I just had 4 new tires put on my car at a foreignauto shop.I had the tires mounted and balanced and then a 4 wheel alignment and then after a phone call was told I needed a new tie rod assemblyon the frontpassenger side because it wasfrozen. After paying over 800 for all of thisservice I picked my car up and drove down the road and aside from the steering wheel not being aligned with the tires, I had a real lag in power and the suspension light, ABS and ESP lights came on when I tried to accelerate and have the turbo's kick in.

I didn't have this problem before I took it to the shop.Needless to say I phoned them and told them to expect me in a few minutes and then made a U turn and took it right back. They have had my car now for 3 days and still have no answers for me.

HELP!

2004 Audi Allroad / 2.7T
Arlington, VA

 

when you jack all the wheels of the ground the system has to be reset ( nothing wrong ) but the fitter should know ( VAG ).

 

Shop saysthattheyhave reset system and are still having same problem during test drive. Any other ideas?

 

Like i said in the other post, its probably the abs control unit, if they are having problems communicating with the brake electronics the control unit is bad. Its a pretty pricey repair too.

 

The steering angle sensor is not aligned properly. This causes the esp to kick in in an attempt to correct the difference in the steering versus actual vehicle travel. Have the basic setting for the steering angle sensor set.

 

That can only happen if the tech removed the steering wheel and moved it a couple of teeth, which would make him a complete hack, i hope he didn't do that.

 

Or if they aligned the car without having the steering wheel centered. Considering he says that the wheel is off when the car drives straight.....

 

Most likely Throttle body boot is torn. Check the bottom for cracks. Look at it really good take it off if you have to and check.