I think you already said what you should be looking out for...scratches on the car etc

What light is it you need fixing? The break light at the top of the glass?

 

Yes, a friend here had his replaced. It was in an 09 V8. It had physically cracked (broken in two pieces). They had no idea how it happened. The dealer replaced it under warranty. The car was less than a month old.

mt

 

Why would the lid have to be removed

 

I looked at pictures from the Bentley manual and it shows a plug which is very inconveniently located at the bottom of the light, below the lid which gives access to the "holding" mechanism. When I lift the lid, I can feet the plug, but can't see it. Maybe there is a way the technicians know to do the repair without taking off the lid....I would be very happy.

Steve

 

Maybe they can't remove it from the front, and its fixed into the lid i think.

 

Well GOOD NEWS! The service manager from my dealer spoke with his R8 technician who knows how to do the job and says it isn't that bad!!!!

I don't know what that means exactly or how they do it....but I'm happy to hear this.

Maybe, as drbf has suggested, they don't need to remove the engine lid. This would be terrific news.

I'll report more on this when the job gets done. The part is in the US, so they should be able to do it in about a week or so.

Any others with info on things to look out for, please let me know.

Thanks.

Steve

 

The engine lid (the glass rear window) doesn't have to be removed. Once it is in the open position, the high mounted LED strip can be removed ...it is a bit of a fiddly job to do it.

If I recall correctly, several people reported cracking of the lens/cover over this strip of LED's on 2008 models. I think that there was a service bulletin about the issue.

 

Do they have to replace the entire strip or just a portion?

 

per shop manual, entire strip....apparently a 1 piece "fixture" w. LEDs inside

btw, only way I know to get info off the shop manual is to "print" it out to a .pdf file.....and I cannot find
any way that one can post a .pdf file to the gallery or get it into a post....would be awfully convenient if they expanded the
allowed image formats to include .pdf's....is there some other way one can post a .pdf file on this site???

 

It would be just the one LED i would guess, unless they're linked?

 

I had mine done months ago..no problem !

 

Mine separated at one end - it was like a clip was broken that fastened it to the car. The entire assembly had to be replaced, plus the sealing gasket. It was a non-event, from a service perspective. I don't think they needed to remove the glass door to do this, but am not certain. I doubt very much on an assembly like this, that they would replace a single LED, as has been suggested.

 

No need to worry, SBFV10. The LED high stop is a sealed unit and will need to be replaced complete, the glass panel will not have to be removed and, the workshop should have special guard covers for the car which cover the entire sideblade, rear quarter and rear bumper (there are also door ones too) so no scratching should occur either.

 

Nice to have you here NZ Audi Tech! Thanks for the reassurance....the light is in the shop already and they will install it next Thursday.

On another topic.....I have a rattle between the instrument cluster and the leather cowl over it Is there any easy fix for this, like putting some padding between the 2 parts?

Thanks.

Steve

 

If I recall right, I think one of the guys in the workshop had the same problem with one of the early v8s. I'm not sure what he did to fix it though, I'll see if I can ask him.

 

This guy had to replace his...
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/r8/r8_20080501_002.shtml

 

Is that the reason he needs it doing or is that what happened at the dealer when it was getting done

 

You've been to Audi Northampton then ;-)

 

Good one Ian!

Steve