Re: Battery replacement: 1995 A6

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

> David Kroth wrote:
> > 
> > The A6 is new to me and I'm considering replacing the 3.5
> > year old battery as insurance before the cold weather really
> > hits.  In reviewing the Bentely manual there is a warning
> > on page W 27-1 (Volume 3, I think) that says:
> > 
> >    For automatic transmission vehicles, the transmission
> >    control module (TCM) "basic setting" must be reestablished
> >    using the VAG 1551 scan tool (ST), whenever the battery
> >    has been disconnected or replaced during repair.
> > 
> > What's up with that?  Do I really have to find someone with
> > a VAG 1551 every time I disconnect the battery?  Is there
> > some other way to "reestablish the basic setting" of the
> > TCM without the 1551?

I looked this up in Mr. Bentley the other day.

I found that paragraph under "disconnecting battery", but there
was no mention ANYWHERE about how to reestablish the basic setting.

Also, in the section on disconnecting the TCM from power (which you
must do anytime you are doing wierd power things), there is no
mention of doing this procedure with the 1551.

I wouldn't worry about it. Not even Audi would be stupid enough
to design a car that wouldn't work right after a dead battery
was jumped or replaced.

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