Is the unpleasant sound a groaning noise, mine did that on both opening and closing. Solution is to relubricate the mechanism after first removing all the dried up grease, been fine ever since. I do redo the lubrication every 6 months or so to keep it working smoothly. You must use the correct grease, otherwise you could end up in a world of hurt. The Audi grease is a lithium based product, kind of white in appearance, its actually quiet expensive as well given what it is. Part number is: G00045002
Another possible source is the wind deflector which is operated by an electric motor, its position is varied based on road speed in order to reduce buffeting sounds inside the cabin.
The slow down on 2/3 seems pretty normal, mine does it still. I think it has to do with motorised wind deflector being brought into play.
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Manny
2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles
Past
2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly
with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue
2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles.
2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
Last edited by mannyo; 8th November 2015 at 04:24 PM.
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