I BOUGHT A STOLEN AUDI RS4 WHICH DOESN'T WORK!! *BIG RISK*

[@progers2810]

The cut 'wire' is nothing, it's a bit of string used for QC at the factory when they check for water ingress. It's found all over the interior used behind trims. But you're right about the tracker, thats where they're installed, that's why the carpets cut. As for the gateway, that's got an embedded sim, which receives your data from the Audi back end server such as web services, remote unlocking from the myaud app, last location etc which is why the theives removed it, hence why your MMI isn't working and the dash is showing component protection.

[@SavingSalvage]

Ahh that may explain some things in the next video then. 👌🏼

[@philgornall]

Amazing comment. Fantastic advice and you clearly know your stuff 👍🏼

[@jayacourt8282]

Take a bow Progers, great knowledge 👌🏻

[@oneville1321]

Agreed - I got this in my boot too

[@wandango5913]

Great explanation, would this have any relevance to taking the mirror off? Maybe some sort of inbuilt camera

[@FINDITFIXITRESTOREITBUILDIT]

they cut the carpet looking for a tracker as the starter cut is in that fuse box and feeds are quite often taken from that fuse box. the lose wire is a airel for the keyless entry and start. the module will also be for the telematics and removing it will stop the factory tracker working. Nice car for the channel

[@FINDITFIXITRESTOREITBUILDIT]

​@@Username.Login.Password I fit trackers and ghosts in cars like this all the time

[@FINDITFIXITRESTOREITBUILDIT]

​@shivadow the keyless start just repets the key signal from the key.

[@FINDITFIXITRESTOREITBUILDIT]

with the signal booster being used all the car sees is the key so it has no idea the signal is being boosted. I don't think there's a way to detect the signal booster. keep your keys in a Faraday box and get a imobliser fitted to your car.

[@bohr_II]

@@shivadowthe booster just replicates the key signal so as far as the car is concerned the key is present.

[@OH2023-cj9if]

They simply use a lock pick or make their own key. Once inside they take a module out and replace it so it matches their own key, or they simply code a new key to the car and drive off as they do with BMW and Land Rovers. It takes less than 45s to get in and drive away. All the fancy alarms do nothing. You need a basis immobiliser and hidden switch on the fuel pump. Also move the OBD2 or change the type of socket and make an adaptor to give to your garage. Simple cheap effective ways to protect your car. All those expensive immobilisers and alarms run from the existing circuits, so if they are tampered with, they are of no use. Don't be scammed by alarm companies.

[@joseffencl2034]

Always ready for more audi content. Hope the rs6 c6 will show up again on the channel

[@pauljohnson9326]

This is if not already fast becoming my favourite channel on KZbin. You need ya own show , you showing some major bollocks doing what you do . My only complaint is and I'm sure I speak for all ...Not enough videos . I find myself wanting to watch one after the other just to see how things turn out , literally can't wait. Congratulations on everything.

[@christopherwright6066]

Agreed. I'm not even that in to cars and I love watching this.

[@gregorrigobert5744]

It’s okay… ain’t no Matt Armstrong though

[@g3o76]

stick with youtube , better content without networks taking a cut

[@craig2238]

No one cares tho

[@CharlesEdwards-u9w]

It’s stolen recovered, via auction and not straight off the street. He’s the new legal owner.

[@Jackofspades11]

Great work dean. Big risk at that money. The Only problem i find with stolen recovered cars is they are never worth hpi clear money as it’s so easy to find it’s been stolen with sites like total car check for £4. Then it instantly puts people off wanting to buy for the same price as a non stolen one and it will always have that stigma. Get it raffled off.

[@paulmason-x2zero]

I guessed £29k obviously way off, lol. It’ll be a beautiful car once all squared away. Look forward to seeing it restored to full glory.

[@Baconroll699]

Stunning car Dean. Looking forward to this project. I predicted you'd bought it for £25k

[@superowl91]

Diagnose Dan's latest video gives a good explanation of what a gateway module does.In this case removing the gateway module will rob the tracking device of the information it needs to function by shutting down all the modules within the car.

[@SavingSalvage]

Yeah I assumed it would be something like that

[@mercedes_and_more]

Actually Diagnose Dan had a stolen A5 or 6 that was dead and he showed how to bring it back to life 👍👍

[@f1kwa399]

You were due some good luck, you were incredibly brave at £40k, well done!

