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Mar 17, 2002 | 10:35 AM

pacman

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Car does not start

I broke my arm snowboarding 2 weeks ago and hence I will not be able to drive my TT for a while. Today, I went out to give it a start and the battery is out. Or at least the symptoms seem to suggest that. There are no familiar blinks on the door lock indicators and nothing lights up when I turn the ignition. What should I do? I read the manual and it says something about the battery freezing and not to jump start it with another battery. How do I determine if the battery is frozen? Another thing is that if I am able to jump start it, will leaving the car running charge the battery after I disconnect the booster battery?

Mar 17, 2002 | 10:39 AM

o2bnme

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Sounds like a job for Audi Roadside Assistance!

Mar 17, 2002 | 10:48 AM

gtt

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you may want to buy a trickle charger...1/2 amp very slow charge....

plug in and it will be full charge within 24 hrs or so. I use one for motorcycle when winter stored to maintain charge.

Mar 17, 2002 | 11:48 AM

Larrytt

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Audi's have a tendency for the batteries to just die . . . it sucks, but is true

People have been complaining about this in all Audi's for years, same with VW's. The only known cure is a new battery from your dealer. Can you jump the car and get it running? Sure, but tomorrow contact Audi Roadside Assistance and ask them to FLATBED the car to the dealer and get the battery replaced.

I had my battery replaced after it cracked and leaked battery acid all over the place. But I never had a problem where my battery died.

Mar 17, 2002 | 12:18 PM

mtbracr1

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Those guys are monkeys who will never touch my TT

Mar 17, 2002 | 01:01 PM

o2bnme

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I've actually only had good experiences with roadside assistance (Volvo & Audi)

Probably just a matter of luck of the draw. We have some really good towing services near me.

Mar 17, 2002 | 01:33 PM

Jay 225TTR

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I had the same problem, I don't drive my car over the winter and when I went out to start it didn't

start so I checked the water level in my battery and there was hardly any in there. So I filled the battery up with water and drove it around for a while to put a charge in the battery and haven't had a problem since. I wasn't aware that VW's and Audi's don't have maintenance free batteries, but I guess I found out the hard way.