Greetings,
I have been a member for a couple of weeks, since acquiring a 2004 Mauritius Blue Audi A2 1.4Tdi SE, primarily for my son to learn to drive in. I haven't included a picture since I guess this audience knows the car, the colour and the model better than I do.
This car takes my current fleet count to 4 Audis, 1 VW, 2 Triumphs and a 1981 Suzuki Katana (bike).
The car has been close to the family since it was bought by my best man in 2007, however since then it has been through the hands of both of his daughters and is now fairly tired, so although the engine has only done a mere 188K miles, there are various trim panels that look more like they are on their second lap to the sun and back!
Fortunately, the car has been well serviced all its life as my friend is the account and I run the IT for a garage whose owner spent 20 years as head mechanic in our local VW/Audi dealership (remember the days when a stealer could hold both Audi and VW?), so that means that the faults and issues are mainly niggles or trim related but the basic car drives very well.
So far, I have: -
Still to fix: -
In the mean time, I am trawling through the fabulous collection of informative threads on here trying to learn about the model and its niggles. It looks like a great forum but my only complaint is that the search function seems to be useless, so I am using Google and simply prefixing my search with A2OC - is that really the best method or am I an idiot? (the answer to that is yes btw)
Cheers
Simon
I have been a member for a couple of weeks, since acquiring a 2004 Mauritius Blue Audi A2 1.4Tdi SE, primarily for my son to learn to drive in. I haven't included a picture since I guess this audience knows the car, the colour and the model better than I do.
This car takes my current fleet count to 4 Audis, 1 VW, 2 Triumphs and a 1981 Suzuki Katana (bike).
The car has been close to the family since it was bought by my best man in 2007, however since then it has been through the hands of both of his daughters and is now fairly tired, so although the engine has only done a mere 188K miles, there are various trim panels that look more like they are on their second lap to the sun and back!
Fortunately, the car has been well serviced all its life as my friend is the account and I run the IT for a garage whose owner spent 20 years as head mechanic in our local VW/Audi dealership (remember the days when a stealer could hold both Audi and VW?), so that means that the faults and issues are mainly niggles or trim related but the basic car drives very well.
So far, I have: -
- Run VCDS to see what it is unhappy about (only a couple have come back since resetting)
- Bought an exchange door check strap from Mr Depronman - not yet fitted
- Fixed the drooping sun visor (took it apart and worked out why it drooped and how to fix)
- 3D printed a new handbrake button
- Fixed driver's air vent (all the slats were knocked out but it went back together)
- Fixed v68 motor so now have hot air (Thanks to Depronman for the pointer)
- Fixed tailgate release which was hanging down on the wires (replaced the snapped plastic retaining tabs with some spring steel)
- Bought and fitted a hard touch headlight switch (fitted thanks to posts on here)
- Bought (not fitted as it is for a single din car) a hard touch climate control panel (cannot decide whether to sell, cut or strip for the buttons)
Still to fix: -
- Dash sometimes shows DEF in trip so probably a memory module error
- B pillar alarm ultrasonic button stuck pushed in
- keyfob unlock microswitch has fallen off PCB
- Make aluminium handbrake button (not economical in terms of time but worth a try)
- Find a better way to attach magnetic L-plates to an aluminium car (currently string on front and tape on the rear)
- Work out what cleaner to use on the interior as none of mine seem to work on the A2 yet are fabulous on all the other cars
In the mean time, I am trawling through the fabulous collection of informative threads on here trying to learn about the model and its niggles. It looks like a great forum but my only complaint is that the search function seems to be useless, so I am using Google and simply prefixing my search with A2OC - is that really the best method or am I an idiot? (the answer to that is yes btw)
Cheers
Simon
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