[@chrisbirchall2876]

That looked like a headache until you fitted the new control unit, stunning car 👌

[@toafy1014]

The Gateway module in any VW / Audi is the communication gate to the vehicles network, if it’s dead or missing the car will be completely dead. See this in many stolen vw group cars,will need correct software to function correctly

[@petecurran3995]

Full power jaminess there, squire! Pretty sure that once all modules are installed as intended, the gateway can be coded accordingly. 🙌🏼💪🏻

[@Seeyoujimmy4567]

Superb easy fix the gateway can probably component protected so of you've access to odis remove the protection then code it to car hopefully take it out safe mode

[@agispapadopoulos6737]

this is kinda of repairs I enjoy the most. awesome video thanks Dean!!

[@waynebaldycanning]

Dean you are one of my favourite channels. The content you are putting out is unreal. Just grabbed some tickets for the RS3

[@markcfullam]

Ooooh, nice little find there Dean. Looks epic and a lovely motor. Glad you managed to get it started and hopefully just a re-code plus the carpet and other little pieces to get it back to normal! nice one mate!

[@baileybob27]

Dean your vids are just so cool mate no messing about screaming down camera proper buzzing it started be worth some tickets for this when sorted ….

[@paulwoods7857]

Jeez, you got some big balls Dean! I doubt there's anyone else who would have taken this car on! Hope it continues to work out for you, huge risk. Huge reward!

[@benmarshall787]

Great video Dean, interesting car and nice colour too. I know you've explained a bit but perhaps you could tell us what checks you do on stolen cars like this one, my dad always used to say cars in the 90s (from police experience)could be "sabotaged" with needles and other nasty stuff. Do you carefully check physically or do Copart do that and guarantee it? I'm also fascinated by the how and why the car was stolen. My thoughts would be they didn't realise the rarity of the colour? Could have been an error, and do you think you'll get to the bottom of what they were looking for and indeed have you located a tracker? Finally as an "armchair" mechanic, are you going to look at the "running history" of the car , especially when stolen and perhaps share what the thieves did , ie how fast ? How long? In a pursuit? Soz for being an anorak! I like the car, but the only RS for me in your premises is a Rallye Sport one!!! Best wishes, Ben 🇬🇧🇺🇦🚌🚐

[@trainmanbob]

It was a big risk Dean without a shadow of a doubt. However you know what you are doing and even if it went wrong somehow you wouldn't make a loss. It is always nice to see a hard working guy like you get a bit of luck like this. Cheers, Bob

[@Alex.P_10]

Incredible find! Especially if everything turns out to be fixed with coding the module

[@georgedaville4662]

Big gamble pays off Dean, love these cliffhangers until you validate the engine will start. Audi know how to charge for a bit of carpet ! Great content, looking forward to the journey on this one 👍🇬🇧😎

[@Dadeets]

Hells bells what an absolutely blinding choice you made. I’m gonna go with some gut feeling from experience led you to make this astonishing decision. No way you fell on luck to this extent. Testament to your knowledge and insight Dean. What a stonker of a motor that is. This must surely give you a route to a nice tidy well earned profit. Good on ya mate!

[@PatrickGreen-o4c]

Just found this channel and I'm loving it

[@jboi9309]

Wow.. that feeling you would of got in your stomach when you connected the control module and the car responded to the key and then when you open the door and saw the dash all lit up.. that must be like winning the jackpot.. Fairplay to you though.. it was a gamble that paid off.. 👍 👌

[@bradcobbs8543]

Those white cables on the passenger floor are just for the factory - they don’t do anything after the build. They leave them in taped to the body 👍🏾

[@FreeWheeler554]

Tip buy, for your car keys, faraday box? For car keys. Most vehicles are now equipped with keyless entry and ignition operated by electronic signals from your key fob (RFID). Now Mr. Thief and his friends seem to be catching up with advances in security technology impressively fast, and not surprisingly, they've found a way to intercept and clone those electronic signals, so they can steal your car even if your key fob is seemingly safe on the table in the hallway.

[@danarmstrongmusic]

Lovely car - my S5 is in the same colour. But I do like an RS4 estate..... good bit of luck on the issues. Looking forward to seeing this "build"/rebuild :)

[@paulthompson5416]

To be fair its about time you caught a break Dean!! Congratulations on getting the car running 👍🏼

[@DmDx05]

Hey, dont need to take it to the dealer. Just buy a vcds its easy to code. Gateway needs to be programed to whats inside your car should be pretty easy to find out

[@SavingSalvage]

you cant get rid of component protection with VCDS bud

[@Nicknofish]

Wow, who's a brave chap. Gonna be a great motor. Luv you're videos. Cheers.

