Clean Clogged AC Drain Hose Causing Water Under The Carpet

Water condensation on top of rear AC Duct

While removing the passenger side carpet to disable the MMI Screen motor, I noticed the carpet foam was soaking wet.  Thanks to Audipages post, I removed and cleaned out the AC drain hose. I couldn’t believe there were so much stuff stuck in that little hose. After cleaning it, drove with AC on for about …

Disable Audi A8 D3 MMI Screen Motor

Audi MMI 2G Screen

When the battery’s dying, the MMI screen started to make noise and stopped in the middle while going up. I believe it may be its time to die, so I disable the motor from moving up/down every time we turn off /on the ignition.  I set the switch to off after the MMI screen is …

Replace Audi A8 D3 Battery

EverStart Maxx H8 vs Audi H9 Varta Battery

After 11 years, my 2006 A8L Varta original battery 4E0 915 105 A 850CCA died over a few weeks and it no longer held charge. I bought a battery from Walmart EverStart Maxx H8 with 900CCA to replace it. The H8 is the same size as group 49 which is smaller than the original Varta …

Audi A8 D3 Battery System Failure

The battery has been great for 11 years, it doesn’t seem to hold charge any more. I had an incident of battery failure yesterday after parking the car for about 20 minutes, the car wouldn’t crank and all indicators on the dash was flashing while I tried to start the car. The battery definitely had …

Fix Audi A8 D3 Soft Close Trunk NOT Closing

trunk spring

My 2006 A8L D3 soft close trunk latch stop closing, I could hear the soft close mechanism moving but the latch doesn’t move up to catch the lid latch, hence the trunk doesn’t close itself, it needs a strong slam manually. The soft close latch has a spring to pull the latch up when the …