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Hi all,

Following my other post about the Stop\Start EPC error and following others advice, I decided to fit a new battery. I also spoke to my indy and they too said that they had seen this before on other Audi\VWs that the first signs of battery failure is Stop\Start errors....

So phoned Audi, they wanted £312 + 30mins to 1hr labour @£198 per hour......

Ended up buying the exact same battery as the current one ... (this one here for reference)....

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/varta/h15/

Fitted it myself in about 10mins. Made sure the new battery was ready to go straight in (covers removed, Vaseline on terminals), quick swap and hey presto, everything just worked!! No re-coding \ plugging in necessary.

The only thing I had to do was set the clock (as I had it set to manual and not GPS), but all the radio pre-sets and Nav destinations etc are all just the same.... RESULT!!

Car is coming up for 5 years old, so for piece of mind, I am happy with a new battery for £200. Should be good for another 4-5 years now!!

Cheers,
Lig.

Yes it shouldn't need coding. Do your auto up and down windows still work correctly?

And any repeat of the previous fault yet?

Evening Mike....

I just read a few stories where people mentioned the car needed to be re-programmed to the new battery or something??!! But anyhow, you are right it didn't!!

I didn't try the windows but if not then I can just reset the auto feature....

No fault repeat yet but it did only happen a couple of days ago.... I will be sure to add to that post if it happens again...

Cheers,
Lig.

I think the C5 RS6 was the last one that needed reprogramming, they seemed to have given up on that requirement since then.

MikeFish wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:26 pm

I think the C5 RS6 was the last one that needed reprogramming, they seemed to have given up on that requirement since then.

*C6