[@cabottaxi]

This is a prime reason why i overlooked buying an M4. Decided against it as I couldn't leave it anywhere relaxed in the knowledge that it would still be there when I came back.

[@statementleaver8095]

Faraday bag for Key & Disklock on Steering wheel Blocks booster and Key emitter signal = Car stays where You park it 👍🤟🤟

[@MattyEngland]

​@@statementleaver8095Then they'll just wait for you to come to the car and threaten you with a machette, either that or they'll break into your house while you're asleep, then do a similar thing.

[@statementleaver8095]

@@MattyEngland Well that's the difference between Me & You Step foot in My house and I won't restrain Myself from killing an Intruder........Certain Death! You believe the Police are here to Help???? NO!!!

[@davidstuart3795]

chuffed for you that you got it fired up. seen it on copart and it looked lovely. you are brave man buying it without knowing if it was running.

[@EnglishLaw]

I'd be tempted to keep it for a while. Recode the module and link it back to the car and network, and it should show no (or less) errors.

[@FINDITFIXITRESTOREITBUILDIT]

the reason thay unplug the mirror is also for the oem tracker

[@marksinclair01]

I removed the mirror because it had my dashcam installed there. It was easier just to remove the mirror to get it out, and I couldn’t be bothered to put it back lol.

[@Zak-cm8gc]

Love the content dean! Going places mate. Will the rs4 be raffled off once complete? Be grabbing hundreds of tickets if it is 🤣🤣 love the nogaro blue

[@leuvenlife]

you did ok, I'd probably only have bid to 30k with those risks but courage wins. You did real good.

[@neildempster2827]

That gateway module- what a touch! 😁 Shame the pricks had to destroy the carpet like that. But fingers crossed, could be a relatively straight forward project. Good luck mate! 👍

[@domgeddes2933]

Love these videos, I’ve smashed through a load of these videos recently been a real big fan of fixing up cars since I can remember! Deffinatly throws motivation out there for people who just want to give it a go and see where it takes you! If you ever need a hand 😅 I’m all for it.

[@HowelleyHD]

It’s the CAN gateway they removed, essentially the main hub/router for everything on the CAN network (so essentially everything electrical). What a result for it being such a cheap fix 👀

[@TheDJFra1]

Definitely one of the main modules under the rear seat. Hopefully your good with that.

[@stevenhamilton3549]

All I can say is fair play mate. That was a huge gamble and looks like it’s gonna pay off big time. You’ve got some plums on ya to take such a risk but that’s testament to how well you and the channel are progressing. A sweet sweet motor in the best colour. Looking forward to the rest of the journey with it and maybe winning it on your competition platform lol 🤔. You never know 🤞🤞

[@alanfradgley3923]

They normally rip mirror out for the sos tracking system. Looks like they've been looking for a extra fitted one ripping carpets out...

[@rowanharris8027]

What a score,I'm looking at these atm for myself,this channel is spanking the content lately 💯

[@Takedown717]

Tried to locate the tracker by looks. The mess they make ripping stuff off to find it b4 the cops find them lol. Good luck, nice motor

[@jamest5149]

The interior is all ripped/cut out to get at the tracker… they know the main spots the trackers are hidden. After driving away, they get somewhere quiet, and work quickly to find the tracker, they don’t find it, they usually leave the car and monitor it and see if anyone finds it, if it remains after 48/72hrs or so they are free to drive to their work shop and strip the car and sell the parts.

[@jamesskilton9379]

That white wire that is cut is a water test sensor from when they do a water test at the factory. They cut them like that after the test. Nothing to worry about.

[@TusenTakk-Dan]

Imagine that control module you bought.. was actually the one removed from that car.. :)

[@timbo19751975]

Well it wasnt as theres a coding mismatch between it and the other modules

[@danners]

Ironically you have also stolen this car, haha. Amazing job mate, keep up the great work.

