The cut 'wire' is nothing, it's a bit of string used for QC at the factory when they check for water ingress. It's found all over the interior used behind trims. But you're right about the tracker, thats where they're installed, that's why the carpets cut. As for the gateway, that's got an embedded sim, which receives your data from the Audi back end server such as web services, remote unlocking from the myaud app, last location etc which is why the theives removed it, hence why your MMI isn't working and the dash is showing component protection.

This is if not already fast becoming my favourite channel on KZfaq. You need ya own show , you showing some major bollocks doing what you do . My only complaint is and I'm sure I speak for all ...Not enough videos . I find myself wanting to watch one after the other just to see how things turn out , literally can't wait. Congratulations on everything.

they cut the carpet looking for a tracker as the starter cut is in that fuse box and feeds are quite often taken from that fuse box. the lose wire is a airel for the keyless entry and start. the module will also be for the telematics and removing it will stop the factory tracker working. Nice car for the channel

Always ready for more audi content. Hope the rs6 c6 will show up again on the channel

You were due some good luck, you were incredibly brave at £40k, well done!

Stunning car Dean. Looking forward to this project. I predicted you'd bought it for £25k

Dean you are one of my favourite channels. The content you are putting out is unreal. Just grabbed some tickets for the RS3

Great work dean. Big risk at that money. The Only problem i find with stolen recovered cars is they are never worth hpi clear money as it’s so easy to find it’s been stolen with sites like total car check for £4. Then it instantly puts people off wanting to buy for the same price as a non stolen one and it will always have that stigma. Get it raffled off.

this is kinda of repairs I enjoy the most. awesome video thanks Dean!!

Love these videos, I’ve smashed through a load of these videos recently been a real big fan of fixing up cars since I can remember! Deffinatly throws motivation out there for people who just want to give it a go and see where it takes you! If you ever need a hand 😅 I’m all for it.

Ooooh, nice little find there Dean. Looks epic and a lovely motor. Glad you managed to get it started and hopefully just a re-code plus the carpet and other little pieces to get it back to normal! nice one mate!

It was a big risk Dean without a shadow of a doubt. However you know what you are doing and even if it went wrong somehow you wouldn't make a loss. It is always nice to see a hard working guy like you get a bit of luck like this. Cheers, Bob

To be fair its about time you caught a break Dean!! Congratulations on getting the car running 👍🏼

Super nice find Dean!! Awesome! Looking forward to this one 👍

Jeez, you got some big balls Dean! I doubt there's anyone else who would have taken this car on! Hope it continues to work out for you, huge risk. Huge reward!

Excellent result Dean, this one is gonna be potentially relatively easy. Great to see your gamble paid off, well deserved! Lovely car, can’t wait to see show it turns out 👌🏻

Dean your vids are just so cool mate no messing about screaming down camera proper buzzing it started be worth some tickets for this when sorted ….

That looked like a headache until you fitted the new control unit, stunning car 👌

Great one Dean glad you luck paid off looking forward to seeing nx video 👍

Full power jaminess there, squire! Pretty sure that once all modules are installed as intended, the gateway can be coded accordingly. 🙌🏼💪🏻

Big gamble pays off Dean, love these cliffhangers until you validate the engine will start. Audi know how to charge for a bit of carpet ! Great content, looking forward to the journey on this one 👍🇬🇧😎

Just found this channel and I'm loving it

Very lucky! Favourite channel! Keep up the excellent work pal!

What a score,I'm looking at these atm for myself,this channel is spanking the content lately 💯

I guessed £29k obviously way off, lol. It’ll be a beautiful car once all squared away. Look forward to seeing it restored to full glory.

Wow, who's a brave chap. Gonna be a great motor. Luv you're videos. Cheers.

Incredible find! Especially if everything turns out to be fixed with coding the module

The Gateway module in any VW / Audi is the communication gate to the vehicles network, if it’s dead or missing the car will be completely dead. See this in many stolen vw group cars,will need correct software to function correctly

Hells bells what an absolutely blinding choice you made. I’m gonna go with some gut feeling from experience led you to make this astonishing decision. No way you fell on luck to this extent. Testament to your knowledge and insight Dean. What a stonker of a motor that is. This must surely give you a route to a nice tidy well earned profit. Good on ya mate!

