Battery? Or more?
I have a 2014 Audi A6, 3-litre diesel. Really lovely car to drive, but one that drives me nuts.
I have already had a major transmission issue which required a new transmech unit (?) - a $4000 ‘investment’ after the previous one failed.
Since then, no issues until recently.
A month ago, I went to start it, and it couldn’t manage more than one pitiful little attempt to crank it over, and the entire dashboard lit up with ‘system failure’ for pretty much everything.
I got a local mechanic to come out. Hooked up to his system and jumped it, and everything went back to normal. I assumed a one-off rayher than a battery problem.
Again, no issues until yesterday when it did it again, so I jumped it again, and away I went - for about 15mins - and then it completely shat itself on the motorway.
This time, it was a flatbed journey home where it’s now sitting there mocking me.
I’ve kicked the wheel. Nothing
I’ve sworn at it. Nothing
I’ve told it that I prefer BMW. Nothing
I even said that Audi was lucky to win at Le Mans in 2014. Oh yes, I played dirty. But nothing worked.
So, maybe a battery change …but it’s bloody Audi ffs. Nothing’s easy. A simple battery change then needs a re-calibration of almost everything by a computer module I don’t have.
Any suggestions? Anyone?