Emission control system light

Post by **HYFR** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:05 am

yeah I'll call out Audi Assist on the weekend to see if it looged a fault code

cheers

Post by **scottie1979** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:09 am

Probably best seeing as you have just bought it - slightly annoying im sure

Post by **HYFR** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:23 am

yes annoying, but doesnt suprise me...iv had 8 audi's and although build quality is impeccable, they have all had annoying issues like this

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:24 am

its come back on, so have called audi roadside...

Post by **MB2** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:05 pm

davidkoulakis wrote:its come back on, so have called audi roadside...

Does cruise still work (OK not the best weather to test this) as may well be the brake light switch (which will still work the brake lights...) ?

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:36 pm

cruise still works...

audi came out, excellent chap called stuart who came out to me in the summer when my S4 cab had coil problems - he was the 3rd partol to come out to me back then and managed to solve the problems

he was very thorough on the RS 4 and below is his findings

" fault code re secondary air throughput - both banks too low, checked operation of motor + valve - ok, checked piping visually as best as poss - ok, carried out basic setting of system - ok, system working correctly. Possible fault caused by partial freezing of system in adverse weather. monitor and seek dealer rectification if further faults occur"

He was here for best part of an hour. So thats basically over £100 worth of labour for free

Audi roadside is definately worth it !!

Even if you dont have an Audi warranty, you need to get audi roadside

Post by **MB2** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:43 pm

Glad you got good service from Audi Assistance. Did wonder if was the brake light switch as this triggers the EPC light but car usually runs horribly & cruise doesn't work as the ECU thinks you are braking when you are not & cuts the fuel.

Post by **bfettie** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:57 pm

You can just get Audi assistance and not bother with extended warranty , £90/1yr or £120/2yrs cover , I did the latter and taking risk on rest of the car primarily because the suspension is the only really troublesome part and that has 2yrs cover to go already , have to say assistance is excellent

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:11 pm

EPC light came back on, on the way home

booked it into dealer i bought it from for them to fix next week, they can sort that, and the dodgy boot !

3rd Audi I've bought from Audi in the last year that has developed faults only weeks (in 1 case, hours) from picking it up

Post by **scottie1979** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:27 pm

Mine was booked in the monday just gone. Of course, as i was expecting, they need parts and to keep it for two days. next available time is 11th jan. i knew it was coming.

davidkoulakis sounds like you have the same issue as me - additional faults were found when i took it into the dealer (something about an air box flap) in addition to the secondary air flow sensor faut. I wasnt given the the full run down as the service bloke took a call mid way through our conversation, chatted for a minute then looked at me and said "ok you can go it is booked in" and carried on talking on the phone.... it was almost rush hour so i wasnt going to hang around.

Also ..... they tried to charge me an diagnosis fee even with the extended warranty. I promptly told them that i already had a diagnosis and handed them the roadside assist form. But oh no we have to plug our wee computer in again to check sir .... he then went on to "you didnt buy the car from us" i then replied that i had bought the warranty from them which seemed to shut him up.

Rant over.

Let me know what was up with yours and what work was carried out. Wonder how much it is all going to cost? will make me feel some way better about spending £1.2k!

Post by **HYFR** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:42 pm

scottie, luckily I had my old RS 6 booked in for next week in advance and have a courtesy car lined up, so they can keep the RS 4 til they fix it as I'll have their wheels. Plus my car is still under the 30day rule, so im not taking it back til its all fixed else they can give me a refund!

Some dealers are w*ankers (well, all are!) where they try to charge you the diagnostic as a default until they 100% know its under warranty

Done a search on here and common treatment seems to be a new intake manifold under warranty

Is this the thing that gets clogged up per FSI? So if they replace this will I have a nice new clean one?

Post by **HYFR** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:40 pm

light went off, then on, then off

so when it was off, I wacked it up to 8k rpm, and yep came back on, this time accompanied by the EML

car still runs ok though....going in next Tues

Post by **aidanjaye** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:56 pm

David, your pics back the right way up.

Post by **HYFR** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:58 pm

aidanjaye wrote:David, your pics back the right way up.

Post by **HYFR** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:18 pm

all bloody lights out now (inc EML) and run the car today, max revs and no return of the light !

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