All I can say is fair play mate. That was a huge gamble and looks like it’s gonna pay off big time. You’ve got some plums on ya to take such a risk but that’s testament to how well you and the channel are progressing. A sweet sweet motor in the best colour. Looking forward to the rest of the journey with it and maybe winning it on your competition platform lol 🤔. You never know 🤞🤞

Beautiful car dean and good luck with the build

Love the content dean! Going places mate. Will the rs4 be raffled off once complete? Be grabbing hundreds of tickets if it is 🤣🤣 love the nogaro blue

Diagnose Dan's latest video gives a good explanation of what a gateway module does.In this case removing the gateway module will rob the tracking device of the information it needs to function by shutting down all the modules within the car.

Brave man at 40k looking forward to this one hopefully a quick turnaround and i will get some tickets

Excellent video mate ..you've definitely got a good motor there ....

You definitely got some BIG BALLS dean, huge gamble! Makes fantastic content though lol. Definitely one of my favourite channels on KZfaq, keep them coming fella 👍

Superb easy fix the gateway can probably component protected so of you've access to odis remove the protection then code it to car hopefully take it out safe mode

Big gamble paid off! Good luck with the repair

Wow brilliant news you got it started, hopefully nothing else is wrong and you have a great buy , great video .

Genuinely delighted for you Dean. Nice one.

Great video Dean, interesting car and nice colour too. I know you've explained a bit but perhaps you could tell us what checks you do on stolen cars like this one, my dad always used to say cars in the 90s (from police experience)could be "sabotaged" with needles and other nasty stuff. Do you carefully check physically or do Copart do that and guarantee it? I'm also fascinated by the how and why the car was stolen. My thoughts would be they didn't realise the rarity of the colour? Could have been an error, and do you think you'll get to the bottom of what they were looking for and indeed have you located a tracker? Finally as an "armchair" mechanic, are you going to look at the "running history" of the car , especially when stolen and perhaps share what the thieves did , ie how fast ? How long? In a pursuit? Soz for being an anorak! I like the car, but the only RS for me in your premises is a Rallye Sport one!!! Best wishes, Ben 🇬🇧🇺🇦🚌🚐

Love these RS4’s great piece of kit! Esp the nogaro blue looks lovely

Ironically you have also stolen this car, haha. Amazing job mate, keep up the great work.

chuffed for you that you got it fired up. seen it on copart and it looked lovely. you are brave man buying it without knowing if it was running.

Think you were exceedingly lucky! Some you win some you loose, well done! Hope its an easy rectification

Looks like a winner bud, good work.👍🏼

Lovely car - my S5 is in the same colour. But I do like an RS4 estate..... good bit of luck on the issues. Looking forward to seeing this "build"/rebuild :)

Wooooooogieeeee! Great channel pal - keep up the good work but get some sleep!

RS4 Noggo what's not to like. You have done well there, one of my favourite Audi colours and cars so looking forward to the next installment.

Thats a great car and nice you found the fix to start it.

Those white cable things are just left over from production, there was a TPI at one point to just tuck them back under trims

Stunning colour, love the interior.❤

White wires in the foot well are for water testing from factory normally have little pads on the end.

That's a bit of a result. I watched a Diagnose Dan video this week on what the gateway module does and it was my first thought when you powered it up and got little response

Ow mate that is an absolute result for you there. Well done 🙌.

Gonna be a good series this one. You also bought that from the Copart near me 👌

Wow.. that feeling you would of got in your stomach when you connected the control module and the car responded to the key and then when you open the door and saw the dash all lit up.. that must be like winning the jackpot.. Fairplay to you though.. it was a gamble that paid off.. 👍 👌

Definitely one of the main modules under the rear seat. Hopefully your good with that.

Great video, big gamble for sure but it looks like a good one, it’s a shame you couldn’t get a carpet from a new write off

Fair play mate! Saw this in copart had you written all over it 👌🏽

Incredible when that started I felt relieved for you. Like bonus Dean and at £40k big gamble for sure. Great how fast you get things sorted. So relaxed the way you approach it. I love your channel Cars for Paul and of course Matt Armstrong oh and Volkswizzard. That’s my weekly entertainment for sure. Keep up the hard work. Ps: if you or any of your viewers ever want a new website, SEO or Tech help give me a shout at we can always do a deal at Support on the Spot regards Damian

You have the force with you young man…

Great buy and hope it turns out to be a winner for you. 👍👍👍👍

Great result..More of an educated guess than luck.. I think you did very well on this one..Love the colour!!

you did ok, I'd probably only have bid to 30k with those risks but courage wins. You did real good.

