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Old 20th March 2018, 09:26 PM
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I have read about it on A6 sections of other forums, not on here.
That might be the case for me as well, but not saying which one (if I could remember). No free advertising 'other' forums.

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I wondered at the time if it affected our A8s as they are very similar lights (very bad quality for such an expensive car)
From the video I linked to, it seems to have affected quite a lot of the Audi range.

Just a case of 'German efficiency' being just a tad too efficient with the cable tie.
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