2014 A8L TDI AC problems
02-03-2015, 08:13 AM
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2014 A8L TDI AC problems
I have a 2014 A8L TDI which I love except: I live in south Florida where it is almost always hot. I noticed, especially it is above 80 degrees that the AC fans only blow at speeds of 2 or 3 when on Auto mode regardless of the temp setting except when I place the temp on LOW. So on hot days the car never really cools unless I manually raise the fan speed to 10 or 12 and then manually lower as it cools.
I brought this to my service adviser's attention and after he had my car for 5 days and inspecting everything, his best answer was that prior A8 customers complained to Audi that in a high end Luxury car such as the A8, the owners "didn't want to be bothered by a strong fan speed and so the A8 ACs were programmed this way." This sounds like a crock to me. So I asked him to reprogram my AC computer and he said it wasn't possible. Incidentally, while they had the car, I had an A7 loaner whose AC fan speed on Auto appropriately responded to the temp settings.
I still don't think their answer is correct.
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution. The service adviser's manager has told me he will contact the tech support again to see what if anything can be done
I brought this to my service adviser's attention and after he had my car for 5 days and inspecting everything, his best answer was that prior A8 customers complained to Audi that in a high end Luxury car such as the A8, the owners "didn't want to be bothered by a strong fan speed and so the A8 ACs were programmed this way." This sounds like a crock to me. So I asked him to reprogram my AC computer and he said it wasn't possible. Incidentally, while they had the car, I had an A7 loaner whose AC fan speed on Auto appropriately responded to the temp settings.
I still don't think their answer is correct.
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution. The service adviser's manager has told me he will contact the tech support again to see what if anything can be done
02-03-2015, 09:11 AM
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I have a 2014 A8L TDI which I love except: I live in south Florida where it is almost always hot. I noticed, especially it is above 80 degrees that the AC fans only blow at speeds of 2 or 3 when on Auto mode regardless of the temp setting except when I place the temp on LOW. So on hot days the car never really cools unless I manually raise the fan speed to 10 or 12 and then manually lower as it cools.
I brought this to my service adviser's attention and after he had my car for 5 days and inspecting everything, his best answer was that prior A8 customers complained to Audi that in a high end Luxury car such as the A8, the owners "didn't want to be bothered by a strong fan speed and so the A8 ACs were programmed this way." This sounds like a crock to me. So I asked him to reprogram my AC computer and he said it wasn't possible. Incidentally, while they had the car, I had an A7 loaner whose AC fan speed on Auto appropriately responded to the temp settings.
I still don't think their answer is correct.
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution. The service adviser's manager has told me he will contact the tech support again to see what if anything can be done
I brought this to my service adviser's attention and after he had my car for 5 days and inspecting everything, his best answer was that prior A8 customers complained to Audi that in a high end Luxury car such as the A8, the owners "didn't want to be bothered by a strong fan speed and so the A8 ACs were programmed this way." This sounds like a crock to me. So I asked him to reprogram my AC computer and he said it wasn't possible. Incidentally, while they had the car, I had an A7 loaner whose AC fan speed on Auto appropriately responded to the temp settings.
I still don't think their answer is correct.
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution. The service adviser's manager has told me he will contact the tech support again to see what if anything can be done
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I have a 2014 A8L TDI which I love except: I live in south Florida where it is almost always hot. I noticed, especially it is above 80 degrees that the AC fans only blow at speeds of 2 or 3 when on Auto mode regardless of the temp setting except when I place the temp on LOW. So on hot days the car never really cools unless I manually raise the fan speed to 10 or 12 and then manually lower as it cools.
I brought this to my service adviser's attention and after he had my car for 5 days and inspecting everything, his best answer was that prior A8 customers complained to Audi that in a high end Luxury car such as the A8, the owners "didn't want to be bothered by a strong fan speed and so the A8 ACs were programmed this way." This sounds like a crock to me. So I asked him to reprogram my AC computer and he said it wasn't possible. Incidentally, while they had the car, I had an A7 loaner whose AC fan speed on Auto appropriately responded to the temp settings.
I still don't think their answer is correct.
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution. The service adviser's manager has told me he will contact the tech support again to see what if anything can be done
I brought this to my service adviser's attention and after he had my car for 5 days and inspecting everything, his best answer was that prior A8 customers complained to Audi that in a high end Luxury car such as the A8, the owners "didn't want to be bothered by a strong fan speed and so the A8 ACs were programmed this way." This sounds like a crock to me. So I asked him to reprogram my AC computer and he said it wasn't possible. Incidentally, while they had the car, I had an A7 loaner whose AC fan speed on Auto appropriately responded to the temp settings.
I still don't think their answer is correct.
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution. The service adviser's manager has told me he will contact the tech support again to see what if anything can be done
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