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2009 Audi A4 MMI shows empy bar for the oil monitoring, whats going on??

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Old 12-13-2012, 12:06 AM
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Default 2009 Audi A4 MMI shows empy bar for the oil monitoring, whats going on??

It showed about 25% of the bar of the oil indicator on the MMI before I took it to my buddies house. He popped the hood and opened the cap where you put in the oil to show me where it goes or how he does it on his BMW. Well after that, I checked few hours later and it showed "no currently oil level is available at this time". I read through the threads and did the reset where you run the car with the gauge about half point, then turn off the engine for 2 minutes, and then turn on the car without the engine to get the MMI to read the oil level indicator again. Now the MMI shows the bar but it shows completely empty?? I've only driven this car for about 700 miles (bought it with 42900 miles on it).

The low oil indicator has not come on either. I have a scheduled to see the dealership on Saturday but this is getting ridiculous. I'm not sure if it's even safe to drive the car right now or if I should add oil in it myself. Any advice or sharing this experience would be appreciated.
 
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Old 12-14-2012, 03:15 AM
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Manual oil dipstick is the best way to be sure, but as rule of thumb the oil level between 0% and 100% is about 1 liter of oil (pretty much on all Audis and VW, etc..). This also applies the manual oil dipsticks, the range in there is also 1 liter of oil. So the display is not really the full capacity which is higher. In that sense it's fine to drive, but you can top-up the oil easily. Add ie. 0.25 liters and see if it has any effect.
 
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Old 07-12-2013, 12:27 PM
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I know it's been quite awhile since you posted this but did you ever figure it out? I had the same thing happen with my '09 A4 a few months ago. No indicator light but it said I was at 0% oil. Took it to the dealership and it turns out the computer was not giving an accurate reading and there was infact, plenty of oil.
I've been meaning to get a manual dipstick to be able to check it myself but still haven't gotten one.
 
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