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la14oldie
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Hello everyone - I'm new to the A2OC, having bought a 2001 A2 1.4 petrol about 2 months ago. But it's driving me up the wall and the dealer (not Audi) will not do anything to help.
The problem is that on almost every journey, the ABS, Traction Control and the flashing brake warning light come on. When I stop the car and turn off the engine, the lights usually go out and all is well for a while. There appears to be no loss in braking efficiency. But, sooner or later, it all happens again!
The dealer's mechanic has looked at it using a diagnostic computer - it told him that the fault is something to do with a balance sensor which determines whether the car is level or not. He says it can only be fixed by an Audi dealer and I must say that I cannot make head or tail of it.
The problem is that firstly, I have grown used to ignoring all these lights so that if there really was a brake problem, I wouldn't take any remedial action and secondly the car would, I believe, be certain to fail its MoT unless I was lucky and it was behaving itself at the time.
As you can imagine, I do not feel safe in the car and intend to take the dealer to Trading Standards.
But, based on my not-very-technical description of the problem, can anyone offer any advice about what is going on and give me some ball-park idea of how much I might be looking at by way of expense?
I would be really grateful for any help.
Cheers and thanks in advance!!
The problem is that on almost every journey, the ABS, Traction Control and the flashing brake warning light come on. When I stop the car and turn off the engine, the lights usually go out and all is well for a while. There appears to be no loss in braking efficiency. But, sooner or later, it all happens again!
The dealer's mechanic has looked at it using a diagnostic computer - it told him that the fault is something to do with a balance sensor which determines whether the car is level or not. He says it can only be fixed by an Audi dealer and I must say that I cannot make head or tail of it.
The problem is that firstly, I have grown used to ignoring all these lights so that if there really was a brake problem, I wouldn't take any remedial action and secondly the car would, I believe, be certain to fail its MoT unless I was lucky and it was behaving itself at the time.
As you can imagine, I do not feel safe in the car and intend to take the dealer to Trading Standards.
But, based on my not-very-technical description of the problem, can anyone offer any advice about what is going on and give me some ball-park idea of how much I might be looking at by way of expense?
I would be really grateful for any help.
Cheers and thanks in advance!!