[A4] Re: display issues

[Quincy Chiang]

I'm afraid to disappoint you Mike, but all B5's are prone to IC display failure, either the display fading over time, missing horizontal lines (in my case) or both.  

A fix/solution would be great, as all dealers just replace the entire IC when it fails.  I've asked my dealer about it, they say they don't waste time repairing it, and that Audi gets the failed parts back for failure analysis (hopefully they do but I doubt that somehow).

Quincy

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Rollins <mlrsrr at charter.net>
Date: Friday, July 2, 2004 3:18 pm
Subject: Re: [A4] Re: display issues

> Sure, take some pics if you will.  Maybe this will give me the 
> incentive to
> take mine out and attempt to repair it...
> 
> From what I've read, the 99.5s and up do not have the problem like 
> the older
> B5s do.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian White" <brian at bjwhite.net>
> To: "Quincy Chiang" <b5quattro at shaw.ca>; "Richard Hurt" 
> <rhurt at thepoint.net>Cc: <a4 at audifans.com>; "Mike Rollins" 
> <mlrsrr at charter.net>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [A4] Re: display issues
> 
> 
> > The display in my 2000 1.8T is just fine.  Originally a southern
> California
> > car which no doubt received a lot of heat, and now a Seattle car 
> which has
> > had it's fair share of cold weather up in the mountains.
> >
> > Still fine knock on wood.
> >
> > I actually have a spare cluster with this display in it laying 
> around.It's
> > all taken apart...would pictures help anyone?
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: Quincy Chiang <b5quattro at shaw.ca>
> > To: Richard Hurt <rhurt at thepoint.net>
> > Sent: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:13:24 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [A4] Re: A4 Digest, Vol 9, Issue 1
> >
> > > It seems that most people experienced similar failures as what you
> > > described, but mine was opposite, hot = OK, cold = missing 
> lines...> >
> > > My dealer replaced the entire instrument cluster on my ex-
> '01.5 A4
> > > under warranty, the original survived for 2 years and a month. 
> The
> > > IC display on my '01.5 S4 is now 2.5 years old, seems to be 
> holding> > up fine (knock on wood!!)
> > >
> > > Quincy
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Richard Hurt <rhurt at thepoint.net>
> > > Date: Friday, July 2, 2004 8:57 am
> > > Subject: Re: [A4] Re: A4 Digest, Vol 9, Issue 1
> > >
> > > > Yes, mine does the exact same thing : cold = OK | hot = 
> invisble.> > > I was
> > > > going to get it replaced under my Audi Advantage warentee, 
> but i
> > > > missed
> > > > the cutoff by 2 days.  :(
> > > >
> > > > I have thought about taking it out and seeing if there are some
> > > > cold
> > > > solder joints or something else that's fairly obvious.  Does
> > > > anyone know
> > > > if you can see anything if you take it out?  or is it completely
> > > > sealed?
> > > >  Also, how hard is it to remove the cluster?
> > > >
> > > > Later...
> > > >   Richard
> > > >
> > > > Mike Rollins wrote:
> > > > > Yeah, my info display is pretty much non-existent whenever the
> > > > temps are
> > > > > over 80 degrees outside.  They are nice and illuminated during
> > > > the winter
> > > > > months though.  Obviously, it's a temperature issue, but I 
> don't> > > think> anyone has come up with a fix, other than buying 
> a used
> > > > cluster or replacing
> > > > > the display through the dealer.
> > > > >
> > > > > Later,
> > > > > Mike
> > > > > '99 A4 Avant 1.8T qms
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