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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 08:37 AM
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Default Car thinks charging cable is still attached

I’m wondering if anyone has had experience with this before:
-first the car alerted that the charging port is open (while it wasn’t), otherwise functioned well
-later the car decided that the charging cable is still attached (while it isn’t) and it refuses to start

Active error codes at Battery Charger module: P33E200, U15C900, P31D000

Any known ways to make the car understand its not being charged so I could drive it to service at least? Pulling the Red/Yellow cables or clearing the error codes didn’t work.

car is 2019 original e-tron

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Originally Posted by Florida382
I’m wondering if anyone has had experience with this before:
-first the car alerted that the charging port is open (while it wasn’t), otherwise functioned well
-later the car decided that the charging cable is still attached (while it isn’t) and it refuses to start

Active error codes at Battery Charger module: P33E200, U15C900, P31D000

Any known ways to make the car understand its not being charged so I could drive it to service at least? Pulling the Red/Yellow cables or clearing the error codes didn’t work.

car is 2019 original e-tron
Is it in a position to home charge? Hook up your EVSE for a few minutes and then detach. Maybe that will recycle something?

Audi is going to replace the Battery charger module. Let us know how much that costs.
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Old Feb 14, 2025 | 08:46 AM
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Took the car to independent shop, they wanted to swap the charging cover mechanism, didn’t work so they said they can’t help any further.

took the car to audi service. They took 5 hours to diagnose the problem and concluded that they wanted to change the hv battery charger, which costs 5200 eur + work.

funny thing is the charger works fine, the car charges fine, it just gives error codes and prevents the car from going to drive mode. These errors clear themselves after the car is shut off for a while.plus the charger cover mechanism still acts funny


error codes U15C900
P33E200





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