99 A4 Fuel Gage and Window Seal

[Ti Kan]

Paul Waterloo writes:
> My friend has a 99 A4, she says that fuel gage keeps bouncing from what it
> should be indicating down to empty and back, the low fuel alarm goes off and
> it bugs her. Is this a common problem? It seems that it might just be an
> intermittent connection problem.

Sounds like a plausible cause.

> Secondly, the door seal on the driver's door leaks and at highway speed it
> makes a large whistling sound. The dealer has not fixed it yet. Any thoughts
> on what it might be? Is this a common problem?

One possibility is the side mirror to door glass seam.  There is a factory
TSB on that and the fix is to install a felt strip to fill that seam.

-Ti
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