[A4] Need a good source for new or used audi parts...

[Scott DeWitt]

The cluster is pretty much one integral unit. You need a special tool to 
replace the LCD on the display, but since you cannot get an LCD as a spare 
part unless you work for VDO the point is moot. Unless the cluster has been 
remanufactured you will have a problem even with a used unit. Luckily when I 
bought my A4 it had been sold as a certified Audi vehicle and I got the audi 
assured warranty which replaced mine TWICE. Dealer costs are about 400 for 
the A4 unit, and 600 for the A6's. You might also want to consider finding a 
used cluster without the MFD. You get the little idiot lights instead of the 
MFD but I'm not sure if it's pug and play.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hurt" <rnhurt at gmail.com>
To: "Robert A. King" <gt40 at mail.ev1.net>; "A4 Mailing List" 
<a4 at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [A4] Need a good source for new or used audi parts...


> So what did part(s) did you get exactly?  Was it the center console
> multifunction display?  Mine has faded so badly over the past 2 years
> that I can hardly make out the outside temp. or radio station.  Now I
> am getting nervous about my idiot "lights" that show up there - what
> happens if I can't see them anymore at some point?  I could be running
> around with a broken headlight, low coolant, or worse and not even
> know it (assuming I ignored the initial beep, the radio can get loud
> at times :)!
>
> Dad's quoted me the whole cluster for $250.  That doesnt sound like a
> bad deal really, but I like $210 better if that's what you've got.  On
> the flip side, I don't know how hard it would be to replace just the
> multifunction display.  I assume the console is just a plug and play
> event.  Anyone ever done this before?
>
> Sorry for the rant...it's early.  :/
>
> Later...
>  Richard
>
> On 10/5/05, Robert A. King <gt40 at mail.ev1.net> wrote:
>> Thanks for all the tips guys.  I found a source at a dealership
>> that'll sell it to me for $210, new, shipped.
>>
>> -- Robert
>>
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