Hmmm.....As of yesterday / today 2 new issues seem to have appeared.
The engine management light has come on as well as the ABS light, both have stayed on and then went out, then come back on and stayed on, eventually the engine management light went out again but the ABS stayed on[&:]
Its the wifes daily driver so I don't know the history. Took it out for a spin today and both lights came on and stayed on. Tried braking hard and wow......skidded for quite a bit in a cloud of white smoke[8D]
Looked quite impressive but didnt do the rubber any good ( especially as we are in the middle of winter and we need all the traction we can get on our all season tyres....lol )
So - the ABS is not functional.....great!!!
No signs of the car going into limp home mode or playing up at all with regard to the engine management side of things?

As luck would have it my extended warranty ran out around 6 weeks ago[&:]....lol
I have just renewed it today at a cost of £300 so if we can get by for a few weeks I'll be claiminmg on that to get everything checked out!

PS - As its gotten colder again the drivers side door handle is playing up again!!!
Never rains but it pours[&:]

Jim

 

I feel your pain Jim, murphys law always seems to come true. My X-typedoes the check engine light tag as well. One week its off, the other week its on. As far asABS your module probably failed. Unfortunately, they arequite expensive. My drivers side door acts up as well, we got alot of snow today 10" and my car was ablock of ice, so naturallyall the doors freeze shut.Good luckwith your car.

 

I'am sorry to hear those feckin problems .Best of luck with the repairs .ABS malfunctioning is not good either .I hope it's just a bad sensor or something like that than whole unit

 

Hey jim...you have to ask yourself one question; How good has your wife been to you lately. Just kidding pal. Sounds like she'll be driving the Audi for a while until the Warranty takes care of the X.

 

NICE to sneak that in there! lol

Yeah my handle has been acting up but not like it was before. My handle now kind of stays up a little instead of going all the way flush to the body...
Good luck with the fix I'd wait it out as well and get her fixed up under warranty!

 

you know you guys can adjust your door handles... 7/10 it fixes the problem... other times you need a latch.

 

How might we do that...

 

Screw that...I'll deal with the minor issue its leaving me...mostly I think its because its cold and ice gets in there...last time I tried to fix my door I got a door that still doesn't open that is still exposed and is missing all of the parts to it...I called a junkyard and they just so happened to have my color door for my escape and everything untouched for 200 bucks...I couldn't make it out there until monday but I let them know...I show up there monday (in the summertime) and go to look at the door and its completely torn apart like a freaking vulture was attacking the think...door was worse off than mine someone totally ripped all the parts to the door. I was so pissed because I wouldn't have taken the door apart if I would have known I didn't have a back up plan...than I called other places and they wanted 500 bucks for the same door and not the same color....I was so disgruntled! [:@] The worse part is I was told nobody had touched it....well they certainly didn't just touch it they raped the door!

 

Yep your right Biggie.......the wifes got the A6 for a while....although thats goin in for repair tomorrow ( deer damage ) getting an A6 replacement though
I think I'm gonna leave the X for the next 30 days or so, maybe a little gentle use here n there when stuck until the warranty kicks in..........then BAM............straight into the garage and fix it ALL...lol

Jim

 

Who is the warranty through jim?

 

Hey Quill..............the warranty is through the AA ( Automobile Association ) and seems comprehensive enough, and should be fine,but we'll see as and when I try to use it....lol

Jim

 

Can i get that here in the states? That seems like a steal of a deal but than again our cars are probably more prevalent there so parts perhaps cheaper? Or is it your low mileage? Or is your x not have awd?

 

Doubt you'll get that there mate.........The AA is a british institution so unlikely they're over stateside.
Seems like a great deal for sure but like anythin else you never know till you have to use it.
Mines an 02 Sport 2.5 like yours so yes has AWD, could be the low mileage..... not sure, just pleased it wasnt more....lol

Jim

 

Yeah because a comprehensive coverage for mine or something that covered the entire car was well over $3000 for my car when I checked a year ago...

 

Wow........like £1500 here then equivealent I guess.

Well, the issues still remain and the warranty should kick in mid / late Jan and as she's still running ok I'm gonna wait till then. Then we'll see just how good it is I guess.

I'll keep you posted although if good it'll only really benefit the UK members

Jim