[@SavingSalvage]

Thanks! 👍

[@davecooke914]

Great one Dean glad you luck paid off looking forward to seeing nx video 👍

[@jayacourt8282]

Excellent result Dean, this one is gonna be potentially relatively easy. Great to see your gamble paid off, well deserved! Lovely car, can’t wait to see show it turns out 👌🏻

[@zorbathegreek192]

I've got the b8.5 RS4. In my opinion the last of the proper RS with the 4.2l V8. I'm glad to have found a website to the factory in Lithuanian where all the VAG are made. A massive price difference on the very parts you'd buy from the dealership without their massive markup.

[@pidhsome]

sharing is caring :D

[@yasiramin7330]

Could you please link the website I need a body control module

[@zorbathegreek192]

LLL parts. I didn't want my post to look like a sales pitch. I found this by chance and my nearside front is all most brand as I went a tad overboard with ordering new bits.

[@channelwhywhywhy]

Super nice find Dean!! Awesome! Looking forward to this one 👍

[@ibziahmed9750]

My days the wiring and chopped stuff can affect the car. Can the brake light switch under the pedal turn the brake light out at the rear ? Thats annoying but u are the man 👍

[@pavelstoikov3780]

hey man i notice of new videos the mic is litel bit loud Volume / Normalized 5% / 4% (content loudness 1.9dB) some old videos dont have this problem just notice this. this is from seat lean cupra video 40% / 40% (content loudness -0.2dB) 👍👍

[@SavingSalvage]

It’s the wireless mic, it’s starts off really loud and gets softer as the clip goes on. Really annoying and not sure how to fix it

[@jeffdeakin4507]

White wires in the foot well are for water testing from factory normally have little pads on the end.

[@STANLIZ4]

Think you were exceedingly lucky! Some you win some you loose, well done! Hope its an easy rectification

[@DomGTR_]

Those white cable things are just left over from production, there was a TPI at one point to just tuck them back under trims

[@chrisdunham6119]

That's a bit of a result. I watched a Diagnose Dan video this week on what the gateway module does and it was my first thought when you powered it up and got little response

[@catnworkshop]

I'd say it was a little rich for an unknown, but given it's hpi clear and its only going to be a couple of grand in parts and labour to fix then it's a good buy.. Risky though lol 😆 well done.

[@markpirateuk]

@40k you took a massive risk, looks like it paid off if you can get it fully sorted for under 5k, should be a good profit in it 👍

[@paultaylor9652]

Dean must have some big goolies taking a risk this big, still a great project young man.

[@bonnywail]

Great result..More of an educated guess than luck.. I think you did very well on this one..Love the colour!!

[@SavingSalvage]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@trollmanrs]

RS4 Noggo what's not to like. You have done well there, one of my favourite Audi colours and cars so looking forward to the next installment.

[@gordonharper2869]

Wow brilliant news you got it started, hopefully nothing else is wrong and you have a great buy , great video .

[@barryodriscoll4693]

Would it make financial and logistical sense to maybe remove the passenger seat only, and cut and "splice" a new section of carpet to avoid dismantling the whole interior? It could be joined under the passenger seat and up the passenger footwell and under the centre console with minimal expense/effort and with absolutely no joints visible. People repair and patch house/business carpets all the time, why not with a car carpet?

[@lesterthelab]

Yep you jeed component protection reprogrammed due to the fact its the can gateway that store the hex encription for every module in the car taht has component protection hence why everything doesnt work as it thinks its in a different car

[@stephenward8707]

Excellent video mate ..you've definitely got a good motor there ....

[@abdi862]

This breaks my heart! This would have been someone’s pride and joy!

[@joem8213]

You definitely got some BIG BALLS dean, huge gamble! Makes fantastic content though lol. Definitely one of my favourite channels on KZbin, keep them coming fella 👍

[@SavingSalvage]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@kevinnye5132]

Such a Jammie bugger Dean 😂, but yeah a real heavy risk at £40,000, well done at dodging a BIG BULLET and hope it all works out good 👍🏻.

[@Dave85626]

I don’t think it’s Nogaro blue, it’s too light and metallic. Plus I think noggy blue was only available on older models. Maybe navarra blue met? Nice car though

[@Kalus_Saxon]

15:12 £900 for a bit of carpet…….! Fook that I’m spray glueing some felt down 😂

[@AndrewCharles-r9l]

Lovely car Dean. How can it be stolen and recovered, but not recorded?

[@Jason-zh7wo]

Big gamble paid off! Good luck with the repair

[@macbitz]

Annoying about the carpet but on the whole, congratulations on a stunning purchase. About time you had a bit of luck!