What a cracking bit of luck with the car, great car, can't wait for the next vid, let's have an hour long special !!, Top work Dean.

Brilliant channel 👍🏻

They normally rip mirror out for the sos tracking system. Looks like they've been looking for a extra fitted one ripping carpets out...

Imagine that control module you bought.. was actually the one removed from that car.. :)

That white wire that is cut is a water test sensor from when they do a water test at the factory. They cut them like that after the test. Nothing to worry about.

The interior is all ripped/cut out to get at the tracker… they know the main spots the trackers are hidden. After driving away, they get somewhere quiet, and work quickly to find the tracker, they don’t find it, they usually leave the car and monitor it and see if anyone finds it, if it remains after 48/72hrs or so they are free to drive to their work shop and strip the car and sell the parts.

This is going to be a great set of videos. You need to raffle this because I want it! Do think 40k was way too much though

Wish I lived close enough to enter your competitions. 😢👍

My days the wiring and chopped stuff can affect the car. Can the brake light switch under the pedal turn the brake light out at the rear ? Thats annoying but u are the man 👍

Love this car! Hope it comes up for raffle im all in on that.

Great gamble mate!

Wires bin cut bin looking for the tracker 💪🏻

It’s the CAN gateway they removed, essentially the main hub/router for everything on the CAN network (so essentially everything electrical). What a result for it being such a cheap fix 👀

5:37 me making car noises in my head like it turned on lol loveing the video so far. That's my favorite color car to.

Those white cables on the passenger floor are just for the factory - they don’t do anything after the build. They leave them in taped to the body 👍🏾

Tried to locate the tracker by looks. The mess they make ripping stuff off to find it b4 the cops find them lol. Good luck, nice motor

Balls of steel! Well done!

Love the channel , one question, Does an stolen/recovered worth lees when you sell it?

Have the same car in missano red first thing I did was have the keyless entry disabled

Hey, dont need to take it to the dealer. Just buy a vcds its easy to code. Gateway needs to be programed to whats inside your car should be pretty easy to find out

Lovely car Dean. How can it be stolen and recovered, but not recorded?

the reason thay unplug the mirror is also for the oem tracker

gateway module is the communicator to all of the other modules...ie the translator.....no module will work iff no gateway module. got to code it to all modules

Annoying about the carpet but on the whole, congratulations on a stunning purchase. About time you had a bit of luck!

Yep you jeed component protection reprogrammed due to the fact its the can gateway that store the hex encription for every module in the car taht has component protection hence why everything doesnt work as it thinks its in a different car

Dean must have some big goolies taking a risk this big, still a great project young man.

Beautiful car Dean. This should be a fantastic car when it's done. That Sty looks painful on your eye mate.

thankyou Dean,,i think youve got yourself a bargain here,,,👍👍

hey man i notice of new videos the mic is litel bit loud Volume / Normalized 5% / 4% (content loudness 1.9dB) some old videos dont have this problem just notice this. this is from seat lean cupra video 40% / 40% (content loudness -0.2dB) 👍👍

you need to go all in in this yt channel bro

What a car another great find Dean

Its not to bad being Dean, buying these exclusive cars like its a new boxershort. But I love it. Always checking KZfaq to see if you uploaded a new video. This blue Audi is a money maker, I guess you can make 15k on this car. It was a gamble but it turned out fine. Greetz from the Netherlands.

Hi Dean. Jesus Dean well done. I knew these cars are not Cheap but there very expensive but probably well worth it. I have never driven or could afford one. But fair play to you for taking that chance. Whoever gets this Car will be so happy. 😅😅 🇨🇮🇨🇮

I wonder if they went for the Telematics so Audi can’t remotely shut the car down when stolen,well you got one hurdle completed Dean 👍😉💪

Lovely car - pretty expensive, hopefully it will be a quick and easy flip for you.