Fix your Audi's Volume Knob at home! Cheap!

Another fast, cheap, & easy DIY for you guys that a lot of you requested after I posted my Start button replacement video.
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[@Murphman74]

Omg. Been living with this problem for a year. Never would have imagined it would be such an easy fix.

[@AudiC7Owners]

Let me know how it works for you!

[@Murphman74]

Worked great! Kids will be so happy they can fiddle with volume again.

[@ags_1905]

Wow! Just fixed my car's volume button doing exactly what you did. Thank you!

[@edquan2542]

I have that problem with my car. I took it to Audi dealer to have it fix in one of the 10,000 mile services. They told me they needed to change the MMI. For almost 2K ($, not pesos) that the dealer was charging to fix it, I decided to live with it. Three years later I saw your video. Bought the spray and now the knob is working like new. It took 2 minutes of my time. Thank you so much.

[@robertdaone]

Yep that's the stealership for you.

[@sergeshkolniy9172]

Just did this today on my 2016 RS7 ,my volume knob was driving me crazy ,picked up exact same cleaner at walmart for $7 ,used compressed air in a can to blowout any dust and debri and this spray after , knob is working perfect again . Thank you!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Awesome! Glad we are out here helping RS owners save some coin! 😂

[@Hivydar]

This actually worked! I’m so happy rn I’ve had this car for 2 years now, I asked Audi they said $1k to replace the entire MMI? I’m a subscriber now

[@AudiC7Owners]

Thank you! Happy it could help 🤘🏼

[@steveluppino6486]

Just did this to my A6 volume knob. Worked like a charm. THANKS

[@AudiC7Owners]

Happy to help!

[@equinoxpowercleaning]

just bought a used 2016 a6 & have watched hours of ur videos. youre a life saver! my car doesnt even have any problems yet, but theyll come & ill be ready 🙏

[@AudiC7Owners]

Welcome to the channel!

[@lloydmerrill]

THANKS! This worked great on my 2014 - A6. I used Deoxit cleaner. It took a few minutes of turning the knob backward and forwards, and then it was working fine. Great video.

[@EFCLARK]

Good effective advice has no shelf life. I just tried this and it DID work! Thats the first time I didn't mind paying $15 for a can of something that instantly evaporates. Thanks!

[@psingh7759]

I used this video to fix my volume control in my c7. Fixed in 2 minutes...thank you so much!!!!

[@AKisbetterthanyou]

WOW...just WOW! I thought that I would have to solder a new knob alotgether, and decided to leave it as is. Who knew it would be such a basic and easy fix. Thank you so much for your awesome content about our cars, you're a legend!

[@Subz77z]

Cam, that was quick! Appreciate very much.

[@AudiC7Owners]

For sure!

[@wrxkyle]

even better is deoxit which guitar players have been using for a long long time to clean their volume/tone pots. spray it in and work the button back and forth a bunch. removes corrosion and protects the connection as well.

[@fishbone470]

Worked for me!! Audi wanted close to 80 dollars for a volume knob! lol.. I was going to replace but did this fix and all is good now!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Nice!

[@sstanobj]

No way! I've been using the volume control on the steering wheel for years just to avoid the annoying fiddling with the volume knob, trying to make it stop at the correct volume...

[@Hivydar]

@@sstanobj did it work for you!

[@anamaly6152]

Worked for my A4 B8 also, really good

[@nelsontheodore3969]

Thank you so much! I have been intimidated to try this fix myself but this is exactly what I needed

[@AudiC7Owners]

It's super simple 🤘🏻

[@criticalmasseu1]

Bought the '15 c7 a6 in november, had this problem from the very first day of owning it. Now I know how to fix that, thank you, BIG help! Have a good one!

[@AudiC7Owners]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@King.R.J]

U come in clutch EVERY SINGLE TIME

[@teamvictory8713]

Thank you. This helps. I also have my trip meter not working. I have an Audi A6 C7, so you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

[@dervisvelic7309]

Hvala, stvarno radi 😊😊😊 na servisu su htjeli 360€ da poprave, vjerovatno bi isto to ucinili i naplatili 😂😂😂 hvala jos jednom.

