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Wtf? Battery dying
Morning chaps and chapettes.
Well, yesterday I woke to a fully discharged battery, no explanation, nothing. Got aa out, and diagnosis was that battery was fine. Used car for a couple of short trips yesterday, and all was good. This morning, I've got the same problem. No battery, so no starty Has anyone else experienced this? |
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Some modules may not be sleeping due to crashing.
That is one of the fixes for the MMI updates. Have you had these updates? The car is supposed to protect itself from this by shutting stuff off in stages. Hopefully others will be able to chime in with their experiences. |
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Could be that the battery has reached end of life.. The D3 is very sensitive to a battery that's starting to die. When it's pretty much done, you'll get regular occurences of this until you replace it.
Might be worth getting one of those booster kits just in case you get stranded, but it's usually a long stop that it does it over rather than an hour or two.
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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
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017 is the battery number for the A8 and power output seems to range from 88Ah to 100Ah depending on manufacturer. I'm almost certain however that the Bosch S5 020 battery will fit (please check for yourself before ordering) and this beast has an output of 110Ah. They are available from Eurocarparts and there are plenty codes offering up to 30% discount bringing the price a fraction over £93.00 which has to be a bargain for such a battery
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Quote:
Current valid promo code for euro car parts is MIDMONTH30 to get 30% discount
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Do D3's not need 'super speshul batteries' to talk to them? Or is that just that the controller needs to be told it has a new one?
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I thought you just had to specify the battery in VAGcom to let the car know you had changed the battery etc
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs |
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Never heard that before, there was a brand new battery fitted to my car when I bought it and it's an off the shelf Yuasa 017 battery
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I was told by Audi that it had to be programmed, but my local garage where I spend a significant amount of money on tyres checked their systems, called the battery company and said that the system would learn the battery and at worst, they could log on with their software for only £45. That is still a massive saving on the Stealer price.
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