Hi everyone,
I am new on here as I only brought my 2001 A2 SE a few weeks ago - so please be kind to me
I am loving driving the car, but there are a few little niggles I was hoping to get a bit of advice on please. I am a little embarrassed to say that I have no knowledge of the complex workings of a car, so when something goes wrong I am completely lost on what to do. I have already done a bit of searching on other threads, put could not find something that had all the problems I have and, as I am not sure if they are related, thought I would start a new thread.
First of all, the previous owner had mentioned that in the past the battery has gone flat after a few days if not used - I haven't experienced this yet but I think I have driven it most days. There is also a constant clicking/ticking noise - I say constant as you can hear it even when the car is not running (even when the car has been left overnight I can hear it before I start the engine the next day). It's pretty quiet and a little bit hard to tell where it is coming from - but I'd say it seems like its probably coming from around the area of the stereo/possibly glove box on passenger side - I thought it may be something to do with the heaters? Also, since I have had it the back doors don't lock with the fob - not a huge problem and I have been locking them manually when needed.
This morning the central locking would not work at all from the key fob - so I had to use the key in the lock to lock/unlock the front doors. I know that this may simply be that the battery is dead in the fob so I need to look at replacing that BUT the electric windows also stopped working - so it's making me wonder if the two are connected? Or in fact, if all of the things that I have mentioned are connected?
Given what the previous owner said, could it be that I need to replace the battery? Or does it sound like something I am going to need to get an expert to look into?
The car drove absolutely fine this morning (although I only drove a few miles) but I am now a bit worried about driving it again in case something is happening with the electrics and it breaks down on me! Of all of the faults, the one that I really want to resolve quickest is the electric windows - I have really bad visibility pulling off of my driveway so I also rely on listening out for approaching traffic - which I was unable to do this morning because I could not open the windows!
I hope I have provided enough information for people to be able to offer me some suggestions but please let me know if I need to provide any extra info!
Thanks so much for reading and trying to help.
I am new on here as I only brought my 2001 A2 SE a few weeks ago - so please be kind to me
I am loving driving the car, but there are a few little niggles I was hoping to get a bit of advice on please. I am a little embarrassed to say that I have no knowledge of the complex workings of a car, so when something goes wrong I am completely lost on what to do. I have already done a bit of searching on other threads, put could not find something that had all the problems I have and, as I am not sure if they are related, thought I would start a new thread.
First of all, the previous owner had mentioned that in the past the battery has gone flat after a few days if not used - I haven't experienced this yet but I think I have driven it most days. There is also a constant clicking/ticking noise - I say constant as you can hear it even when the car is not running (even when the car has been left overnight I can hear it before I start the engine the next day). It's pretty quiet and a little bit hard to tell where it is coming from - but I'd say it seems like its probably coming from around the area of the stereo/possibly glove box on passenger side - I thought it may be something to do with the heaters? Also, since I have had it the back doors don't lock with the fob - not a huge problem and I have been locking them manually when needed.
This morning the central locking would not work at all from the key fob - so I had to use the key in the lock to lock/unlock the front doors. I know that this may simply be that the battery is dead in the fob so I need to look at replacing that BUT the electric windows also stopped working - so it's making me wonder if the two are connected? Or in fact, if all of the things that I have mentioned are connected?
Given what the previous owner said, could it be that I need to replace the battery? Or does it sound like something I am going to need to get an expert to look into?
The car drove absolutely fine this morning (although I only drove a few miles) but I am now a bit worried about driving it again in case something is happening with the electrics and it breaks down on me! Of all of the faults, the one that I really want to resolve quickest is the electric windows - I have really bad visibility pulling off of my driveway so I also rely on listening out for approaching traffic - which I was unable to do this morning because I could not open the windows!
I hope I have provided enough information for people to be able to offer me some suggestions but please let me know if I need to provide any extra info!
Thanks so much for reading and trying to help.