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Dec
29
2009
The Garage Queen is coming out for the snow again.
The modified Thule 440 and Yakima skiwing rack are working beautifully.
Q7 is still the best looking SUV on the block.
Our reasons for buying the Q7
Pictures taken by my little daughter from the backseat.
behind the tinted glass
The SUV
Happy New Year 2010
Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant starts making noise from the rear brakes, the rotors were shot, there weren't any pad wear indicator. This is how we replaced ours.
The rear brakes are identical on both sides, so this is the passenger side pictures only. Before doing anything, make sure the car jacked up...
Dec
12
2009
One day, all our instrument lights went out and we thought it's the instrument cluster was bad, but they're just burnt bulbs. This is how we replaced them.
A6 Instrument Bulbs Replacment
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant Dome Light Cover hindge broke and it kept dangling on top of our heads, this is how we fixed ours.
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Dec
12
2009
Our Ac controller display went dead. We had to replace the bulb and this is how we did ours.
A6 AC Controller Bulb Replacment
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Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant in a hot day makes hissing sound from the tailgate lock, the vacuum boot cracked, here's how we fixed ours.
A6 Avant Tailgate Vacuum Lock Fix
Cheers,
Thanks to some A6 enthusiasts who had different experience in fixing this problem. Below is another fix from Chang Liu
I fixed my tailgate...
Dec
12
2009
Our A6 Avant temperature sensor doesn't show the temperature sometimes, we replaced ours, and this is how we did ours.
A6 Temperature Sensor Replacement
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Dec
12
2009
Our 96 A6 Avant has the arm rest loose due to the bolt stripping. We took it out and gave it a permanent fix. This is how we did ours.
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
When it's cold, the ignition lock on our 96 A6 was hard to turn, sometimes it totally stuck and refuse to turn at all. We took out the ignition and the shifter units to lubricate them, it's been great since then (5 years ago). This is how we did ours.
Dec
12
2009
Our A8 has warm weather package, therefore, all windows are double for heat isolation, and because of this, none of the GPS receiver works in the car. We had to install an external GPS antenna for our portable Garmin.
Cheers,
Dec
12
2009
We never noticed about the headrests NOT moving up/down although we can hear the motor running when we press the switch. This is how we fixed ours, they do move up/down for many years now.
Headrest Fix Procedure: This is the way I fixed mine, use it at your own risks...
Dec
12
2009
One of the causes of clunking suspension on the A8 is the lower curve arm, this one will cause the noise when going over bump slowly, backing out of the drive way. This is how we fixed ours.
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Dec
12
2009
When our A8 hit 100k miles, the suspension start making clunking noise, one of the cause was from a tie rod end, at least what we thought it was since the rubber boot was torn, this is how we replaced it.
Cheers,
Dec
11
2009
Most old Audis have the CC working intermittenly, our 98 A8 also has the problem, we haven't had time to check into it since we don't use it so often. We accumulated all the links to websites that we stumbled into for our references.