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D2 - Lights Headlights, xenons, foglights. Everything outside the car that glows |
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Car booked in for TLC
The car is booked in tomorrow to have the front brakes inspected, as it currently screeches in a hideous fashion when pulling up to stop at traffic lights. Not commensurate with a vehicle of this size me feels. The faces of the discs look like mirrors but they certainly squeal like piggies and it's driving me mad. It sounds to me as though the pads are shifting back and forth, as I've noticed a bit of 'give' when shunting between R and D - I didn't think the calipers would allow that sort of travel?
I'm going to get the garage to have a look at it. After all, they were the people that fitted the self-levelling headlight sensor part for me in the first place. Thanks for the suggestion about swapping them over. I'll certainly mention that to them. |
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If there's no physical connection problem it's definitely worth a try, but depends if they have VCDS or similar which will let them look at the measuring blocks for sensor voltage and see if the problem stays at the front or moves to the back.
ETA - also the light won't go off the dash even when the sensor has been replaced until the basic settings for headlight level is run through, but you should I think see the self levelling bit start working when you turn the lights on
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===SOLD===2002 Audi S8 D2 Final Edition (yes, really) in Avus Silver with purple extended leather===SOLD=== 2011 S5 Sportback in Phantom Black with black Super Sports leather, 9x20s, tech pack high, adaptive xenon plus, intelligent key, memory seats pack, sunroof, B&O, Audi Drive Select & quattro Sports Diff, DAB, parking system plus 2015 VW Golf GTI Performance Pack in Carbon Grey with black Vienna leather, tech pack (Discovery Pro nav & Dynaudio), DCC, factory towbar and retrofit RVC |
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I had some issues with corrosion in the connector on my front levelling arm. Apparently it's designed such that the water runs down the cable straight into the connector. Might be worth checking that both parts are clean?
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!). |
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Dry as a bone, apparently
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Headlights were now dipping correctly as expected but I still had that infernal dipped beam icon on my dashboard. A quick trip down to see Adrian_E in Horley (nice work) with his VCDS and now all is well. I'd almost forgotten the 48 point font that the message 'OK' was displayed in. Huge! Thanks for the input on this and sorry for casting aspersions on being supplied a possibly fault part ;-) |
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