[@billyhotspur6459]

Have the same car in missano red first thing I did was have the keyless entry disabled

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Heck of a gamble without seeing the car before bidding. Surprised you couldn't get a secondhand carpet. How much will a programmed second key cost? Why would they remove the mirror?

[@geoffcarlton4047]

I bet you bought the gateway from that same car 😂

[@SavingSalvage]

😂

[@NathanHiley]

Beautiful car dean and good luck with the build

[@rikiboy212]

Love the channel , one question, Does an stolen/recovered worth lees when you sell it?

[@alancobbin]

I wonder if they went for the Telematics so Audi can’t remotely shut the car down when stolen,well you got one hurdle completed Dean 👍😉💪

[@andrewmartin7421]

Very lucky! Favourite channel! Keep up the excellent work pal!

[@seanfarrell6009]

Brave man at 40k looking forward to this one hopefully a quick turnaround and i will get some tickets

[@GaryMoore-nw3gn]

Great video, big gamble for sure but it looks like a good one, it’s a shame you couldn’t get a carpet from a new write off

[@jpgpearson]

gateway module is the communicator to all of the other modules...ie the translator.....no module will work iff no gateway module. got to code it to all modules

[@Larry_g_]

The reason why they cut the carpet out in the passenger foot well is because the tracker is normally there in a black box with a purple clip or it’s in the back of the car boot

[@Pixleyjamaica1983UK]

Incredible when that started I felt relieved for you. Like bonus Dean and at £40k big gamble for sure. Great how fast you get things sorted. So relaxed the way you approach it. I love your channel Cars for Paul and of course Matt Armstrong oh and Volkswizzard. That’s my weekly entertainment for sure. Keep up the hard work. Ps: if you or any of your viewers ever want a new website, SEO or Tech help give me a shout at we can always do a deal at Support on the Spot regards Damian

[@neutonrenda2303]

Wish I lived close enough to enter your competitions. 😢👍

[@muhibbhussain2720]

Love these RS4’s great piece of kit! Esp the nogaro blue looks lovely

[@picklesrule69]

900 for a carpet? Cost less to do my whole living room 😂 that car is stunning 👌🏻

[@SavingSalvage]

when you put it like that... haha

[@kevinbegley5881]

I've no clue so I guessed 26k with the risk associated, so really glad it worked out for you at 40! Would its top end value be met as its stolen recovered, just because it has that history attached to it?

[@SavingSalvage]

It shouldn’t be no, as in reality all that’s happened is someone drove it. The fact it wasn’t theirs doesn’t mean anything to the car. If it was damaged then it would be a different story

[@kevinbegley5881]

@SavingSalvage thank you, I've never known how to take it so wouldn't put me off considering in the future. Ps videos are excellent 👌

[@SavingSalvage]

Thanks mate 😁

[@jerehada]

I’d want a big discount after car vertical told me it’s stolen and recovered suppose some peace of mind from these vids. Amazed at these dealer prices as v6s don’t have the same collectibility as the old v8...

[@kevinbegley5881]

@jerehada suppose its all relative, but as most stolen cars now aren't stolen for joy riding as such, they are generally more stolen to order at this cost, so its a good point that the cars have only really been driven rather than ragged around for a couple of days then burnt as it used to be.

[@jmaximus1uk]

Beautiful car Dean. This should be a fantastic car when it's done. That Sty looks painful on your eye mate.

[@AlfiesJourney]

Gonna be a good series this one. You also bought that from the Copart near me 👌

[@jeremys1019]

Does the gateway stop any communication for trackers if they are factory? Just wonder if thats a "trick" that all the little thieves do, to stop trackers?

[@SavingSalvage]

Yeah I imagine so

[@clivewiddall3430]

You have the force with you young man…

[@VampirusX]

I guessed 35k quid. Great catch you got there!

[@electrician1602]

Genuinely delighted for you Dean. Nice one.

[@owenmorgan857]

Lovely motor, the dodgy fix for the carpet is to cut it under the seat, while saying no one will ever see it. But we know you will do it properly

[@SavingSalvage]

Yeah because of the car the whole carpet needs doing really

[@owenmorgan857]

@@SavingSalvage Fully agreed, will be stunning when that and the other bits are done

[@sunstart]

5:37 me making car noises in my head like it turned on lol loveing the video so far. That's my favorite color car to.