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Old 04-07-2013, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by parkrog2
Both my left two doors do not soft close. When I approach car; after it sits awhile; I start to open the door and I hear the motor of closer run. Rear door will do the same! Doesn't run after that. Wonder if its a switch or my cable is broken. I don't think its worth replacing unit if cable bad but might try a switch. Any suggestions?
My front two doors don't work any longer so I just disabled it using vcds so it doesn't even attempt to do it. Honestly I think I've used the system a couple of times on the rear doors. I don't see any use for it anyway unless you don't full shut the door on accident. Regardless it would be nice if the feature worked, but since it doesn't; no worries for me.
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Old 04-07-2013, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Brozee
I don't see any use for it anyway unless you don't full shut the door on accident.
My thoughts exactly. In my opinion it is just another useless feature to be broken.
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Mishar! So how do you impress your friends then if you do not have softclose working? It is quite useful for that purpose
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Old 04-08-2013, 06:44 AM
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Don't be silly. They are impressed by the beard far before they are by the car. When it comes to the car open the hood.
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Old 04-08-2013, 08:17 AM
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Coming closer to the age when you impress your friends by being still alive.
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Mishar! Good answer! I have to remember that one!
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Brooze! I'm just teasing Mishar
Personally, I would probably leave that function as "no need to repair" on my list if I would not be able to fix it relatively easy.
But I like his reply very much!
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Old 04-08-2013, 09:35 AM
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I hope I don't have to replace these soft close sensors for a while. They do cost pretty pennies.



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Old 04-08-2013, 09:38 AM
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By the time we finished disabling everything that fails, A8D3 will be A8D2 and less... :-) LOL!!!!

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Originally Posted by ltooz_a6_a8_q7
I hope I don't have to replace these soft close sensors for a while. They do cost pretty pennies.



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HOLY CRAP!
And I thought some of my Audi bills were large....
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