Originally Posted by
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That's a great thing to remember always, like rebooting the MMI. From lots of reading of AZ threads, I'm getting a sense that in it's zeal to lock down the platform, Audi has introduced a lot of complexity that can create some odd problems.
That said, from other threads OP's car is a (very) used 2012 A7. One comment is "But the previous guy had taped the wire to it so and had grounded it to a bolt by cutting one of the wires maybe so i assume he already tried his luck then sold it off". So who knows what's up with the electrical system, battery recoding, and the various computers/modules. Aleemzee is either the hard luck kid or a distant cousin to Mike0819.
Completely agree with you there. There seems to be a ton of unnecessary dependencies and complications, especially when you get into older cars. I did not know that it was in that kind of shape, this may end up being something that we can't figure out, especially if other "fixes" have been done before he even got the car.
I was thinking it has been a little quiet around here lately, mike not spamming the forum with 8 posts about the 8 new DTCs he found that day, all the while telling us how he took his car to the shop and they told him he's going to have to swap his DSG out for a CVT and they'll be happy to do it for $20k, but he already owes them 18 of that for the disassembly and also his car is in 2000 pieces on the shop floor, so he might as well just fork over the $ and enjoy his newly found fuel economy
He has me dying sometimes.
I think some people see the rings and think, oh this is a luxury car, it might have a lot of miles on it, but the previous owner HAD to maintain it well, it's an Audi for God's sake! Unfortunately, not the case for a lot of cars, and even if that is true, the excessive complexity of the underlying systems that make everything work absolutely works against the car and whomever happens to own it when things start breaking or dying.
Mike..... Is that you over there? Don't think you're fooling us, we're on to you.
I kid, but at least this guy is willing to go and try stuff and listen to people, although we still have a lack of an auto-scan or anything from VCDS that may help. Mike just blasts a few posts out, ignores all the answers (which by now are almost all roasting him or sarcastic, which he did to himself) and proceeds to tell us how much money he gave to "the shop" to fix it, and how it's only going to take 4 months for them to change a tail-light assembly, lol.
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