Dynamic suspension mode greyed out
 

Last couple of days I was scratching my head so hard that I'm almost bold now.
Last Sunday when I press CAR button to set suspension to Dynamic as I was going for a casual drive on my own.
(Comfort - wife and daughter inside the car, Dynamic - they are not in the car :)

To my surprise and shock I wasnt able to select Dynamic and it was greyed out.
And I am aware that solution to this problem is so silly, almost embarrassing, but I decided to share it. Why? I really don't know :)

There was no warning lights on the dashboard, nothing. I couldn't get any answer to this problem. Even Audi specialist was scratching his head (over the phone). I even purchased quickly a vag software and run all the diagnostics and nothing.
I thought maybe MMI got stuck, reset, no luck.
I set suspension to Automatic and I went for a fast steady drive on M25, nothing.

Now the silly bit.
Cause and solution.
For some unknown reason the Towing Mode was on which prevents suspension going into Dynamic mode even when set to Automatic.
No idea how it happened, but as soon I switched it off Dynamic mode came on straight away.

So silly, me of course.

LOL you should have asked on here first Marc, its cheaper than all those solutions!! +++

Yup... and also if the towing module takes a daft turn, it'll put it up in tow mode and you can't do anything with it until the module is replaced or coded out.

I was actually praying to God for helping me with activating my account finally so I can ask this question in here, but I finally solved the mystery last night and my account gain access this morning.

PsYcHe, you serious !? Good to know. That would be the last thing I need right now, another repair, I've got enough for this week. It started from a Longlife service last week inc. break fluid, plugs and all other bits, on top of it alternator belt, air con service, then they found a radiator leak and cracks on the suspension arms (bushes), so 4x upper ones in total. All that pleasure £1600
I'm actually dropping car tomorrow to do the rad and suspension arms. This is just crazy.
...and then that Dynamic mode issue was so annoying, thanks god it was only a silly thing :)

Yup..A8_Tony's did it, luckily he was able to swing by mine before he drove back down south and I coded it out. You'll be able to get someone with VCDS to look at other faults now though, so less worries on what it could be and the horror of knowing what it actually is :)

:Confused::Confused::Confused:

This thread just saved me a massive amount of anguish! Dynamic greyed out after fitting a couple of new tyres and no fault codes

I'm an idiot. But at least now I know both that and also not to accidentally engage Towing Mode when disengaging Jack Mode

:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

Thanks!

LOL, I remember this after I replaced my control arms. It appeared to fix itself but I bet in reality it was this getting unset!
TBH, this is where Audi is worse than BMW or Mercedes of the same vintage. They tell you far more vehicle status and technical messages on the screens and it should say Towing Mode or have a symbol on the suspension screen or even the cluster DIS.