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How to reset the AdBlue error on an Audi A6 using the VCDS program

Model: Audi A6 C7, MK 4 - Years 2011-2018
Part: Onboard computer

In this video we can see how to correct the AdBlue error on an Audi A6 (but also A7 and A8): we will also need a laptop with the classic VAG VCDS program, which is used to correct these errors on the control unit. So let's connect to the EOBD port and connect to the engine control model, where the program will identify the chassis of our car. Let's go to security access, enter our identification PIN, then go to basic settings, efficiency control. It will ask us to press the brake and accelerator, then it will take from ten to fifteen minutes and the AdBlue error message will disappear.

Posted on 20 April 2025 by ScegliAuto

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