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Originally Posted by The_Laird

But as the F125 is NLA from Audi, which of these should I buy?

Originally Posted by scottmgibb

Would be interested to hear other peoples experiences with this part.

I replaced my F125 switch about 4 years ago. As usual, the 'mechanics' around here wouldn't touch it, even with a complete set of printed instructions. Not sure if it's any tighter to do on the S8, but I managed it on axle stands, a trolly jack and an old scissor jack. My biggest difficulty was doing in the early evening, and I stopped with about 90% of the job done, as I was being eaten by midges.

I went with an even cheaper option off AliExpress at the ridiculous price of £23. To be honest, I wasn't overly optimistic, but anything was better than it going into safe mode at some stage during a drive. The first week or so were cautionary gear changes, waiting for the appropriate light on the dash and hoping there was no sudden thumps. Never had an issue then, and after that I never thought about it.

It was that cheap I bought two. Just dug out the other one, but there is no brand name on the switch, and just some Chinese letters on the box. For reference, the length of the cable from where it comes out of the switch to the end of the plug is 42cm, although I don't think that is given in the specs on Autodoc.