Car will not start - 012424 - Starter Relay P3088 - 001 - Electric Malfunct

B6/7 S4/RS4
#1

Hi All,

My RS4 is dead in the garage. I’d ran a complete vag check and received the following code below:

I’ve been experiencing potentially the faulty solenoid starter issue during cold starts during this winter. At the moment, the car has power but it will not crank over. I’ve checked all the fuses and everything checks out fine. Any suggestion in terms of items to trouble shoot? Are there specific relays I should check? Anyone with a similar problem in the past?

I do not have the Bentley manual but would the starter replacement, if it is indeed the culprit, the same on the RS4 as on the S4?

Mark

Monday,22,July,2013,20:27:46:13647
VCDS Version: Release 11.11.6 (x64)
Data version: 20121223

Chassis Type: 8E - Audi A4 B6/B7
Scan: 01 02 03 08 09 0F 11 15 16 17 18 36 37 45 46 55 56 57 65 67
69 75 76 77

VIN: WUARU78E97N900657 Mileage: 131140km/81486miles

Address 01: Engine Labels: 079-910-560-BNS1.lbl
Part No SW: 8E1 910 560 A HW: 8E1 907 560
Component: 4.2L V8/4V FSI ™0060
Revision: --H09— Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Coding: 01040009180F0160
Shop #: WSC 20213 444 54467
VCID: 24473C0CE7EEB038643

1 Faults Found:
012424 - Starter Relay
P3088 - 001 - Electrical Malfunction
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 01100001
Fault Priority: 0
Fault Frequency: 77
Mileage: 126349 km
Time Indication: 0

         Freeze Frame:
                RPM: 0 /min
                Load: 0.0 %
                Speed: 0.0 km/h
                Temperature: 34.0∞C
                Temperature: 34.0∞C
                Absolute Pres.: 970.0 mbar
                Voltage: 11.049 V
#2

you have to wait. We have a thread on this somewhere. Won’t crank…won’t crank…won’t crank…then suddenly it will.

PM user AXEL and user 2000S4 if you don’t get anywhere in the old thread.

#3

Thanks, I’d read Axel’s post last night. I’ll go ahead and pm him directly.

Thanks!

#4

Check the Relay first. They can go bad

From the fault codes it looks like it may have gone bad.

Then check the batt voltage. Try putting jumper cables on the Batt and see if that will help.