Why Do the Electrics Suck in these cars???

[B5RyGuy]

Ok, I got in My Car Yesterday and it starts up with no problem. I get in it this morning and it struggles I hear a few clicks light blink then it kicks over. Now my windows dont work and I need to find my radio code. This sucks...

My brothers 99 2.8 had this same problem, however we never really found out what it was because 2 days later he wrapped it around a lamppost.

I know these cars have electrical issues but nothing was left on and the battery is like brand new... Perhaps I just got a bad cell and I need to get another new battery or worst case an alternator.

If anyone knows if this happens due to other circumstances i.e. more complicated issues; please let me know…

[Randomjim]

Ive never heard of electrical problems on an Audi before. Italian cars sure but not German ones.

[T-sport]

I agree its the French cars that have electrical gremlins not German

[mandoh]

all i can say is check u'r fuses

[RickT]

get a meter on your battery and take a reading... fire it up and check the reading to ensure its jumpup to prove the alternator is charging the battery..

Rickt

[B5RyGuy]

My fam has owned lots of German cars... Our BMW was a wealth of electrical problems and was recalled twice for shorts. So saying they never happen on German cars is a blanket statement and doesn’t really help, and considering my dash is lit up like a Christmas tree right now is evidence enough which proves to me that there is some sort of fault in the power source.

I really just hope it is the battery or something easy to solve. What leads me to believe it is not mechanical is the fact I have had it in the shop on a lift 4 time in the past 2 weeks and it has been tuned up, oil & Filter changed new coil installed, new pulleys installed plus diagnostics all came out mint. So I guess I’m just taken by surprise since this came out of nowhere…

Never the less we will find out next week so stay tuned I’ll keep you guys updated.

[B5RyGuy]

Thanks Rick...Will do

[A4Zilla]

I believe your Battery is dying. The same thing has happened to me before on both a Jetta and a Mercedes. It is a bit weird because you will be able to power the internal lights, and the car tries to start. But it is just underpowered. Either the connection is bad or the battery is about to die. Should be an easy fix.

[A4Zilla]

BTW...

What year and what did they call that color. That is an amazing shade of Green. I have been after an A4 wit that green. Green on black. So nice. I have a silver 99.5, but I will happily trade for a green one. WOW.

And believe me my silver A4 was well kept. only 56k on her now. I love it. But I love green better.

[B5RyGuy]

Car Is Brilliant Black 01... I think it looks green in the photo because I took the pic by the ocean. Looks black on my screen you may have to adjust your monitor settings... I think i know what your talking about though they made this arctic gray color it looked like a dark green sometimes.

As for the battery: I put it on the charger and it kicked right over... still strange though since i only bought that one in May when i first got the car. The problem is still causing shorts in my window buttons and my cd changer. I don’t know if it will be permanent but it seems tat the system took some sort of shock to reverse the polarity that way.