FIXING THE TAILGATE LAMP FAULT ON THE AUDI A3

[@salvatoremertoli6493]

Excellent Mythical Mark😃👍 !! Congratulations on a great job. I was hoping it was just the license plate bulb that was the problem. You were great at finding the problem in the frayed threads. You soldered them one by one with calm and precision and now the error light does not come on anymore. Great Mark. Good evening, bye 😃👍👍

[@SoloLap]

Thanks Salvatore! It still works today 🥳 It's good fun soldering wires!

[@salvatoremertoli6493]

@@SoloLap You are the best Mark 😃👍

[@Beardchanics]

Very clean job as usual. Some of those little things can get so annoying over time if not fixed!

[@SoloLap]

tell me about it...the car still sounds like R2-D2 though, really need to turn my attention to that soon!!

[@michaelhodgson6434]

Excellent video helped me to solve my issue 😊

[@SoloLap]

Good to hear. Mine is still going strong

[@fredowen5786]

Geat video, managed to repair broken wire and now working properly, thank you

[@SoloLap]

Glad it helped you!

[@chevy790]

mine doing same at moment -no power going to plate light trim but havent got to bottom of the problem as of yet but very informative video 10 out of 10

[@SoloLap]

It's most likely a severed wire like I had 🫣

[@alexandranicolaou2564]

Do you have a wire diagram for this car at all, mine has the exact same issue

[@SoloLap]

I don't Alexandra, sorry. I just fixed all the wires. You could maybe trace the wire colours if you can see them?

[@danielgrady-jl1be]

Could you send a pic of what colours go where I have same problem

[@SoloLap]

I don't know what colours go where I'm sorry, I just replaced all of them. If one of your lights doesn't work, just see the colour of that wire and trace it back.

[@InNfinity-s3w]

Where are you based please and how much would you charge please

[@SoloLap]

@@InNfinity-s3w I'm based in Munkedal, Sweden.

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

Didn't expect such stuff from German engineers :-)

[@SoloLap]

It seems they're all capable of failure 😂

[@marksmith8663]

looks like that's what's happened to mine . great video

[@SoloLap]

It's very common Mark, bit of a design flaw

[@marksmith8663]

@@SoloLap long story short a year ago accidentally drilled through the copper in plastic moulding to one of the number plate lights white installing a reverse camera didn’t show a error repaired it . Now showing error shortly after jet washing the Canvas roof . Just check the wires in the rubber tube this morning look worn can see copper not completely.Brocken. Will have a closer look after work . I have the same 2.0Tdi Not sure what the noise you got other than maybe the water pump , it’s normally replaced the same time as the cam belt . If it was a Vac leak you would notice a turbo under boast because the the. Diversion valve wouldn’t operate and get erred code .

[@SoloLap]

@marksmith8663 the noise was found and fixed at audi in the end...it was an egr gasket but the car also had 2 failed injectors and a new one I'd bought hadn't been coded in!!

[@Paul-pj5sz]

My right light bulb is forever going out, never the left one. Noticed some rust in the right one so probably going to get LED upgrade mod instead

[@SoloLap]

Is it the bulb mount that's rusting? Can you do anything to stop the water getting in (or if water gets trapped, something to let the water out)?

[@Paul-pj5sz]

@@SoloLap yes that’s exactly what it is, I’ve had my S3 for 5 years now and it’s always the right bulb that goes. I received some upgraded LED ones today so it won’t be possible for them to take water damage as they’re sealed 👌🏻

[@SoloLap]

@@Paul-pj5sz good luck it solves the problem!

[@bmw-e30]

Dont know why you wouldn't just repair the broken wires --good video nonetheless.

[@SoloLap]

Not my way of doing things John. Didn't want the same failure with another wire down the line and quite a few were showing signs of wear 🤦‍♂️ Such a bad design!

[@daviemccarrell2026]

Can u come fix mine please 🙏

[@SoloLap]

if you weren't too far away I'd lend a hand! I just did the same job on my partner's mums Saab!

[@daviemccarrell2026]

Lol thanks, im in Scotland and have no garage to cold this time of year but a will defo need to try get it done can't be that hard he makes it look easy😂

[@SoloLap]

@daviemccarrell2026 it's not difficult to do no, just need some wire, solder, heatshrink and a solder gun