, yep

Post by **rtd** » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:13 pm

Iain wrote:
rtd wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:39 pm
Have you requested for the gearbox oil to be done as it's not a requirement as per normal audi servicing procedures?

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I have requested it, yep

Ah OK, I enquirer with ZF and their authorised service centre in London quoted me just under £800 for the service. Supposedly audi don't have a service kit for the GB so everything has to be bought separately.

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Post by **Iain** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:42 am

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Ah OK, I enquirer with ZF and their authorised service centre in London quoted me just under £800 for the service. Supposedly audi don't have a service kit for the GB so everything has to be bought separately.

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I'll let you know what they quote - if it's £800 then I will leave the gearbox as is.

Post by **Iain** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:21 am

Turned out it needed a new N/S/F Shock absorber - waiting for the O/S/F one to fail now!!!

Post by **rtd** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:31 am

what did they say on the GB service?

Post by **Iain** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:48 am

rtd wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:31 am
what did they say on the GB service?

They wouldn't do it, despite my protestations and stating I would happily pay for it. Said "sealed for life" - interestingly enough, service desk said yes £199 initially when booking car in; was only when it was actually on the ramps that I had a call to say no

Had the diff oil changed

Oil Service
Inspection
New Plugs
2 new windscreen wiper blades
Diff oil changed

£1100

Post by **rtd** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:58 am

ZF’s explanation of sealed for life from the Audi point of view is thus - Audi supposedly don’t expect to see the car past 60k miles which for them is the life of the car!

For those cars which stay within the network on a extended warranty - if the box went bang they would just replace it.

Even though I intend on keeping my car now for a few more years I’ve decided I will do the GB service.

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