[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Engine OK readout !!!
> Precedence: first-class > From: Thomas_Jobs@novell.com > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 93 08:40:00 MST > Content-Length: 761 > > I test-drove an '89 100 Quattro yesterday and found two things I have to > ask advise about: > > 1) When you start the car there is a little readout that tells you that > everything is OK. Well, the first time I started up the car I saw four > horizontal lines going accross the display, another time little patterns > (patches of light) that were lit up; is this normal or what is wrong with > it? (The third time I started the car I got the usual OK signal and I > could later see my radio station readout). Is there a cheap and easy way > to fix this or should I stay away from the car? > > I've never seen the diagnostics display behave like that. I think > that needs to be fixed. The sequence should be "blank - OK - blank - > radio display." I have an '89 100Q that I bought used. The status display occasionally does this to me, also. The dealer says that he knows exactly what it is - the display computer needs to be replaced. This is about $1000, but he says Audi will pay most of it since my car is just barely over 50 K miles. Since it only does it once in a while, I've opted to ignore it and save the $150 or so I'd have to pay. There seem to be no adverse effects, and the display usually clears up after a while. -- Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation (603)-881-1294 110 Spit Brook Road M/S ZKO3-3/V08 Nashua, NH 03062-2698
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