Toddorbert

Leaving for two and a half weeks and trying to decide if I should disconnect or not. If yes, how do I get to the battery and is it easy? Would check manual if I had one.

larryV

If you're worried, disconnect or get a trickle charger. 2 1/2 weeks isn't that long for the battery in the RS4.

daveak05

I've never disconnected a battery for a vacation. > than a month, maybe have a relative or friend drive it briefly.

Toddorbert

Just being overly cautious. Had lots of battery problems on another Audi.

larrycr

And it was seriously cold out much of the time. (It was in an unheated garage.)

VMRWheels

I would disconnect it. You don't want your battery to drain, since once a battery fully drains, it is usually never the same again (doesn't hold charge as well or as long, etc).

Also, make sure if you disconnect the battery that you have any necessary codes for various things, if needed. Your car might not have any codes to worry about, but some cars have codes for the radio to function, etc, for security purposes.

-Don

daveak05

they are no longer lost. In 2005 Audi went to a new security feature for the stereo. Now it will not work in any other car, period...codes or not. That's the newer and much better antitheft measure. So, codes are no longer lost if power is cut to radio, such as a dead battery or disconnectiing it. Unfortunately, many thieves are not aware of this.

dtwa8

This puts some of the power consumers to sleep.

Parikh1234

back to the states. I would just leave it. Jump it later if you need to.