Tips and tricks......for your audi
 

Press and hold the menu button.... till you get to the Nav/ Radio or something menu and turn it all the way to zero and press the button again the system has been De-Bosed. Bass is louder

Window Pinch:
Press and hold the window up for 5 sec, press down instantly to open window all the way and hold for 5 seconds while its down and instantly close again and hold all the way to the top Pinch control is now learned!

Throttle Body Alignment:
put the key and put it into the position just before the starter turns (do not start the car) push the gas peddle all the way wait 3 seconds and turn the key all the way back but do not take it out, now release the gas peddle and wait 2 minutes! remove key than put it back in and start the car! you should notice a better response while pressing the gas do this once every few weeks!

Reversing passenger mirror fold down:
Put the control (on the driver door for your side view mirrors) onto the passenger mirror position put the car in reverse, window tilts down and shows you the curb! (this only works on some models like the 3.0 not sure of what year of 1.8t)

Storage underneath the steering wheel!

Storage under the driver and passenger seats!

Telescopic steering wheel on most models, the steering wheel has a little arm underneath push it downward and pull your wheel towards you or push away from you! Most models have this!!!

Turning the sunroof handle all the way and holding it there till the sunroof goes all the way back and tucks in even the last 2 inches and is completly inside the roof!

Push the sunroof handle upwards to tilt the window and open it only as a tilt!

Sun blocker above the rear view mirror!

Turn on and off the instrument display by pressing the reset button twice

Turn the key inside the driver door one way and hold all windows come down, and the other way all windows go up!

Climate control:
Holde the auto button on the driver side for 4 seconds and release now you can control both climate temps. with the driver side! to re do to normal position just press the passenger +,- to change back to dual change!

When the car is unlocked stick your hand where you usually open the trunk it will unlock and open automatically by pushing the handle underneath!

When you open the spare tire compartment the handle hooks directly onto your trunk and you dont have to hold it open!

turn on the radio and press and hold the menu for 5 secs and a bunch of options will appear you can switch in between them by pressing menu again!

Independent fog lights:
Switch the country setting to Canada using VAG-com!

Illuminated blinkers when the car is locked and off:
Ever parked in a dark place for a few minutes but scared that someone might not see your car? Press the blinker to the left or to the right depending what side you want illuminated and lock the car this will not drain the battery all that much but dont leave it on all the time useful for a few hours!!

Using VAG-COM you can program it so the windows go up and down with the remote lock unlock!

Using VAG-COM you can program so the car locks at 10mph!

To turn on fogs and lights at the same time turn the handdle all the way and than pull it towards you all the way out all lights should be on now!

when you spray the washer fluid and after 3 wipes the forth one kicks in after a few seconds to disable that fourth wipe while the first three are in progress press the handle downwards and the fourth one will cancel!

That is it for me guys Let me know if i Missed some I am sure I did cant think right now there are too many of them! GOOD LUCK!! and enjoy!! Happy holidays!!!

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Sweet! Nice info to know. Do these work on a 01 1.8T?

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Try it they should

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Tried the throttle body trick and it worked! So did my windows which will be soooooo convenient this summer.

Thanks for the thread!:thumb:

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Can the Window Pinch work on any car, or Audis only? I have one that is non-audi and my windows stick bad, to the point I almost want to sell my car. :(

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mosman, not to be rude or anything and dont take me the wrong way....but you are on audiforum.ca You can try the other car but I highly doubt that it will work

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What is VAG-COM?

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It is a very powerful tool used to diagnose our cars and it is sold here
ross-tech.com more info on it on the website as well. you can really mess up your car if you dont know what you are doing

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yeah... you really need to know what not to touch while in thurrr... lol

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On my 2001 s4 If i hold the unlock down on the remote my windows will go down, and lock they go up, neat trick as your walking to the car ;-)

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i'm going out now to try the throttle response trick, anyone know if i can turn off my day time runners with vag-com? my vw, the runners turn off with the handbreak, but when i want to keep the car running, without the day time runners, i cant, so when i park the car get's cold etc.

