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Things don't seem to add up here. Not saying the OP isn't correct in his observation of events, its just having an electrical problem that leaves the car partially powered followed immediately with a mechanical failure of the manual door release doesn't add up. In my career as a business machine repairman I've seen problems that baffled the mind but made sense once solved.
Anyway, my first thought is that power to the front fuse panel may have been lost. You mentioned having repair work done to the engine, perhaps the mechanic left something loose, like the main power cable from the back, or partly dislodged the fuse panel. The whole fuse panel simply unplugs from its mounting base. That's what the 2 lock levers are for. That might also cause other problems you've mentioned, caused perhaps by an intermittent electrical connection.
Good luck with this repair and let us know what the dealer says was wrong. We'd all like to know.
Anyway, my first thought is that power to the front fuse panel may have been lost. You mentioned having repair work done to the engine, perhaps the mechanic left something loose, like the main power cable from the back, or partly dislodged the fuse panel. The whole fuse panel simply unplugs from its mounting base. That's what the 2 lock levers are for. That might also cause other problems you've mentioned, caused perhaps by an intermittent electrical connection.
Good luck with this repair and let us know what the dealer says was wrong. We'd all like to know.
Even though the engine failed, should the electronics in the car still work? I was left baffled as to how could something like that happen.
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OP, do yourself a favor and don't put any stock in anything this guy posts.
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Yup true, many many blown motors in 2014. In fact Car and Driver had two blow on them. Here is one of my friends cars. Blew to smithereens with 7k on the clock, Go ahead PM him Forum member Mango727. It's old news.
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If you have an A8 as I have, a bad torque converter caused my jerkiness, poor shifting, shuddering and bad gas mileage. All this went away with my new torque converter.
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When the manual latch pulled, you should just push on the door. Pushing on the release button does nothing.
It was my first time pulling that lever. I pulled it, then I think I heard a clunk then the door released from the lock but when I go to push the door button or the door itself, the door wouldnt open. Maybe I didnt pull it right or something but Im not trying to troll here.
Well, thankfully it happened in a residential area and not the interstate. Will most definitely post up the service receipt when I get the car back.
Even though the engine failed, should the electronics in the car still work? I was left baffled as to how could something like that happen.
Well, thankfully it happened in a residential area and not the interstate. Will most definitely post up the service receipt when I get the car back.
Even though the engine failed, should the electronics in the car still work? I was left baffled as to how could something like that happen.
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No? Didn't think so.
The three you refer to above aren't "many, many" out of 37,000. That's 0.008%, or 8 thousandths of one percent. Yeah, that's a HUGE problem.
Based on this and your A8 rants you obviously flunked first year statistics.
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Funny thing about that was, I told the service lady that but all they did was update the software to the trans. There are no more park to 1st hard shifts anymore but put it into reverse, it jerks and it shifts rough when driving normally. Will call them today to tell them about the trans while the car is still there.
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If the window doesn't index, opening the door may take a pretty good push to get out.
I'd definitely try the emergency release again and this time push it with conviction.
Elmer
I'd definitely try the emergency release again and this time push it with conviction.
Elmer
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They sold about 37,000 C7s in 2014. Got any stats, with source, for how many "blown" engines there were the first year?
No? Didn't think so.
The three you refer to above aren't "many, many" out of 37,000. That's 0.008%, or 8 thousandths of one percent. Yeah, that's a HUGE problem. Based on this and your A8 rants you obviously flunked first year statistics.
No? Didn't think so.
The three you refer to above aren't "many, many" out of 37,000. That's 0.008%, or 8 thousandths of one percent. Yeah, that's a HUGE problem.
Based on this and your A8 rants you obviously flunked first year statistics.http://www.autoevolution.com/news/c7...deo-97115.html
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No, i would think the trans/mileage issues are not related to your car crapping out, that is something else.
The fact that the car completely shut down, wouldn't even give you ACC power when you pressed start button, yet you still had power from the battery sounds to me like a massive failure of the ECM or the BUS communication system between all of the modules. It doesn't really sound like a mechanical problem to me.
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Sweetheart do your homework before spewing your crap. Many engine replacements listed on this Forum. Click below.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/c7...deo-97115.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/c7...deo-97115.html
Yup, another website that links back here, with no numbers of "blown" engines or source of information provided. That might be called "homework" where you come from, but not in my world. It's meaningless drivel with no statistical validity whatsoever. Try again.
Once you come up with a real number let's do the math to calculate the % of "blown" engines. It's easy math. Then we'll see if it's the huge problem you seem to think or if it constitutes "many, many" or not.
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I meant PUSH the door outward with force, not push the lever. I thought my information was pretty specific as I said, "opening the door may take a pretty good push". I say this because the window might be pressing up against the rubber gasket if it does not "index". The lever also needs to come up pretty far to get the door to open.
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No, i would think the trans/mileage issues are not related to your car crapping out, that is something else.
The fact that the car completely shut down, wouldn't even give you ACC power when you pressed start button, yet you still had power from the battery sounds to me like a massive failure of the ECM or the BUS communication system between all of the modules. It doesn't really sound like a mechanical problem to me.
The fact that the car completely shut down, wouldn't even give you ACC power when you pressed start button, yet you still had power from the battery sounds to me like a massive failure of the ECM or the BUS communication system between all of the modules. It doesn't really sound like a mechanical problem to me.
I meant PUSH the door outward with force, not push the lever. I thought my information was pretty specific as I said, "opening the door may take a pretty good push". I say this because the window might be pressing up against the rubber gasket if it does not "index". The lever also needs to come up pretty far to get the door to open.
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They sold about 37,000 C7s in 2014. Got any stats, with source, for how many "blown" engines there were the first year?
No? Didn't think so.
The three you refer to above aren't "many, many" out of 37,000. That's 0.008%, or 8 thousandths of one percent. Yeah, that's a HUGE problem. Based on this and your A8 rants you obviously flunked first year statistics.
No? Didn't think so.
The three you refer to above aren't "many, many" out of 37,000. That's 0.008%, or 8 thousandths of one percent. Yeah, that's a HUGE problem.
Based on this and your A8 rants you obviously flunked first year statistics.
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I just hate to see rumors, speculation and conjecture passed along as fact here, which is unfortunately not unique to this forum. 
