It sounds like either a weak alternator, or a bad battery.
Check the charging voltage, clean the battery cables if the charging
voltage
is above 13.8 volts.
RK
"Bill Clark" <clarkwv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:zeidnRc0L812NzranZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ok, Dan, this is spooky!
>
> My 2003 A6 2.7T was not put on rollers or anything like that, but I did
> put new tires and
> breaks on it last fall. I just turned 36,000 miles. Recently, I've
> noticed a "hot" smell that
> I haven't been able to locate. I notice it when I'm outside of the car
> after I've driven it enough
> to get the engine up to temperature. I had to replace a faulty coolant
> temperature sensor a
> couple of months back. Just this week, the turn signals started
behaving
> similar to what you
> are describing.
>
> If you find out anything more definite about your issue, please let me
> know.
>
> - Bill -
>
> "DanP" <packer.dj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:8c77f48b-ca8d-46b0-9528-23441a6784ba@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Hello, all -
>>
>> I took my 2003 A6 3.0 in for the standard 40,000 mile service. The
>> next day it was taken in for an emissions test - the testing center
>> put it on some rollers, attached sensors to the exhaust and other
>> parts of the car, and ran it up to about 35 MPH.
>>
>> The next day, after driving about 150 miles, I noticed that the turn
>> signal only worked intermittently (usually it just blinked once and
>> quit). Later, driving on icy roads, I noticed that the traction
>> control wasn't working. Finally, the car failed to start - once it
>> was jump-started it ran fine, but after being parked for 5 hours it
>> required a second jump start.
>>
>> Any thoughts on what the problem could be?
>>
>
>
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