[MAM]

I have a battery problem with mine.

In normal use, the car is fine and the battery display shows that all is fine and that the car has 100% available. When the temperature drops severely overnight and is frosty, the car will only let me open it with the remote button and using the key in the ignition.

This issue is not happening now as it is warmer. I was putting the issue down to frost near the sensors on the door handles. I took the car into Audi and they did a free Winter check for me which came up as all ok. As I had already told them that there was an issue, they then ran diagnostics and determined that the battery died when a serious load was required. The charts showed a failure.

The Audi Dealer went on to say that I owed them £50 for diagnosis time. I complained saying that this was a charge that was not agreed and that if a Winter check said the battery was fine, why does it fail a proper check that you pay for...... they removed the charge - Stealers..... give them an inch and they WILL take a mile.

The upshot of what I am saying is that the car does require a lot of the battery power to run its systems and turn it over. Even if the battery operates normally most of the time without dying it is not necessarily ok.

My car battery has not failed again, but I know that the battery needs changing - £250 from Audi and £110 from my local tyre place..... go figure