alexloncaric

I’ve had a week of hell, seems like everything broke, and now my wife’s Q5 is not working for her.

The car displays “steering defective do not drive”

I thought it was a battery issue, and jumpstarted it and everything was good.

We replaced the battery and I thought the problem was solved.

Then it happened again, I was able to jump start it again but now I don’t know what is going on. Here are the error codes, thanks to my vag-com.

Any help on to where to start would help a lot.

4527 - Coolant Fan Control Circuit 1

P0480 00 [032] - Electrical Malfunction

Intermittent - Not Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00000001

Fault Priority: 2

Fault Frequency: 9

Mileage: 37285 km

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:45:55



Engine speed: 0.00 /min

Normed load value: 0.0 %

Vehicle speed: 0 km/h

Coolant temperature: 97 °C

Intake air temperature: 17 °C

Ambient air pressure: 980 mbar

Voltage terminal 30: 11.661 V

Unlearning counter according OBD: 38

CAN status - engine control module-Bits 0-7: 0

CAN status - transmission control module-Bits 0-7: 0

CAN status - brake control module 1-Bits 0-7: 0

CAN status - brake control module 2-Bits 0-7: 0

selected gear-Bits 0-7: 0

Cruise control switch actuation-Bits 0-7: 0

Cruise control switch actuation-Bits 0-7: 0

4531 - Fan 1 Control Circuit

P0691 00 [032] - Short to GND

Intermittent - Not Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00000001

Fault Priority: 2

Fault Frequency: 3

Mileage: 37285 km

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:46:23



Engine speed: 0.00 /min

Normed load value: 0.0 %

Vehicle speed: 0 km/h

Coolant temperature: 97 °C

Intake air temperature: 18 °C

Ambient air pressure: 980 mbar

Voltage terminal 30: 12.015 V

Unlearning counter according OBD: 38

CAN status - engine control module-Bits 0-7: 0

CAN status - transmission control module-Bits 0-7: 0

CAN status - brake control module 1-Bits 0-7: 0

CAN status - brake control module 2-Bits 0-7: 0

selected gear-Bits 0-7: 0

Cruise control switch actuation-Bits 0-7: 0

Cruise control switch actuation-Bits 0-7: 0



5456 - Starter Will Not Turn

P3054 00 [096] - Jammed or Electrical Malfunction

Intermittent - Not Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00000001

Fault Priority: 2

Fault Frequency: 1

Mileage: 37285 km

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:45:55



Engine speed: 0.00 /min

Normed load value: 0.0 %

Vehicle speed: 0 km/h

Coolant temperature: 97 °C

Intake air temperature: 17 °C

Ambient air pressure: 980 mbar

Voltage terminal 30: 11.661 V

Unlearning counter according OBD: 38

Engine status: COENG_READY

Engine status-Test_Program_Co Eng st COMPU VERB UBYTE: 1



4629 - ECM Power Relay Load Circuit

P068A 00 [040] - Opens Too Early

Intermittent - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00000001

Fault Priority: 2

Fault Frequency: 1

Date: 2000.00.00

Time: 00:00:00



Engine speed: 0.00 /min

Normed load value: 0.0 %

Vehicle speed: 255 km/h

Coolant temperature: 15 °C

Intake air temperature: 14 °C

Ambient air pressure: 980 mbar

Voltage terminal 30: 12.156 V

Unlearning counter according OBD: 40

Engine status: COENG_STANDBY

Engine status-Test_Program_Co Eng st COMPU VERB UBYTE: 0



Readiness: 0000 0100

2 Faults Found:

01309 - Power Steering Control Module (J500)

004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00100100

Fault Priority: 6

Fault Frequency: 7

Reset counter: 252

Mileage: 37285 km

Time Indication: 0

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:45:55



Freeze Frame:

Hex Value: 0x00C0

Hex Value: 0x0702

Hex Value: 0x120C

Hex Value: 0xE397

Hex Value: 0x0000



01044 - Control Module Incorrectly Coded

000 - - - Intermittent

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00100000

Fault Priority: 3

Fault Frequency: 5

Reset counter: 252

Mileage: 37285 km

Time Indication: 0

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 12:02:00



Freeze Frame:

Hex Value: 0x00C0

Hex Value: 0x0782

Hex Value: 0x0015

Hex Value: 0x1094

Hex Value: 0x0000

01309 - Power Steering Control Module (J500)

004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00100100

Fault Priority: 6

Fault Frequency: 1

Reset counter: 252

Mileage: 37285 km

Time Indication: 0

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:46:23

01309 - Power Steering Control Module (J500)

004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00100100

Fault Priority: 6

Fault Frequency: 2

Reset counter: 252

Mileage: 37285 km

Time Indication: 0

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:45:57

01309 - Power Steering Control Module (J500)

004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00100100

Fault Priority: 2

Fault Frequency: 1

Reset counter: 252

Mileage: 37285 km

Time Indication: 0

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:45:56



Freeze Frame:

Bin. Bits: 10011

Voltage: 12.10 V

Count: 6

Bin. Bits: 10000

Time: 0.40 s



02252 - Generator

004 - No Signal/Communication - Intermittent

Freeze Frame:

Fault Status: 00100100

Fault Priority: 2

Fault Frequency: 2

Reset counter: 252

Mileage: 37285 km

Time Indication: 0

Date: 2020.01.17

Time: 11:47:02



Freeze Frame:

Bin. Bits: 10111

Voltage: 12.10 V

Count: 6

Bin. Bits: 10000

newaudiguyq5

Hello,

This just happened to me last night and you may want to look at these threads as well:

1. https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-...ilure-2896481/
2. https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-...ilure-2972881/

My dealer doesn't open until tomorrow so I wont have any new information until then. I'm going to copy and paste a post from the second link I posted above:

I plan on filing a complaint once I have more information.

alexloncaric

I took it into Audi and they have no answers for me. Please help.
(I ended up with a $160 car wash)

markcm

Did you resolve this issue?

spijun

Maybe this will help you
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-.../#post25600147

mcakmak

having the same exact issue with the same codes. Audi service replaced the battery but the issue persists. Does anyone know what can cause this?

detienne87

Just had this happen to me. Currently in the shop being fixed. Around $3900 like most people have said. I did receive the extended warranty letter back in June 2021 and even attached that as evidence in my reimbursement submission. Just received an email back from Audi saying that repairs had to be completed BEFORE June 2021. Is this correct? My vehicle is still under the extended warranty limits so I have a hard time believing this. What's the point of the extended warranty then?

silver_tt

What year is your vehicle and what mileage? Did you read the letter that spijun posted a link of above? It has the letter in PDF format and says 10 years or 125,000 miles from the vehicles original in service date. What is the year and/or manufacturer date of your vehicle?

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/q5-...etter-3020585/

detienne87

2014 and 88,000. That's the exact same letter I received. That's sort of my question. My vehicle is clearly within the parameters of the extended warranty so why would someone from Audi tell me any repairs needed to be completed before June 2021?

silver_tt

I don't know, you should push Audi to answer that question for you. I have a 2014 also and it was manufactured in 02/14, some may have been made in late 2013. I would ask them to answer the question or call Audi of America if you don't feel like you're getting the answers you deserve. You should be under warranty as far as I understand it.