I recently decided that I 'needed' a D3 A8. I sold my 2000 A6 that I had for the last 8 years and have started the hunt. I just inspected one this evening and it shows some codes. The AC wasn't working well and I see one of the codes pertains to the HVAC. Also it appeared the large headlight light bulbs nearest the grill were not illuminated even with the brights on. Other than this,the car drove awesome....



Thoughts on how major these codes are?

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Address 05: Acc/Start Auth. Labels: 4E0-910-131.lbl
Part No SW: 4E0 910 131 HW: 4E0 909 131 L
Component: FBS AUDID3 H10 0190
Revision: 01904910 Serial number: AUX3Z0F7700919
Coding: 0410624
Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
VCID: D8BFE3926B87C2D8B8B

Part No: XXXXXXXXXXX
Component: ELV XXXX

1 Fault Found:
00230 - Transmission Park Selector Switch (F305)
010 - Open or Short to Plus - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00101010
Fault Priority: 3
Fault Frequency: 0
Reset counter: 18
Mileage: 116368 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2013.07.23
Time: 22:01:30


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Address 08: Auto HVAC Labels: None
Part No SW: 4E0 910 043 B HW: 4E0 820 043 H
Component: KLIMAAUTOMAT 017 0450
Revision: 00000032 Serial number: 00000000103169
Coding: 0037185
Shop #: WSC 02311 785 00200
VCID: 1C373F82DF3FEEF8DC3

Part No: 4E0 910 772 A
Component: Sitzluefter FS H02 010

Part No: 4E0 910 772 A
Component: Sitzluefter BFS H02 010

1 Fault Found:
00003 - Control Module
003 - Mechanical Failure - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00100011
Fault Priority: 3
Fault Frequency: 7
Reset counter: 3
Mileage: 115421 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2013.07.15
Time: 14:34:23

Freeze Frame:
Temperature: 25.0°C

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Address 55: Xenon Range Labels: 4F0-910-357.lbl
Part No SW: 4F0 910 357 F HW: 4F0 907 357 F
Component: AFS 1 H01 0020
Revision: 00000001 Serial number:
Coding: 0000018
Shop #: WSC 02313 785 00200
VCID: 29591656806D0B50575

Part No: 4F0 941 329 B
Component: AFS-Modul links H02 0020

Part No: 4F0 941 329 B
Component: AFS-Modul rechtsH02 0020

1 Fault Found:
02628 - Sensor for Swivel Module Position; Right
008 - Implausible Signal - Intermittent
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00101000
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 2
Reset counter: 40
Mileage: 115256 km
Time Indication: 0
Date: 2013.07.13
Time: 16:22:44

 

Hi, just quickly, the 'brights' are not legal in the US to use as main beams, but only as 'passing lights' or 'headlamp flash'. Some idiot being paid too much in some regulatory agency somewhere ran screaming at the thought of 'zee germans' actually bringing effective lighting to Uhmericah and outlawed them, before running to his/her ethnic peace bicycle.

good news? With VacCom you set the car to 'ROW' (Rest of world? Go figure) and the lights work as intended. As standard, just the trap doors over half the Xenons produce low/high beams. Mine are done, and despite the standard Xenons being shockingly bad, the main beams are now excellent.

Not sure on the HVAC code, could be massive, could be intermittent. I don't want to say either way, there are much smarter guys than me on here that can answer that for you, but if it was me, I'd clear the codes and see what comes back. As you probably know, all sorts of weird things 'snowball' codes in our cars, and sometimes they just come as the result of a flat battery etc...

Private sale or dealer with a warrantee? Big difference.

Drove awesome? Yup, welcome to the world of looking back at your car as you walk away on the car park.

Keep us posted,

K9

 

K9 is back!

Also right about high beam. Regarding HID's, new OSRAM XENARC 66240 SVS would make huge difference.

 

On my 2007 the headlight bulbs closest to the grill are the DRLs, not high beams. They are turned on/off via the MMI.

 

This one is a craigslist 'by owner'. However, I suspect this is a small dealer posing as an owner. His ownership statements do not match the 'autocheck' record that I pulled. I would not have a warranty with the car. It is my intent to get a ~70K 2007 and live with the repairs. I do a mix of DIY or try to troubleshoot with VAGCOM and then get independent quotes for repairs. It worked well for the A6 and I also have an 01 TT. The other option is an 05 with ~100k for about $12K less than what I have seen the 07's priced at.

Thanks for your help....