Phil84afc Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Please help? Recently if my 2001 210bhp S3 has been left a while, i.e. over 8 hours it takes about 5 minutes of driving for the speedo to start working?? (stays at 0)but more importantly tonight, a warning light did not go off and its the yellow one by the 20mph writing and it looks a bit like a picture of an engine? It's the only symbol not in my handbook? What is it and what does it mean? Am I fcuked?? Please help, my fellow S3ers!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 The engine light is basically the "Take your car to the mechanic" symbol. IIRC, a constantly blinking "engine" light is worse and I don't think it's safe to drive Regardless, I think you should contact your nearest Audi Center to have it looked at HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 thanks for your advice but do you have any idea as to what it could be? I've only had the car 3 months and this is the first possible problem i've had (never owned an Audi before?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Is the engine misfiring and is there are smell of rotten eggs from the exhaust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 And the speedo not working thing is probably the dashpod on its way out. Its a common problem on S3s and TTs. Did you buy privately or from a dealer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 No weird smells. Still drives absolutely fine. Literally came on about an hour ago when i started the car up and drove home from work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 and I bought it privately. Its only the speedo that does it, nothing else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Where abouts are you? If you scroll up the main page you will see a VAG-COM forum. See if there are any tyresmokers near you with VAG-COM which is a diagnostic tool that will tell you exactly what the problem is. The reason I asked about the smell is that it is one indication that one of the coil packs is on its way out (causes a misfire which upsets the catalytic converter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 just posted a request on that page.... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Phil, Have a look here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Looking now. It's worrying, yet baffling as the car sounds and feels normal... :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnski Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Could be anything mate, my car was like this too and it tunred out to be a temperature sensor, 22quid to replace. As said before get a VAGCOM operator to take a look at it and that will tell you the fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Phil came round early yesterday morning, and the logged fault is: 16885 - Vehicle Speed Sensor: Implausible Signal P0501 - 35-00 - - Unfortunately, a quick scan in ELSAWin didn't bring up any info about changing the sensor. I guess that this could be related to the speedo failing to register, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thanks for your help with finding someone with a vag-com, booster. Much obliged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 No probs fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3Bangs Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hi Mate, As my previous S3 had similar problems, here's my take. My speedo would actually be fine but on three or four occasions, while driving, the speedo dropped to zero for a few minutes for no reason at all At the time, I checked it with VAG COM and the error code was exactly the same as found by Peter for you. I took it into Audi but as the fault wasn't obvious, though the error code was still there, they couldn't do anything. It happened a few times afterwards so I did some investigations of my own. Now, (I hope I explain this right..a picture would have been better but I dont have the car anymore) standing in front of the engine bay, just towards the right part of the engine. I'd say to the left of the airbox on the engine block itself below, is a silvery painted little rectangular heatshield thingy. Inside this is the vehicle speed sensor. In my own case, the clip wasn't seated properly. I took it out (quite fiddly) using a tiny flat screwdriver and reseated it. Fortunately, the problem never occured again. Try this. If it doesn't work, it might be the next sensor along the line, apparently its near the clutch (So the Techies said to me at the time). If this be the case, a visit to your local friendly dealers is on the cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil84afc Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thanks a lot buddy - I'll check tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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