New Audi's with faulty LED lights ???
New Audi's with faulty LED lights ???
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ian2144

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1,697 posts

253 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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For the last week I've been out on the road, I have counted a least 10 of the new style Audi's with LED lights faulty most are one or other rear tail lights out, also some with the front lacey not working.

Where has all that great Audi reliability gone?? Having come through the 80's and 90's with Audi quattro's that were almost bomb proof and as for a bulb going out was a very rare thing.

I feel sorry for the new owners out there, once the waranty is out it's going be a lot more that a £1 or 2 to fix when they go wrong.

Dr G

16,005 posts

273 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Pass - we've not had a problem with the LED lamp units yet yes

00161wj

566 posts

239 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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You can turn them off you know. Yes have had rare instances where one led has gone down and the headlight has been replaced foc.

gmk666

1,679 posts

256 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Dr G said:
Pass - we've not had a problem with the LED lamp units yet yes
There was a dodgy batch of them on the RS6 - condensation caused by a faulty seal, I think, and a recall to fix it.


Dr G

16,005 posts

273 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Only had 2 new RS6s boxedin

Was it solely the RS it affected?

gmk666

1,679 posts

256 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Dr G said:
Was it solely the RS it affected?
I don't know to be honest. According to a thread on rs246, the code was 94E1 (Xenon headlamps).
Mine hasn't been affected.
(Yet.)



Tame Technician

2,467 posts

235 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Never had a customer compaint about LED's, never seen any not working.

The mod on the A6's was all models, within a specific vin range, not just RS6 and was to help prevent condensation (known batch of dodgy seals letting water into the lamps), nothing to do with the actual operation of the lamps.


Deerfoot

5,257 posts

215 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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This was mentioned in GG a few days ago....

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

gmk666

1,679 posts

256 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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gmk666 said:
Dr G said:
Was it solely the RS it affected?
I don't know to be honest. According to a thread on rs246, the code was 94E1 (Xenon headlamps).
Mine hasn't been affected.
(Yet.)
Seems my use of the word 'yet' was prophetic. The car's going in Wednesday for the recall.


Dr G

16,005 posts

273 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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We've had two LED tail lamp units go recently, problem with the PCB on both counts.

va1o

16,118 posts

238 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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I still don't understand why so many people drive arround with them on all the time? Its very clearly posing when there is a switch in the dash to turn them off...

gmk666

1,679 posts

256 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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va1o said:
I still don't understand why so many people drive arround with them on all the time? Its very clearly posing when there is a switch in the dash to turn them off...
In defence of all us posers, that switch isn't there any more. On the newer Audis you have to go into the MMI and press a few buttons. It's a real hardship, I can tell you.
biggrin


Dr G

16,005 posts

273 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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I like them tongue out

galenthe2nd

60 posts

208 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Dr G said:
I like them tongue out
+1

If you have if, flaunt it! wink

worsy

6,623 posts

206 months

Wednesday 19th May 2010
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I leave mine on, Audi is the new hoice for a**holes tongue out