[@mobash4044]

This is actually really helpful. Didn’t know buttons could come off so easily. My volume button is playing up slightly now. Will try this and hopefully it’ll work

[@mobash4044]

I just tried this. Took button off and cleaner it but without an electronic cleaner. Cleaned it with a soft bristle brush. Seems slightly better but the spray can you’re using isn’t here in the uk, anything else I could use without damaging the components? Wd40 etc

[@AudiC7Owners]

You can use wd40, 👍🏻

[@s7473]

@@mobash4044 you can get it from halfords for €5 . electrical contact cleaner.

[@ryanmccarthy7822]

Been watching your videos for a while and just saw this one. I’ve had this issue for at least 6 mo! Just bought a can. Hoping this does the trick. Thanks!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Let me know how it works for you!

[@leneil71]

This fixed my issue as mine was going the exact same thing. Appreciate you sharing all of your knowledge. I thought I was going to have to replace the entire switch.

[@AudiC7Owners]

Glad it helped!

[@RickyPolarz]

Thank you for this video gonna try it on mine! My volume knob has been finicky since I bought my A6

[@AudiC7Owners]

Let me know if it works for you!

[@NZN_Motorwerks]

This just started happening to me!!! Cant thank you enough!!!

[@AudiC7Owners]

🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@BrockOdin]

Thank you sir!!! Just fixed mine thanks to you.

[@steveluppino6486]

Thanks a million, i have this issue with my volume knob on my C7.5!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Good luck!

[@Chris-ns6hc]

Watched this video, within 15mins I was at Screwfix, £5.99 spent on electrical cleaner, fixed within 10 seconds of getting back in the car. Happy days!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Happy to help!

[@sadsismint]

I'd love to see a video on how to replace/upgrade the on wheel controls. I've just gotten a C7.5 RS6 and the left side roller/clicker wheel control is not as nice as i'd like. I think you can get replacement ones, but even if we can see how to clean them up perhaps would be super helpful! :D

[@glennr9913]

Perfect timing. Mine just began acting up last month. 👍

[@AudiC7Owners]

Hopefully this gets it fixed for you, 👍🏻

[@onemorepsi]

Gotta try this. The volume knob on my A7 has done whatever it wants ever since I bought it. The audio occasionally cuts out too since installing RSNav. Might have to mess with that big connector behind the multimedia/climate control.

[@AudiC7Owners]

Yea... The audio issue could be a connectivity thing with rsnav

[@adamadventurefishermen]

Damn!!! This idea i been waiting for😮

[@EliasElHelou]

Wow man, it worked!!! Thanks a lot!!

[@willblk120]

Thanks, I just fixed mine cause of this video!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Nice!

[@sovic20]

Good tip indeed, I have to try it on my MMI buttons (one is sometimes hard to press). Nice channel, subscribed. You should get any A7 with air suspension and diesel engine (and ideally with an s-tronic gearbox - not available in US though...). You will have a source of video ideas for years :D (European owner here with A7, CDUC - 180kW)

[@AudiC7Owners]

I wish we had that option over here! Welcome to the channel 🤘🏻

[@Jason_King]

New to the channel... thanks for all the info. From NC also.. Tarboro, NC

[@AudiC7Owners]

Nice!

[@Jjkplayz1]

It comes back for me. Fixes it short term but it goes back to current state

[@armourbl]

Godsend! So needed this one.

[@AudiC7Owners]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@armourbl]

@@AudiC7Owners Just hear to say thank you. It worked like a charm.

[@AudiC7Owners]

Glad it worked!

[@hoihoi70]

It helps only temporary,

[@AudiC7Owners]

For some. For others it resolves the issues permanently.

[@cookiehead2]

It lasts for a few weeks, but the issue came back on mine. It doesn’t hurt, though. I think it might have made the issue it as bad as it was originally.

[@Izarius197]

Amazing, thank you!

