A8 MMI gone mad!

[james S]

Got in my car this morning and wanted to raise the suspension to drive over a high curb, only to find that 'lift' and 'dynamic' were grayed out.

I thought little of it, until I then went to turn the radio up and found the multi-fuction steeing wheel controls had ceased to work.

Finally the say nav went bonkers and reset the time to 9.48. This became the display time and the destination time, though when I put in a new destination the destination time changes but only based on the current time being 9.48. The date is 01 01 2000

Every time I try to change it it reverts back. I've tried turning it all off, locking the car and starting again, but to no avail.

Its a 2006 3.0TDI

Any thoughts anyone

James

Edited by james S on Tuesday 9th March 12:46

[blueg33]

Is the sound from the radio intermittant too?

My A6 had a similar fault, fixed under warranty. Cost on dealers screen was £1400

[james S]

No the radio is fine.

The lifting mechanism on the MMI screen is already broken, but its all been functioning fine, until today

[blueg33]

I find MMi and associated problems are a good example of why cars used to be better!

[BoraBora]

a stab in the dark but is the earth lead connected properly ?

[Dilligaf10]

Spooky, mine has been playing up with the same symptoms today as well. Stopped the car and restarted and no problem.

Must be aliens passing overhead somewhere

[Lost soul]

blueg33 said:

My A6 had a similar fault, fixed under warranty. Cost on dealers screen was £1400

[jasperwade]

have you tried resetting it. IIRC Tel, right top soft button and knob all together.

It's a computer at the end of the day, and if it's anything like any PC ever it'll need a occasional reboot

[blueg33]

Lost soul said:

blueg33 said:

My A6 had a similar fault, fixed under warranty. Cost on dealers screen was £1400

To make it worse, the car had the same fault 3 times in 2 years, all fixed under warranty, same parts replaced each time. (Failure of modern eletronics is one of the main reasons I am anti cars that almost drive themselves, remote speed control, in car speed enforcement etc)

[james S]

Thanks chaps - all fine again yesterday. I'll just have monitir it I guess. As mentioned earlier, making cars more complex doesn't always seem to make them better!

[ukdennis]

Is the battery low on charge? Check Car/System/Battery on MMI. If it shows low, it might be the cause of your probs. Was with mine a while back.

[james S]

Thanks Dennis. Tried that - the battery looked good.