All these problems started a little more than a month ago. I've had my 2009 A4 for almost 2 years now and haven't had any major problems. But then about a month ago, my car started dying and I searched around the forums and came to the conclusion that it was just the battery. On February 3rd I brought my car in to a reputable local 3rd party shop and they changed the battery no problem. The car was good for about 2-3 days then it wouldn't start again, so I guess it was the alternator and wanted to get it checked at my O'Reilly's, they tested it and said everything was fine. So then I brought the car back in to the shop that installed my battery and they said they didn't code it into the MMI correctly so they just did it again. I get the car back and it's good for another couple days and then again, it just dies so I jump the car every time.
**The weird thing about when I jump it is I don't even need to have the other car turned on. Right when the jumper cables hit my jumping points, the car will start immediately after. **
I bring it in again every 2-3 days consistently for the next couple weeks, they tell me they can't really come to a set conclusion but think it has to do with a short and not anything drawing power and that I should just bring it into Audi.
I was going to bring my car in anyway to fix an oil leak so on February 20th I brought it in to Audi, they said they'll check it out after they do the oil stuff and should have my car back at the end of the day. Well at the end of the day they say they couldn't get to it and they'll check it out Tuesday. At the end of Tuesday they said they still can't find anything and will need it for another day. It continues until Thursday when they say they're going to monitor the car to see if anything is drawing power. Friday morning hits and they say they found power was drawing from the amplifier and they just hard power reset it and it was no longer drawing. I come on Friday around 5 to pickup my car and it's fine.
That is until this past Wednesday when it wouldn't start in the morning. Again I jump it, and now everything is back to just how it was a month ago. The car was back except one thing I noticed was the 12V sockets in both the console and front part of the car were not working for both Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, I took out the fuses, they looked fine so I just put them back in and they worked. The car is fine until last night when I was trying to go to the gym, it wouldn't start again. I jumped it once again without even turning on the other car, the car starts right up when I just connect the cables. I seriously have no idea what the problem could be, possibly a short? But I do not want to bring my car back into Audi and have them keep it for another week.
Another thing that was reoccurring is that the radio has been cutting out every couple seconds. I have videos of the radio and also of me trying to start it which was just a long clicking sound.
I was just wondering if any of you guys had any ideas, I really just want a solution. Sorry for the long narrative but I wanted to go in detail on what was happening.
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