[@aljaden24]

Thank u so much just fixed it👍

[@viggenz24]

Love these videos

[@AudiC7Owners]

Thank you! Gonna try & do some more of these quick diy's

[@supercharger_a7472]

Good thing to know,cheers!

[@michaelmcdougall4527]

Thanks, thanks thanks great stuff

[@ivan5.]

So true my volume button was POSSESSED BY A DEMON, so evil and cruel! Thanks for this!

[@WeI3I3y]

Awesome video thanks!!

[@AudiC7Owners]

🤘🏻

[@wyldwagnericm]

excellent content, congratulations. I was very happy to find out how to fix the volume button. I came from Instagram

[@AudiC7Owners]

Nice! Welcome to the channel

[@bobbykelly5975]

Lol. I thought it was normal. But now I know my POS is broken.

[@AudiC7Owners]

😂😂😂

[@lukes317]

Bad news. Insurance is going to total my 2013 A6 C7. Absolutely love the car so I plan on getting another. Any recommendations or advice for my second time around?

[@AudiC7Owners]

What happened to this one?

[@lukes317]

@@AudiC7Owners car accident during the last winter storm. Slid into a car in the wrong lane at 18 MPH. Insurance estimated 15-16k to repair (which doesn’t seem right). Either way the other car was at fault but it’ll go down as an “at fault accident” for me since my car was the one that caused the impact

[@AudiC7Owners]

Damn. If you go 3.0t just make sure your maintenance is up to date, and install a heat exchanger/get ready pipes before you throw a ton of power at it

[@lukes317]

@@AudiC7Owners good to know, I’ll let you know how I make out. My last A6 took 8 months to find… hopefully this one is a quicker process

[@sandra2joli]

Thanks. This is cheaper than taking it to the dealer, lol

[@SJARFan]

Was literally gonna ask you this on your power button video! 🙏! Have you heard of rear doors not locking and the car no longer beeping? For example I lock my car with my fob and you can walk up to the car and open the rear doors and the alarm sounds. Could you do a DIY on this or just show how to remove the rear doors and which part it would be? Thanks ahead of time! If not no worries of course!

[@AudiC7Owners]

I've never heard of this issue. I'd as an the car first to see if there are any obvious fault codes that might narrow down your search

[@Hivydar]

So an air duster would work correct ? I dunno why yours came all liquidly out

[@AudiC7Owners]

Bc I sprayed a liquid electronic cleaner lol. I'm not sure if the air duster would do the same

[@Hivydar]

@@AudiC7Ownersokay perfect thank you for the clarification, let me tell you how much Audi quoted me to replace the button. $1k 😂

[@tiyana4787]

Mine won’t push back on as easily. Any tips?

[@AudiC7Owners]

Inspect your button to make sure nothing is damaged. Just be easy as you work it back on

[@Coodae]

I'm having the same issue. I was able to pull the knob off, clean it with recommend electronic cleaner purchased from Walmart. Now I can not get the knob back on...well seated in place as it should be. The knob goes back into place, and I am able to control the volume, but in regards to pressing the knob down to turn off the system or mute sound, it is no working. Have you found a fix for this?

[@tiyana4787]

@@Coodae I ended up taking it to the dealership and they did it for me free of charge (Thanfully). I didn’t want to cause damage forcing it so I gave in.

[@Joshalaw13]

Hell yeah I need to do this

[@willdieselpower]

I just did this but now my volume knob won’t depress and pause the music. I’m missing that silver ring on the bottom of the knob. Any ideas?!

[@AudiC7Owners]

Did the silver ring come off, or did you never have it?

[@willdieselpower]

@@AudiC7Owners yeah. There is no silver ring and I looked for it but could not find it. I just went ahead and ordered a new knob. But the cleaning worked and the volume stop sticking.

[@photorocket4550]

So I cleaned the volume control, however the power and mute stopped working. I did a little test without the nob and the switch works as it should. My only conclusion is there was a spacer in the nob that I lost, as it must have fallen out. I will figure out how big of a spacer to put in and let everyone know.

