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Old 01-21-2004, 03:55 PM
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Default Cruise control failed - DBW - no VAG codes

OK - I think I'm resolved to hunting for a vacuum leak. I pulled VAG codes and have no codes, so I'm assuming that the cruise components are fine.

I've searched the forum and only find Non DBW cars and APR chip info. So I'm looking for a diagram of where the actual cruise components are and where the vacuum lines run. I just need to know where to start guys.

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Default Join the club....I would take a guess that half of all the A4's cruise does not work

It can be the chip, dirty switch or a dead switch
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mine stopped working for a day or so but next day i got in the car and it worked again.
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Most likely the switch. Many have had them replaced.
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also if the clutch pedal is not fully disengaged the cruise will not work
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That's a new one...<added to the list>
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Default My cruise control turns off when I flick on the high beams

So I can only cruise with the lows. Boo.
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Default Re: Cruise control failed - DBW - no VAG codes

When mine had this problem, Rusnak Pasadena went the extra mile (literally!) to figure it out.

Basically the cruise would just disengage randomly when I was driving. ('98 A4 2.8qms)

Anyway...

They replaced the switch first. That did not fix it. They replaced the switch again. That still dod not fix it.

Johnny, my service writer, suggested that they could have their tech take the car home and back to work again in the morning, to see if he could encounter this intermittent problem. So, he managed to duplicate it, and after still more diagnosis, they found a bad cruise computer and bad vacuum hose.

Did I mention Audi Assured warranty rules? $50 out of pocket for all that work, on a used car with over 80k miles on it??

Thumbs up to Rusnak Pasadena and Johnny Borja for fixing this very irritating problem.
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Default there's no components is in the coding of the ecu

e-mail me a picture of the screen when you go in engine with the vag where is the coding and part numbers
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Default was it acting up before? If not, I may have the fix, simple kinda but

just shoot me an email so I can explain the whole situation. Mine was the connection between the throttle body and vacuum diaphram.
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