Audi A3 problems and issues

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Vazamento de água, no cisterna de arrefecimento...

Audi A3 2003  157895 miles
Vazamento de água na conexão do radiador
Atilio from other 8 days ago  
AT

Faulty Headlights

Audi A3 2009 hatchback 68068 miles
Headlights randomly switch off while driving
Khat from other 10 months ago  
KH

Cannot find fuze for hazard light switch

Audi A3 2005 Hatchback 120000 miles
Where is the fuze for the hazard switch
Chuck from United Kingdom 4 years ago  
CH

AC front air ventilations are not working

Audi A3 2015 Sedan 40000 miles
My Audi A3 2015 suddenly stopped coming air from the 2 front ventilations only while the rest are blowing air normally. I put the problem on a shared group on Facebook and found that another 3 A3 same model and same year reported the same problem exactly. I am looking if this is a common faulty on most A3 2015
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Maged E Girgis from other 5 years ago  
MA
1 report 

Rear wiper failing

Audi A3 2009 SPORTSBACK 1.9 90000 miles
Rear wiper intermittent and random operation
BUCKDEN BILL from United Kingdom 5 years ago  
BU

Warning lights

Audi A3 2004 A3 300000 miles
Warning lights but no hooter comes on when parked
Erik30000 from United Kingdom 5 years ago  
ER

No idle after reaving

Audi A3 2006 3.2l v6 S-line Quattro  120 miles
I can start my car and even with my foot on accelerater it reavs up and dies instantly?
LNBailey from New Zealand 6 years ago  
LN

Door locks work when they feel like

Audi A3 2003 1.9tdi 5door 19000 miles
Locking on its own opening on its own
Peter murt from Ireland 6 years ago  
PE

Leaking Oil

Audi A3 2005 A3 FSI Hatchback Sport 57600 miles
I noticed oil on floor of garage where car gets parked the other day. Layed a piece of cardboard under car last night. Checked it tonight and there is oil on cardboard.
Horse Girl from New Zealand 6 years ago  
HO
1 report 
Horse Girl from New Zealand 6 years ago
Update on my Audi A3. The cause was new oil filter. So she's all good now. :)
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Scraping from nsr wheel

Audi A3 2011 Hatchback 2litre sline  64000 miles
Have a scraping noise on the nsr wheel when at speeds of 10 to 30 mph after that it's fine plus the noise happens when u turn left or right as well I've had a new wheel bearing done but still I keep getting the noise any help please
Audi4life from United Kingdom 7 years ago  
AU
1 report 
Hailz from New Zealand 5 years ago
Hi did u find out why as I have e same problem
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The engaine juders

Audi A3 2009  53000 miles
I have had knew plugs put in,and still is not running good.
T-bone from United Kingdom 7 years ago  
T-

My car runs bad.

Audi A3 2009  53000 miles
My A3,has started to Juder,and has loss of power,it has knew plugs,one,seems to be car bed.
T-bone from United Kingdom 7 years ago  
T-
1 report 

Dash lights

Audi A3 1997 A3 140000 miles
Dash light go off and no display for mileage or speedometer stops rev counter stops and then it will come up and off again
Faiz from New Zealand 7 years ago  
FA
4 reports 

Warm start issue and engine judder

Audi A3 2009 Manual tdi 50000 miles
My car had full clutch, dmf change mechanic snapped slave cylinder so got another and they carried out work, after car cranks but makes funny noise, always starts cold but not when warm, whole engine judder a around on start up, had new starter still no joy, then 2nd clutch and fly wheel Incase faulty, full diagnostics done only showing glow plug 1 and 3, still no nearer to sorting and £1300 lighter :( please can someone help me thanks Lyn
Lyn1 from United Kingdom 8 years ago  
LY
5 reports 

Warning symbol on the dashboard

Audi A3 1999  122000 miles
One morning, when starting the engine, a kind of whistle was heard and an orange warning symbol appeared, indicating, according to the manual, that the rear stop light was damaged. I replaced the gadget which is similar to a pivot and the rear lights turned on, but occasionally the warning indicator appeared just as well. Today, when starting the engine, the same symbol turned on but now the low beam headlamps are not working. What might be happening? Thanks beforehand for your comments.
bram from United States 8 years ago  
BR
2 reports 

Regulation failure

Audi A3 2007  103000 miles
Help! When driving at really low speeds (less than 6 mph), if I remove the gear and release the clutch, it is hard for the vehicle to maintain regulations at their normal state, starts failing until it stalls. Revolutions raise and drop by themselves. The engine seems to be breaking down until the speed is finally at zero. This is a link to a video where the failure can be appreciated: Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovv74HlwuDM&feature=youtu.be I'll be really glad if you could help me. Thanks.
Benjamin from United States 8 years ago  
BE
1 reply 
ezekiel85 from United States 8 years ago
Try scanning your vehicle. It might be an injection failure.
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Stalls after washing

Audi A3 1998  200000 miles
I bought an audi 1.9 tdi and its problem is that, every time I wash it, it stalls. It remains at 1500 rpm and does not allow me to speed up. After an hour being under the sun, the failure disappears. Does anyone know what the problem might be?
Polly from United States 9 years ago  
PO
1 reply 
eurydice from United States 8 years ago
Check the high pressure pump, the one that feeds the injectors or common rail.
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Starting failure

Audi A3 2004  137458 miles
I try to start the engine but it won't. The fuel pump is heard but there is no way I can start driving my car. Is there any module that cuts the electrical current to the coils?
corky from United States 9 years ago  
CO
6 reports 
samantha from United States 9 years ago
The same is happening to me and I was told it might be the immobilizer.
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Stalls when starting

Audi A3 1998  211000 miles
Hello, I removed one coil to see the oil in the spark plugs and, after setting it back in its place, the car now starts and stalls, and if I accelerate, the idle speed is unstable.
Manoah from United States 9 years ago  
MA
3 reports 

Gear failure

Audi A3 2013  30000 miles
The second gears skids occasionally. I'm about to service it.
jamie from United States 9 years ago  
JA

Powerloss

Audi A3 2009  103000 miles
Suddenly when warm, the turbo lost power and the powerloss indicator turned on. After a week of being like this, the engine failure indicator turned on as well. I've changed the flowmeter but the indicator is still there. I've scanned it but no failure is detected. Has anyone had a similar problem?
Ford from United States 9 years ago  
FO
1 report 
ANA from United States 9 years ago
I had the same problem and it was caused by cinder in the turbo. It was cleaned and nothing has ever happened again for four years.
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Burnt clutch

Audi A3 2012  12000 miles
My car has nine months of usage and 7500 miles. Is it possible that the clutch has already failed? Has this happened to anyone before?
melody from United States 9 years ago  
ME
1 reply 
veda from United States 9 years ago
I would say that your problem has to do with the fact that you drive with the foot on the clutch, causing the damage and further failure at that mileage.
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Starting failure when cold SolvedSolved

Audi A3 2001  142000 miles
No matter what the temperature outside is, nor the place where the car is parked, every time I try to start the engine when cold, it fails the first or two first times I do it. Once it starts, everything works perfectly. Hope you can help me find the solution.
ezekiel85 from United States 9 years ago  
EZ
Rank 1
4 reports 
Solved
Best answer (according to ezekiel85)
ezekiel85 from United States 9 years ago
I found the solution: fuel pump in bad conditions.
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