[@andreixpro2334]

Any advice for the main button on mmi? I cant press on it. It seems like it stuck or something. I need help..

[@AudiC7Owners]

Can you pull it off?

[@andreixpro2334]

@@AudiC7Owners Yes but still can t press on it. I know i have to push on it but not working. Actually, commands working fine when i press on it, but it seems like a stone, if u can understand

[@AudiC7Owners]

Yea I know what you mean. You may need to replace the switch unit

[@bobnotbob5133]

And he strikes again. First comment and like lets goo. Whats the fix for if you pull off the volume nob to clean it and it doesnt want to set back into place all the way or click anymore but still turns

[@AudiC7Owners]

Sounds like something might be broken? Might have to replace the knob. I didn't have any issues like that.

[@bobnotbob5133]

@AudiC7Owners didnt happen the first time i took it off to clean but this time it did unfortunately

[@AudiC7Owners]

Check the knob to see if anything looks out of place

[@Coodae]

I'm having the same issue. I was able to pull the knob off, clean it with recommend electronic cleaner purchased from Walmart. Now I can not get the knob back on...well seated in place as it should be. The knob goes back into place, and I am able to control the volume, but in regards to pressing the knob down to turn off the system or mute sound, it is no working. Have you found a fix for this?

[@bobnotbob5133]

@Coodae No i havnt. Ive just gotten used to using the steering wheel to mute and only using the bottom ine for volume

[@udayanbhanot2509]

The dammed main button just won’t come off. Even used a rubber gripper! And it skips a hell of a lot.

[@AudiC7Owners]

It might need to actually be replaced

[@bodyshotsko1234]

wow, thanks, I fixedthe volume knob with this (I used wd40) but now the joystick/control knob is not working any more (it rotates even when u touch the knob slightly) could it be that the wd40 affected the circuit board below the rotate part ? ps it worked perfect before and the knob itself is super clean

[@AudiC7Owners]

Nope. The wd-40 shouldn't have effected that at all

[@AudiC7Owners]

You didn't force the knob back on did you & maybe accidentally break anything?

[@bodyshotsko1234]

I let it rest/dry for a day and now it all works again😅 thanks mate

[@See7ayyeesix]

Is there a fix for the mmi screen not going in/out or turning off when hitting bumps?

[@AudiC7Owners]

You may have to replace the string that moves the screen, and check the wiring harness connections

[@Murphman74]

The turning off symptom happened to me. Once in a while at first the kaput. The power wire had broken from the years of movement. Easy fix with some but connectors, extra wire and shrink tubing.

[@anamaly6152]

WTF, Thanks!!!😊😊😊

[@mbx_4202]

👍👍👍

[@brianandbrooke22]

Didnt fix my issue.

[@JustinBClifff]

Does NOT work for more than a couple of days

[@AudiC7Owners]

Mines been working for months since doing this

[@ulisespinales1978]

My button ain’t going back on😭

[@AudiC7Owners]

Inspect the button to make sure nothing is in the way. Use a flashlight to look at the gear to see if anything is in the way.

[@Coodae]

I'm having the same issue. I was able to pull the knob off, clean it with recommend electronic cleaner purchased from Walmart. Now I can not get the knob back on...well seated in place as it should be. The knob goes back into place, and I am able to control the volume, but in regards to pressing the knob down to turn off the system or mute sound, it is no working. Have you found a fix for this?

[@boogeymana6]

*clicks link I'm told not to click* lol 😆 u should have just said click this link then maybe I wouldn't have clicked it

[@AudiC7Owners]

😂😂😂

[@Jjkplayz1]

Never sell that car!!

[@Hivydar]

Why?

[@Jjkplayz1]

@@Hivydar because the advice he gives as well as the simple to follow videos make owning this car a dream! Have an issue with my Audi come here and low and behold not only has he had the same problem , he has a fix for it and hes filmed how to do it! Gold !

[@Hivydar]

@@Jjkplayz1 well than for that reason as well, I’d like to second that! Don’t sell this car ever! And thank you for helping us out