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THANKS to whoever made this a sticky I will update as I go along just didnt have time to remember all the things....hopefully it helped you guys out a lot

Yes you can, change the Country coding to USA and they will stay off until you turn them on manually. But this will get you pulled over and you might get a ticket. Canadian law states that we have to have DRL (daytime runing lights) on any car built after 1998??? Not sure if that is the exact year but around there somewhere

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If you want to sit in the car and listen to the radio, do you have to turn the ignition switch to the point your DRLs come on?

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Listeningn to music isnt the problem, the radio turns on but the heat and such doesnt when the car is off.

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you dont even have to have the key in the ignition to turn the radio on! It stays on for an hour and automatically shuts off

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mine turn off right after I remove the key but if I press on the volum again it will come back

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I cant seem to get the throttle trick going, i tried calibrating it with the pedal half way just to see if it responded any different, and it didnt do anything. am i supposed to turn the key to the start position and not press the clutch>? is this only for tip cars?

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it isnt for tip cars only! Do not press the clutch, but turn the key to the start position where it is only illuminating the dash,(before the starter turns) and then follow the procedure but make sure that you push the gas peddle all the way down as in our cars there is an extra inch of gas when after you assume it is pusshed in all the way

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any idea if you can turn off the annoying buzzer when you open the driver's door when the car is running?

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Its is possible to stop the annoying beeper that tells you that you need gaz or windshield washer everytime you start the car? I have an A4 2002 1.8t Quattro automatic...it REALLY gets annoying, please help!!!!

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yeah there is............................ FILL IT UP! It's not there just as a reminder it means you actually need this stuff. Okay washer fluid I can see beeing annoying but the gas one not so much... because the lower your fuel the harder the pump works, the life of the pump is then compromised by you being lazy. So if I were you I fuel up anytime I pass the regular gas station or dont get it below the 1/4 level.

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AMEN.............. I was thinking the same thing, I was also Thinkin the same thing for the door buzzer....

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Storage under steering wheel? Everything flies out when you hit the gas!

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It's at an angle so its very hard for me to picture it flying out but hey sh!t happens, and it is usually meant for your owners manual and it has never flown out on me

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I think the A6 storage is pretty flat, but when you open up the 4.2 everything loose in the car is gone to the back. Good excuse to keep a clean car!

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Must say this is a very good and helpful thread. Thanks

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There is also one more, Turn on and off the instrument display by pressing the reset button twice

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^ hmmm didn't know about that one... good add

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I'm in the GTA, is there some place where I can go to the VAG COM done and change some settings?

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I can do it for you, I am in Mississauga. e-mail me "thirdlmnt@yahoo.ca"
Let me know what settings you want to change too.

K.

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Thanks Thirdelement,

I'm not sure if I want to do it yet, but I will def. take you up on the offer when make my decision of what I want to change.

Can it be switched back to stock for wierd reason if I want later on?

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Sure the settings can be just changed to what they were. What setings were you thinking of changing?

K.

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I was thinking of just changing the beeping when the seat belt is not on and I'm just sittign in the car. I'm not worried about eh window thing yet.

Is there a list of what can be done? I read that people are doing this and that but if there an offical list or something?

Also, I'll make sure your time is compensated.

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There are a few things you can turn on and off.. Go to Diagnostic Procedures - Ross-Tech Wiki
to see a list of things that can be turned on and off.

Let me know when and what you're interested in doing to the car. What year/model car is it ? What engine?

K.

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I'll check that out. Thanks.

I have a 2008 A4 2.0T Avant (B7 platform) Quattro

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Ok, let me know.. BTW Nice car. I love the 2.0T FSI engine.

K.

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any idea of how to program the + and - buttons on the steering wheel?
thankx in advance

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You need a vag-com to change the setting to enable the buttons :D i they are enabled then I dont know what you mean

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if i press the + button i figured it would turn up the volume, but apperantly they dont work!, i just got the car 2 days ago and i was told that i have to program the buttons, i looked for an online downloadable manual but got no luck, i need help:confused:, by the way thanks for the tips and tricks, very helpful!