warning light... not in my manual :(

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warning light... not in my manual :(

Post by klauster » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:19 am

I had a warning light flash on yesterday, its not in the manual, well not an exact like for like. It was amber and looked something like this (don't laugh) I haven't got time to draw it exactly

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Light has now gone off, but just wondered what it might be, if it comes back...
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Post by crispy » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:20 am

Susct it is something to do with the active (adaptive) xenons
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Post by gmk666 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:47 am

Either that or you need to turn your jellyfish 90 degrees to the left.
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Post by klauster » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:01 am

hehe :D
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Post by P_G » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:06 am

An uneducated guess would be that it is highlighting an issue with your adaptive Xenon self levelling system.
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Post by sonny » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:35 pm

I know what you mean, I have this too, a Yellow symbol (but showing a bulb) and this icon is not in the manual and I cant see any thing wrong with the car!
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Post by klauster » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:00 pm

SJ-RS4 wrote:I know what you mean, I have this too, a Yellow symbol (but showing a bulb) and this icon is not in the manual and I cant see any thing wrong with the car!
its similar to other symbols in the manual but not an exact match... I will VAG.COM it and see what i find
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Post by PetrolDave » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:18 pm

It's the warning light for a fault in the headlight levelling system.

Probably needs resetting - if the prompts on VCDS (VAG-COM) don't give the instructions then try either the Ross Tech wiki http://wiki.ross-tech.com or the car procedures page on the Ross Tech website http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/x ... nment.html
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Post by klauster » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:07 pm

PetrolDave wrote:It's the warning light for a fault in the headlight levelling system.

Probably needs resetting - if the prompts on VCDS (VAG-COM) don't give the instructions then try either the Ross Tech wiki http://wiki.ross-tech.com or the car procedures page on the Ross Tech website http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/x ... nment.html
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Post by Gazzer68 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:26 pm

I had this, turned out audi hadn't connected the connecting rod properly on the suspension when changing the front drc.
It's comes up intermittently and the lights behave very erractic !
The connecting rod is attached to the front nearside suspension.
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Post by RR55FOR » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:23 am

This same symbol is now coming up on mine along with the EPC light. Do we have a solution or know what the problem is?

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EPC light..

Post by Angelo_Amato » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:48 pm

can't help you with the Xenons but i know from experince with my wife's A2 a bit about the EPC light - i think it stands for engine power control and on our A2 basically comes on when the throttle body gets clogged up from the crankcase oil breather (discovered this after a long while :roll: ) this was cured by using throttle body cleaner, and this i have to do around twice a year.

May not be the same of the RS but may be of similar sorts.

i also think EPC is a catchall for a number of possible faults.

I do also remember on a Mk4 golf that i worked on had an EPC light on, turned out it was a brake light bulb gone !! it came on again a while later and was the brake light switch that had failed (common problem) ! :?

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RR55FOR wrote:This same symbol is now coming up on mine along with the EPC light. Do we have a solution or know what the problem is?

Thanks
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Post by PetrolDave » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:37 pm

RR55FOR wrote:This same symbol is now coming up on mine along with the EPC light. Do we have a solution or know what the problem is?
The EPC light comes on when one or both of the engine ECUs detects a "fault" - which could be for one of many (tens) of reasons. So the only way to know what's causing the EPC light to come on is to get a VAG-COM scan done.
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