Why Do the Electrics Suck in these cars???

[A4Zilla]

Maybe it is black. I guess the blue refelction was throwing me off, and yellow bulbs last night. Just the first B5 I was ever in was when I was 18 in France. This guy had a beautiful Hunter Green with Black leather. Don't get me wrong I love my silver and black. But man that Green was sooooo nice.

[mandoh]

yea, i was at the boardwalk last night and i saw a green A4 w/ blk rims and chrome lip. looked really nice. he raced me and he lost, hehe. but i do admit it was a sexy car.

[mattb]

my coupe e has a nightmare at times. at first batery life died a lot. but found that if you replace bulbs and other missing light bulbs interior bonet etc it should sort a problem out. even though i replaced the bonet light it still dosent work.
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when im travelin with my lights on at night i find the battery gage goes down from 13v- 12v. not mutch but when u have a amp and seriously loud sound system on at same time it certainly feels a drain. now my drivers window dosent work. always some thing 2 do.

the other thing could b your leads / cheak your fuses / alternater / one of the belts may b loose.,
hope u sort it out , good luck mate

mattb

[B5RyGuy]

Thanks Matt... All signs point to battery, and now I’m going to have to replace my window switches I am 98% sure the draw is coming from there b/c the auto down switch on the front 2 windows seem to stick and look burnt out…

[puzzleswithoutpictures]

Yes, German cars have electrical problems. Anyone who tells you otherwise is crazy. An agent working for the Audi Service Dept told me, "Audi's are German cars, they have electrical problems."

Thanks for telling me that AFTER I sink $23k into a car that's always in the shop.